1/14/12

What I Did With the Christmas Cards

Hey, everyone!  Why am I talking about Christmas cards, you might ask?  I know you've probably already packed them away (if you can't bear to part with them, like me) or you've been a "practical-minimalist" and discarded them.  Well, I've always been somewhere between the two.  I usually keep them until I scrapbook a few pages of our Family Christmas, and use them (or parts of them) in my page layouts.  This year I decided to do something different.  This isn't an original idea; I saw it on Pinterest, I think....lol!  I created a little booklet that I will display next Christmas, somewhere in my holiday decor.  It's super-easy!  All you need is some kind of hold puncher, some metal rings, & ribbon.

Oops, forgot to show you the rings.  I had them already, but they are kind of large for this project, so I may change them.

I punched 2 holes in a few cards at a time.  Some small cards only got 1 hole.  If there were photos with the cards, I either kept them aside to scrapbook on our family pages or I punched holes in those, too.  A lot of our cards came with letters, so those just got tucked inside of the appropriate card.

I added a cute little tag that I already had & wrote the year on it.

I simply tied it all together with some red gingham ribbon (because I had it) & that was it.  I look forward to making these each year from now on & pulling them out to reminisce over the past years.  Simple, easy and a sweet memory keeper!
Hope you enjoyed.  Thanks so much for stopping by.
CAS 

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15 comments:

  1. So cute. And, where oh where do you put all of these things? Such pleasant memories to save. Hugs.

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  2. These are darling...very creative of you, Cas!

    XO,
    Jane

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  3. I'm somewhere between the two. If you send me a regular card it gets trashed after Christmas, if it's a photo card I save it. This is a cute idea.

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  4. This is a super idea! It turned out so nicely too.

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  5. Hi Cas! I always keep them too, they are all so pretty and I hate to throw them away!

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  6. Great idea! I too have a hard time throwing cards away. The big rings might be good - just keeping adding to your book each year.

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  7. How nice! Another great idea to use cards and now your post makes me want to have Christmas again!

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  8. What a wonderful idea! I usually only keep the ones from close family members, but this has certainly caused me to rethink my ways!

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  9. NICE, I never throw any away, and have made one special craft for family members with them for years now. Yes, I need to share it, taught to me as a child by my grandmother, I am trying to share it on blogland but can't let go of it yet, silly huh? Maybe this Christmas I will???? Love your new look on the blog, I am scared to try changing mine.

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  10. This is so cute and such a creative idea.

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  11. This is a great idea Carol! We get so many photo cards these days, I just don't want to throw them away. This would be a fun way to save them and look back to see what everyone looked like! Thanks for the link!!! Excited to find your blog! Merry Christmas

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Make this a great day!
Carol

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