This week at Kim's DIY party you are supposed to share your homemade gifts. The great part is - I am actually giving a few homemade gifts this year. The problem is, however, those people read my blog and I don't want to give away the secret!
So here's my substitute - something I made for myself :)
Last year, we received so many beautiful Chrsitmas cards. I love the colors, and the glitter, and the touching messages - all of it. I always feel a twinge of guilt throwing such beauties away. So - I didn't. And this year, with a stack of year-old greetings, I decided to make a permanent decoration with them - a card tree!
The great part of this (besides getting to reuse lovely papers) is it was virtually free! I simply cut the cards up into squares (not precise at all), took a $1 party hat, and began hot-gluing the cards around the hat, starting at the base. A mini ornament topped it off at the tip.
Happy crafting, yall!
Cute idea Claire! I've only recently started saving them but yeah, no idea what to do with them. I think I'll wait to see what I get this year and get to making them. This is going on my to-make list for next year.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea!! I hate throwing away cards of any kind (especially the ones with personal messages in them) and I'm always looking for creative ways to save and display them. I also like to frame my favorites! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! I always feel bad about throwing out cards, too. At some point, you may end up with your very own forest of past cards. Love that!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat project! I especially like the sounds of Kim's card forest :)
ReplyDeleteThat's cool, I was just thinking the other day what to do with my old cards. I can never bring myself to throw them out :)
ReplyDeleteA perfect way to use up all of those beautiful cards. Love it:).
ReplyDeletethis is really cute and a fantastic idea! now i wish i hadn't given all the cards from last year to my daughter to play with. :( great one!
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute! What a great idea!!
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