Photo Book Backgrounds: Now You’re Cookin’

A family cookbook can include favorite recipes,
family photos, and colorful backgrounds.

Almost every family has a collection of recipes that are staples either for nightly dinners or for special occassions. For example, a birthday in our family can’t pass without homemade deep dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate frosting. And even without all the recipes that have been passed down through the generations, there are new favorites that enter the rotation all the time, and it’s high time they were all collected in one place.

While it would be perfectly adequate to use Inkubook to create a cookbook that uses plain white on each of the pages, we thought it would be a little more exciting to design some attractive backgrounds to help set off recipes and photos. Whether you include photos of the family members who contributed the recipes, of the people who claim the recipes as their favorite dishes of all time, or of the prepared dishes themselves, having photos in your cookbook will make it more personal and visually interesting, and our backgrounds can enhance that.

Backgrounds from the Cookbook Collection

Backgrounds from the Fundraiser Cookbook Collection

Backgrounds from the Tailgating Cookbook Collection

We didn’t stop with only one collection of backgrounds, though, because we know that cookbooks can serve different purposes. First we have the collection that is simply called Cookbook. There’s no particular theme in this one other than it provides a nice splash of color to the pages. For a cookbook in which you want to divide the recipes according to main ingredient or type of dish,  as when you make a cookbook to sell to raise money for a service organization or charity, we have the Fundraiser Cookbook collection. It features a series of attractive solid backgrounds that have just the hint of an image in the corners. Last, but certainly not least, is the Tailgating Cookbook collection, which features elements common to tailgating parties, picnics, and barbecues. Photos from your favorite sporting events and recipes that travel well in a cooler or without refrigeration will look great in a cookbook adorned with these backgrounds.

As always, we think you shouldn’t let us limit your creativity in making your cookbook. There’s no reason you can’t use backgrounds from all these collections in one book. Simply start by picking one of these themes from the Cookbook category when you start a new book, then use the Get More Backgrounds button to add other backgrounds to your gallery.