Organizing Recipe Cards

I'm an obsessive recipe collector.

I love using these antique library card 

drawers to file my recipe cards.
I have two of these boxes.

I clip. I copy. I print.
I toss them into the basket on top
until I have time to file them.

 Pretty soon my recipe files start looking
like this. Crammed full and disorganized!

 Everything is jammed in and not very well
sorted. I needed a better system.
 I needed to reorganize. 

 I decided to use large colorful paint cards
for the dividers.

 I made a list of the tabs I needed and printed
out lots of stick-on labels.

These are all CHICKEN. I have them 

sorted into sub-categories so that I can 

find just what I'm looking for...fast!

Boneless Breasts, Stir-Fry, Oven,

Italian, Mexican, Crock-Pot...etc.

Now everything is so much easier
 to file and find. I pull out a category when
deciding what to make and then edit and
usually toss a few at that time. 

I did this in all the drawers.

  One drawer holds my very old
Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library.

Another drawer holds a very old set of
 McCall's Great American Recipe Card Collection
 as well as a large supply of

 blank recipe cards. 

Some of you may remember when you 

hand wrote your recipes on cute cards.
I always keep the old ones from family
 and friends. I love those! It's very
reminiscent looking thru them.
Some I've dated on the back and know
when I first made it or received it.
Recipe from:__________


Cheers!

Links: My 1929 Charmer,
Under The Table and Dreaming,
Southern Hospitality, Common Ground,
Between Naps On The Porch, Coastal Charm
A Stroll Thru Life, Organizing Junkie