Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Creative Christmas Card Displays

It's only a matter of days until that first Christmas card arrives in the mail and it's time to decide what to do with the beautiful cards!  Each year I keep my holiday cards in a cute basket and have fun shuffling through them again and again.  My little guy also loves to take the basket and curl up on the couch to browse through them.  It's one of his favorite holiday activities!  This year I was thinking of making a cute display for the Christmas cards where they will become an actual part of the decorating scheme and out for all to see!



This first idea is from Martha Stewart and I love it!  Fill a floral bucket with stones to make it stable and collect some branches and berry sprigs.  Arrange the branches in the bucket and you're ready for those Christmas cards to arrive in the mail.  With ribbon and tape you can attach the cards from the branches.  How cute is that!


The next idea involves ribbon and clothespins...even easier!  Find a spot to hang ribbon or twine from one end to the other.  Have a basket of clothespins ready for the cards and attach them to the ribbon one by one.  If you want to get a bit more crafty...paint the clothespins or add some cute embellishments!  This would look darling along the mantel or across a large window.  Check out Home and Country for more detailed instructions.  Loving it!


One more suggestion is to choose a favorite ribbon and hang them in varying lengths from a door, the stairs, or on a wall.  The Christmas cards will be attached along the ribbons for everyone to see.  Super easy and very cute!  Now I just need to decide how I want to display our holiday cards this year...so many darling ideas out there. 
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23 comments:

  1. Oooh! I love the ribbon with cards down the stairs! That is a great idea!

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  2. Very cool - the fireplace arrangement looks wonderful!

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  3. What cute ideas! I love the mantle picture. I also love the staircase idea but we don’t have a staircase in our house… Booooo…..

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  4. They are all cute! I always just tape mine to the wall but I think I'll add some ribbon this year. Thanks for the ideas.

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  5. i love the card tree...now, if there was one that had money on it, life would be goooooood! seriously, that is so cute and i actually envisioned myself making one...hey! i'm starting to feel the christmas spirit! woohooo!

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  6. Great ideas! I love the ribbon from the stairs. That's so different and classy looking.

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  7. These are great! Thanks for sharing! I tape mine around our big window in the kitchen, they look pretty neat!

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  8. Just found your blog from the Sista hood site. I LOVE these ideas. You always get so many cards during the holidays and these are a cute, oraganized way to display them. Thanks for sharing.
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  9. Stopping by from SITS. I checked out some of your posts... and I decided to follow.. especially since you are in the need of some before year end! :) Maybe you will check out my blog?

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  10. OMG!

    That looks great.

    You have a Martha Stewart spirit for sure. Go, go, go!

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  11. Hi from SITS!!!Wow! Great ideas!! I like the clothespin one alot! I might have to do that this year!! I am now following!

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  12. your babies are precious!!!Stop by for a visit!

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  13. Stopping by from SITS!

    I like the second idea the best, I might have to try that! Each year, we cut our Christmas cards up at the end of the holidays and use them the next year for gift tags.

    ~Elizabeth
    http://confessionsfromaworkingmom.blogspot.com

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  14. Such cute ideas! Now I can't decide which one I want to do!

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  15. I love the 2nd idea. I wish we had a mantle to do this with.

    ...stopping by from SITS...

    Steph @ Stick It in the Fridge

    pleasestickitinthefridge.blogspot.com

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  16. can you believe I've gotten my 1st card yesterday?! This year I'm sticking them on the Christmas Tree which is kinda like the first picture. One idea is Sticking them on one designated closet door or on the front door so we can all take a look at the cards. My daughter loves it!

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  17. How cool! I NEVER know what to do with all of the Christmas cards we receive. I absolutely LOVE these ideas, particularly the first one and the one with the ribbons on the stairs. I'm definitely going to show this to my husband and see if we can't make one of these ideas a new tradition at our house this year. Thanks so much!

    I'm stopping by from SITS! I just wanted to share a bit of comment love. ♥ I'm really glad I did. I hope you will come by to visit me sometime soon, too.

    Have a wonderful Friday!

    Teresa <><

    http://toomanyheartbeats.blogspot.com

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  18. Oh my gosh. Stopping over from SITS tonight and I am just in LOVE with that tree! How cool is that! This reminded me that I have to send ours out! ASAP!

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  19. What wonderful ideas. Mine always end up just taped to my kitchen cabinets. I'm definitely going to do something better this year. Thanks for the inspiration. Just cruising SITS. Really like your blog so far. I'll be back to check in often.

    Alex aka Ma What's For Dinner?
    www.MaWhats4Dinner.com

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  20. Cute blog! So glad I found it on SITS!

    We're doing the ribbon across the mantle idea this year. I have vintage silver pinecone clips to secure the cards... can't wait until they start arriving to fill up that space!

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  21. Good post! Love the ideas on ribbon and clothespins! I'm gonna see what I can come up with ;P

    Stopping by from SITS to say hi! :D

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