GOODe Project: Bloggy Recipe Cards

My friend Whitney asked me the other day if I had a way of printing my recipes that didn't involve replacing ink cartridges due to all the photos (my words--not hers ;)).

So, I began diggin' and didn't really find many solutions that didn't involve learning a lot of HTML code...

Then it occurred to me that I could make it an image (jpeg) and you could then click on the image and just print the image.

So, I played around in InDesign and created this little do-dad

Making your own recipe cards for your blog is easy--even if you don't have fancy-shamsey design software at your finger tips. Your method is determined by your word processing or design software. I have uploaded a Word template I created to Scribd if you want to download it:

Recipe Card Template
If you aren't making your cards to share on the Web, I would just search Microsoft's Templates and find one you like;)

Anyhoo, if you are making one for your blog, once you have your recipe filled out you will need to convert it into 
an image (jpeg). Don't forget-- you can change the fonts and add any images you'd like before converting.

Those with design software have many options here, but eHow has a great tutorial on:
How to convert your Word Doc into a jpeg using basic/free software.

Once you have your jpeg, you just insert it like a picture and blogger takes care of the rest!

Hope that helps!