How I did it: I would not have been able to do this without the talented artisans at etsy.com. There I found a very talented artist who makes custom decoupaged recipe boxes out of wood with matching divider tabs. I picked out the paper and got to have it made exactly how I wanted. The seller was so friendly and the finished product tured out amazing! Here's a link to the seller, for anyone who's interested:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5377796

Next, I ordered hand printed recipe cards from a different seller on Etsy. They were very affordable and unique looking.

After I had all the right products, I gathered together all my favorite cookbooks and started copying down tried and true recipe favorites. I also had my parents and grandparents give me all our family favories. The divider tabs I purchased made it so easy to organise!

And it's as simple as that!

Lessons & tips:

• Have family members each hand write their recipes on the cards for you. Seeing my grandmother's handwriting on my favorite dishes she used to prepare is so special.

Resources: For the box and divider tabs:  http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5377796

For the cards: 
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5215195

Mar 13, 2009, 10:06PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers