My mom’s recipes were always stored in an old metal antique recipe box. We have many memories of that old recipe box. Every year, my sisters and I would gather at mom and dads to make our Thanksgiving Day dinner shopping list and we’d pull out the old box.

Since mom passed away, my sisters and I share the old box. It’s filled with all of mom’s precious hand-written recipes that she’d gathered over the years…some of which were recipes that belonged to her own granny.

One sweet idea is to frame recipes – some of your family favorites recipes. Old hand-written recipes that belong to your mom or grandma. It’s a great way to preserve them and display them in your kitchen and it’s really easy to do. One of my favorite recipes of my mom’s was one that I helped her make since I was itty-bitty…monkey bread (that’s the link to the actual recipe). The other recipe that is in the frame is her Hot Cider Punch. Yum.

It’s super simple to frame recipes!

My sister gave me these 2 recipes of moms in a frame. I did end up painting the frame a chippy white and added a bit of brown kraft paper behind the recipes. It’s really simple to frame recipes. All you need to do is pick which recipe(s) you want to frame and then find a frame that it will fit in. More than likely you already have a frame that will work.

 

You can always paint the frame and add scrapbooking paper or even brown kraft paper like I used as a sort of matte. I just used a glue stick to stick the kraft paper down to the frame backing.

 

I love all of the character in these recipes…grease spots, splatters, even a heart cut out in the piece of paper. You’ll also notice the recipe on the index card at the bottom has “Granny” in parenthesis.  {love}

Just make sure that whatever picture frame you use will compliment the recipe AND your kitchen. It will become a piece of art and a beautiful and memorable keepsake that you’ll eventually hand down to your own kids.

If you paint your frame, be sure to add a clear coat as well. That way you’ll be able to dust and wash the frame if/when needed. Hang it somewhere safe so that grease won’t splatter on it (since it’s going in the kitchen). I added a small piece of rope on the frame to hang it by and it hangs right by my back door in the kitchen. It’s definitely a piece that I treasure.

Giving framed recipes to those you love is SUCH a great gifting idea. Handed down recipes are treasures.

 

If you enjoyed this post, then you might like my DIY Mason Jar Lamp (<– click to read how we made it) idea too! I made a mason jar lamp out of an old glass jar of buttons that belonged to my mom. We love it!! I’d love to hear what you think about my framed recipes! Leave us a comment below!!!