Vintage Recipe Card Wreath

If you were to sit down and write each and every wreath project that a person could do, you would never finish. Wreaths are now made in every color, using any type of material, and for any and all occasions - even for no occasion. But theres a unique wreath that you rarely see, and its made especially for the kitchen, with your favorite recipes in mind. A recipe card wreath is a cute home accent as well as a useful recipe file.

Sometimes, vintage recipe cards can have grease spatters or food marks. Thats not going to be too attractive on the kitchen wreath. Copy vintage recipes onto new cards or, if the vintage ones are not marred, use them as they are. The best look for the wreath is created when all of the recipes are on index cards. You dont necessarily have to use common, white index cards. You can cut 3"x5" - or other sizes of cards - from colorful card stock, or stiff scrapbook paper. So, you have lots of choices for creating the color and/or theme of the recipe card wreath.

Youll need a flat, doughnut-shaped wreath form to make the kitchen accent. You can buy a flat, wooden doughnut at a craft store or home improvement store. Or, you can cut it yourself, using thick cardboard. Just draw around a small bowl - or similar object - and then place a larger object around that circle, and draw around it. Cut out the outer and inner circle and youll have the wreath form that you need. The wreath you make can be small or huge, depending on what you desire for your kitchen. When you have the form it takes only a couple of minutes to make the wreath. Use clips to hold each recipe card to the form. Just position the card, open the clip, and close it over the recipe card. The squeezing part of the clip should be inside the inner circle of the doughnut. Each card should be slanted so that at least one corner of it extends beyond the outer ring of the wreath form. Put enough recipe cards on the form so that you cover it completely. A clip doesnt have to hold just one recipe card; it can hold several. Hang the arrangement using a peel-n-stick picture hanger. Its easy to make duplicates of the cards so that you can make an interchangeable wreath for special occasions. Just take off the ordinary recipe cards, and replace them with red, white, and blue cards, red and green cards, or other combinations. The wreath will often look different, but will always hold your favorite recipes - vintage or not.