Easy DIY: Wine Box Turns Recipe Box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wine boxes are not only cool look­ing, but they may hold some sen­ti­men­tal value for us. What can we do with them? My hus­band had a kinda genius idea. This past year we made a rule to give each other hand­made gifts. Since I’m a foodie and a winey girl, he came up with this idea for me. (I’m still hav­ing trou­ble believ­ing he didn’t get some help! wink,wink)

What’s extra amaz­ing is he killed two birds with one stone on this diy project. Check out my old tech­nique for stor­ing my recipes…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I had recipes on nap­kins, index cards, Post-it notes, mag­a­zine pages and print outs. You could find them in any crevice of the kitchen too. I’m noto­ri­ous for stick­ing Post-it’s inside my cab­i­net doors with recipes. Not exactly the ideal orga­ni­za­tion tech­nique. Because I would just set the recipe papers next to me while cook­ing, they are cov­ered in every ingre­di­ent imag­in­able. Just look at my favorite recipe…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could re-write it at this point, but I love the char­ac­ter it shows from all the years I’ve been mak­ing it. Think wrin­kles for recipes. In fact one day it might be fun to frame it. But for now, it is pro­tected in one of my binder pages neatly orga­nized under the appe­tizer section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just store my wine box on my kitchen counter. It not only matches the decore, it’s prac­ti­cal and serves a daily pur­pose! All this thanks to my genius hub…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuto­r­ial Here

Tips:

• This makes a great wed­ding gift. Gather recipes from friends and fam­ily to add to the binder. Mod Podge their wed­ding invi­ta­tion on the top of the recipe book or on the inside of the box somewhere.
• If the box comes from a win­ery you vis­ited, line the bot­tom (see tuto­r­ial) with a map show­ing the vine­yard location.
• Add a “take out” menu binder to store in the box along with the recipe binder. There’s plenty of room for both.