also, i picked up the pink book because it was called the pretty theme and look what stared back at me:
the best part? this took me one single afternoon to complete. holla!
(optional smash book brand label maker. it's $6 with a 40% off Michael's coupon. i use it for photography packaging. it's the best/cheapest tool ever.)
you can separate your book into sections based on meal type, or however your heart so desires. i went simple and went with desserts (put that in there first, duh!), breakfast, lunch, and dinner. appetizers went into the dinner category and salads went into the lunch category, because that's how i make things. imagine that!
after you have your sections ready, start smashing. get out those recipes and tape them up. i've heard the more washi tape, the better. if there is something on the backside of the recipe card or magazine clipping, only tape the left side so you can still flip it over as you see here in the first picture below: