Of course, your mother is perfect. But suppose for a moment, that like most of us, she has a disorganized stash of take-out menus stuffed in a drawer or hidden behind the microwave. It’s OK! Almost every kitchen has a pile of these squirreled away.

Photographer Kelli Taylor came up with a great way to organize menus from her favorite eateries -- she put them all in a Kolo Trivino 3-Ring Binder. It worked out so well for her that she’s making another one for her mom.

I like this as a gift idea because it actually solves a little problem for someone in a fun way. Plus, what mom doesn’t love to get something that you made yourself?

This was easy and fun. All I did was triple-hole punch all our take-out menus. (For the smaller menus not big enough to take 3 holes, I was careful to orient those to the top of the triple-hole punch so I got at least 2 holes in ‘em.)

When I chose my Kolo Trivino binder cover, I also ordered some of the Kolo Trivino Series P Refill Sheets for this project. They’re already 3-hole punched and ready to add to your binder. I got the Divider Tab Refills (I like that they’re clear); the Black Envelope (it’s so cool-looking); Black Grommet Pages (to use as section dividers) and the 2-Up Photo-Sleeve Sheets.

I labeled the divider tabs using a Sharpie marker to organize the menus into different food categories. (You could label the tabs using a label maker, but I like the authenticity of handwriting.)

The envelope at the back of the binder is Take-Out Menu Purgatory -- a place to stash new menus as we get them, until I get around to triple-hole punching and filing them in the binder later.

For my own Take-Out Trivino, just for fun, I’ve taken photos of some of the best dishes we’ve ordered, then printed and mounted them onto the 4”x6” paper inserts that come in the 2-Up Photo-Sleeves, then just slid them back into the photo-sleeves. My husband and I write our own reviews on these. It would be fun to take pictures of us together with our friends to add to the binder, too, maybe on Netflix Movie & Take-Out Night, and ask them to write their own comments in the margins.