Free Online Printable Recipe Cards

My recipes are written on scraps of paper and backs of envelopes that are messily piled together on my designated cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I also have jotted recipes and stored them on my computer, which I will only find again by accidentally stumbling upon them.  Computers are definitely not the place for me to keep them.  In short, I need to go back to using recipe card boxes.

Recipe card boxes are neat. I love finding them at garage sales and thrift shops. I just don't use them for their original intentions. The one on my desk holds business cards and all my library cards from different cities, for instance.

Anyway, I think the day for transferring my recipes onto cute recipe cards is coming sooner than later. Earlier this month, one of my favorite cooking and crafts blogs—Skip to My Lou— began offering printable recipe cards for free. Yep, f-r-e-e!  Who doesn't like free stuff, especially when the things are cute and useful.  Thank you Cindy, the creative cool owner of Skip to My Lou!

There are two designs from which to choose and you can select either a 3x5 or 4x6 format. The instructions are easy to follow to key in your ingredients and directions. When you're ready, voila, you click your print button.

I tried a 4x6 format for my first recipe card. Cute design, don't you think? I like that the card says "From the kitchen of Su-sieee! Mac."  It makes me feel like I'm a cook.

Ready to try it out? Here are your links:

• Cindy's post about the cards: "Free Printable Recipe Cards"
• The free online recipe card maker page: Recipe Card Maker 
• Skip to My Lou