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Recipe cards and laminating question
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Posted by ericasj (My Page) on Sat, May 31, 08 at 8:47
| I found an idea I like for recipe cards. (See link below.)
With this idea, I could have one card accessible at a time, but not separated from the group. Also, I could hang the ring on a curlicue of my baker's rack. And I think the idea of laminating recipe cards is brilliant. Wish I had thought of it long ago.
But I don't know much about laminating. I know there are small machines you can get at craft stores, and self-laminating pouches and sheets. But I'm confused about which way to go. Any advice?
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Here is a link that might be useful: A good recipe-card thing
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RE: Recipe cards and laminating question
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| I'd just use clear contact paper...very cheap. |
RE: Recipe cards and laminating question
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| I have a 9" laminator so I can laminate stuff if I want to, but I usually just use page protector sheets most of the time. I just close an upper cabinet door on the protector and it hangs at eye level out of the way. When done, wipe off if needed and put it back into 3 ring binder. I like to print out favorite recipes in larger type for vision purposes so using a full or sometimes just a 1/2 sheet is better than a recipe card. |
RE: Recipe cards and laminating question
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| I once purchased about 50 plastic photo album pages at a garage sale. I found that I could tape them to the inside of my cabinet doors at eye level and could put the frequently used( and misplaced) recipes and information in the sections. The bottom 2 were for sticking recipes that I was making at the time, both keeping them clean and easy to read. Any information that you need can be kept in these things and slipped into drawers, put into binders, one in the glove box with ins.info, registration papers, frequently called numbers, EMERGENCY CONTACT info, etc. I gave many of these away when people asked about my out-of-site quick info retrieval method...like mini page protectors! |
RE: Recipe cards and laminating question
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| I would be careful how you "laminate" recipe cards. I used clear contact paper on one of my mom's hand written recipe cards. Since the clear contact paper really doesn't adhere all that well, it stuck to the card for about a year, then kind of let loose enough to just pull up the ink from her handwriting. It is totally ruining the card. And the bad thing is, I can't remove the contact paper or it will totally lift off all of her handwriting. I didn't want to use a heat laminator, because I did that to one card and there was "residue" on the card that I could not see with my bare eye. But when the heat hit it, it must have "cooked" one of the ingredients that was stuck on the card, and it yellowed the card even further. I haven't experimented with the cold press laminators because they just remind me too much of the contact paper stuff. We use them at school for our special needs children and eventually it also delaminates (sp?). What I have learned is that for my own children, I'm writing their favorite recipes on cards with archival fade proof ink. Lesson learned the hard way. PJ |
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