Displaying Christmas Cards - Dec 15th

Don't know what to do with all your Christmas cards? Here are some great ideas

DISPLAYING CARDS

Love this idea using a tree branch:
http://www.marthastewart.com/266879/displaying-christmas-cards?

Garland Christmas Card display
http://www.apartystyle.com/2011/12/garland-christmas-card-display.html

Use dowels and duct tape to make this "tree"
http://www.creatingreallyawesomefreethings.com/christmas-c-r-a-f-t-8-card-tree/

This one uses an old shutter:
http://www.bhg.com/christmas/crafts/holiday-projects-for-instant-cheer/#page=6


STORING CARDS

What to do with your cards once Christmas is over
http://sistersstuff.blogspot.ca/2010/01/what-to-do-with-all-those-christmas.html

Another very easy idea! Punched holes and tied with ribbon:
http://mommy2twincesses.blogspot.ca/2012/11/organizing-christmas-cards-from-years.html

This link has some nice "covers" for your compiled yearly cards:
http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.ca/2012/12/uheart-organizing-christmas-card-books.html

I don't normally keep all my Christmas cards that people send me, but I do keep the home-made and special ones Wish I had thought of some of these ideas before now...... When you're busy raising kids, sometimes these things aren't so important at the time. They should be!

Those are cute ideas! I usually just keep the cards that are picture cards of family or ones that have been homemade. I like the idea of punching holes & using binder rings to make a book.

Those are all awesome ideas, there are many that I would like to try. TFS

LOVE that shutter idea!

I am keeping all my cards and using them for a December daily for next year!! That is my plan anyways! LOL!!

I never know what to do with the cards. I keep them for years and finally purge them (after 5 or 6 years!)

I like using pinking shears to cut them up to reuse as tags. I really like the little booklet idea with the binder rings too!

If only I wasn't so protective of my pinking shears... they don't TOUCH paper!

whoops, maybe I'm doing a no-no?

I know that paper is rougher on scissors than fabric because of all the fibers. Kelly, my mom always had 2 pairs of scissors & we were under strict instructions on which ones we could not use! Lol!

Oh yeah.. you'd get your hands slapped in this house! I have my fabric scissors and my "other" scissors. Nary the two cross over and cut the other department!

My fabric scissors (including the pinking shears) are way too expensive to entrust them to anything but the fabric they're intended for!

Kelly wrote:

Oh yeah.. you'd get your hands slapped in this house! I have my fabric scissors and my "other" scissors. Nary the two cross over and cut the other department!

My fabric scissors (including the pinking shears) are way too expensive to entrust them to anything but the fabric they're intended for!

It's the same at my house. Fabric scissors do not leave the sewing room!

lirose wrote:

Kelly wrote:

Oh yeah.. you'd get your hands slapped in this house! I have my fabric scissors and my "other" scissors. Nary the two cross over and cut the other department!

My fabric scissors (including the pinking shears) are way too expensive to entrust them to anything but the fabric they're intended for!

It's the same at my house. Fabric scissors do not leave the sewing room!

Linda, we're so similar it's scary...

some of those displaying card idea's are awesome. My two favs are the tree/twigs and the garland is beautiful as well.