How to Preserve your Handwritten Family Recipe Cards
I come from a long line of fabulous cooks. My mom, her mom and her aunt (I’m sure it goes even further back than that.) After my Grandma passed away, my Mom got all of her hand written recipe cards. I was visiting a few years ago and noticed them all stuck in a box. I thought that they should be put somewhere safe. I knew that Mom still wanted to use the recipes.
For the cover I printed an old photo of my Mom and her 2 sisters on sticky linen. Then just stuck it to the front of the album.
To keep things simple, I used 1 paper line from CTMH… along with the recipe card kit that matched. (it came with tabs too- how cool!)
I organized it by, Soups, Desserts, Main dishes etc… I interspersed the “new” recipes with Grandma’s.
For a few recipes, I cut up the page protector to make a “flip” out sleeve– this was for the recipe cards that were written on both the front and back of the card.
Oh I love it!! I have been wanting to do something like this for years now!! Yours turned out so great!
Thanks for sharing.
That is awesome!! Thanks for the inspiration!
What a great idea and perfect timing too! I’m getting into Christmas present mode and trying to come up with fun ideas and this is great!! THANK YOU!
I really love this idea. I have always thought of scrapbooking and cooking as kinds of arts. Why not combine the two. Great idea!
Gorgeous!! You did a wonderful job!
SO Priceless!!!!
Love it! I miss the times we used to get together and scrapbook at the office. You always have such great ideas!
I love this idea. My most favorite memories of my grandmother revolve around her kitchen. Her cook book is going to be a treasured gem if I can get my hands on it!
That is fabulous! You have so many great talents! Thanks for sharing!
Have A Great Day! =)
What a great treasure! I am inspired to do the same with my grandmothers recipes… that is if I can pry my brothers hands off of them!! ha You see he is the “cook” of the family!
I love it.I’ll be making one for my daughter for sure :))
Thank you.
I love this post on preserving family recipes. I recently lost my mom about a year ago and she too was a fabulous cook and she was so passionate about fixing great meals for her family and friends. My dad, at 82 has been living in their house until last weekend when there was a terrible house fire.. no one hurt but house badly damaged. My sister and I were panicked until we got to house wanting to grab my mom’s handwritten recipes. Most were able to be saved. I really want to preserve them and love your album idea. My sister and I are going to share with Earth other the many recipes but wanted to see if you would tell me of the brand of album and page protectors you used that I could purchase, I love to scrapbook but don’t have a ton of time. Just wanted to see where I can get supplies.
Thanks again for your post,.
Jennifer