I was looking through Somerset Life magazine (Spring 2011) and was treated to some really inspiring ideas!  There was a particular one that really caught my attention, where Diane Rose Geer (Romancing the Recipe Card) had turned some vintage recipe cards that she had purchased (cast off  by someone else), into Cookbook Bookmarks! I instantly new that I had a sentimental interest in trying this project out myself.  About 13 years ago, shortly after I got married,  my wonderful Grandmother lovingly gathered together a collection of hand written recipe cards as a gift for me, that she and other family members had been cooking from for years.  These are recipes that I grew up with; comfort food, cookies, and cakes passed down from my Great Grandmother, my Grandmother,  my Aunts, and my own Mother.  All of them hand written with little notes, and dates and names in the corners, smudges and all! I was very touched and appreciative of the gift,  but over the years they have spent too much of their time (I’m ashamed …