For a sweet sister

I thought it would be fun to share with you some images of a Christmas gift I made this year for one of my sisters.

It's a custom designed binder full of fun information, recipes and ideas for making natural cosmetics at home.

The front cover has an image of some lilac shrubs and one of their very own goats! I had my other sister sneak over to their yard and take a picture and email it to me several months ago. Apparently my sister's husband was pretty sure that the image could not be their goat!

So, there are recipes for goat's milk soaps, lip balm, glycerin soaps, bath salts and more. Also, there's plenty of blank pieces of paper for notes and room to add pages as she goes along on her adventures!

Sounds fun, huh?

Do you have any ideas for a custom book like this? I can imagine it would be useful for just about any hobby or interest. And, knowing how amazingly talented many of you are out there, I can only imagine the treasures you could create!

The notebook itself came with printing instructions for the tabs. I simply created the image on the front and slipped it in to the cover sleeve. In all, it didn't take much time to arrange the book itself. I did collect information and recipes for several weeks here and there, though. And, of course the sneaky photo shoot of the goat took a little figuring out! But overall this was a really fun and rewarding project. I hope my sister will love it and have a great time trying out the recipes!

PS- If you do make something like this I would love it if you would share your pictures. I'll gladly post them here for others to see as well! :o)