How do you display your Christmas cards? I have one friend that puts them in a glass bowl on the table all year (correct me if I am wrong Joy;;) and they take turns with each card praying for that family throughout the year.
I enjoy them so much, I think my friends and family have some of the most gorgeous children..i love seeing how they have grown and changed. And i love the ones without photos too (jana bethel you style maven)!
This year I am displaying my treasures inside one of my beloved empty frames..just tacked wire and ribbon along the back to make rows..the middle “row” is the original hanger. I love it..Pottery barn has a similar version but i like my vintage one much better.and its cheaper! (But i do loveee that monogrammed duvet!).
{Top and bottom images from Pottery Barn}
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Comment by Trish @TheOldPostRoad — December 14, 2010 @ 8:22 am
How beautiful! I need Joy’s home address so that I can make it into her bowl for the year (wink, wink). What a sweet idea.
-Trish
Comment by courtney — December 14, 2010 @ 8:26 am
i use a traditional card holder but jazz it up with ribbon. i love clothes pins {weird, i know} so i may have to try your idea next year. super cute!
http://davidcourtneyandcamryn.blogspot.com/2010/12/decking-our-halls.html
Comment by amanda — December 14, 2010 @ 8:41 am
I hang my cards on a large bulletin board and then when I take them down I keep them in a bowl and we pray for those people during the year like your friend Joy.
Lots of people didn’t send cards this year because of budget cutbacks and facebook, etc.
But I like the idea of sending cards to remember those families throughout the year.
Comment by Desiree — December 14, 2010 @ 8:50 am
great idea! I love it. I have a few empty vintage frames, now I know what I’ll be working on later today
Comment by Tessa — December 14, 2010 @ 9:50 am
so pretty! wish I had a vintage frame like that sitting around my house! I spy a couple of extra special cuties up there too, wink!
Comment by Katie — December 14, 2010 @ 11:57 am
What a fun idea! This is, by far, my favorite way to display cards that I have ever seen. CUTE! And how wonderful of an idea is it that your friend prayers over her “card families” all year….I love it.
Comment by Jane — December 14, 2010 @ 12:15 pm
What great timing!!!!!!
Look at my site I made this Friday night!!!!!!!
I love the frames!
Comment by Lila Ferraro — December 14, 2010 @ 1:02 pm
I love your friends idea of taking turns praying for those families who’ve sent you cards. I’m awful. I used to put them up on a fabric covered cork board, but lately I read them and chuck them! Shame on me!
xoxo
Lila Ferraro
Comment by jan — December 14, 2010 @ 2:09 pm
I made one of these this year too! Check mine out! http://futuredomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/11/gilt-frame.html
Comment by elz — December 14, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
I hang mine on ribbon suspended from doors. We usually take up two doors by the end of the Christmas Season. In fact, a picture of my card holder is at the bottom of today’s post (and you can see lovely Tricia’s card that Lindsey designed!)
Comment by emily — December 14, 2010 @ 5:17 pm
Make room for mine! It’s coming soon … I promise.
And I use the tried and true and oh so classy method of sticking them to the fridge.
Comment by Camille — December 14, 2010 @ 6:46 pm
LOVE yours, Holly! And love your friend’s idea of praying for families during the year!
Comment by Theresa Johnson — December 14, 2010 @ 7:34 pm
Great ideas for displaying and praying! After Christmas I cut out the pics and put them in a “brag” book for the kids to look at, it helps them remember people that we don’t get to see as often throughout the year. Also I save a Christmas card photo of us from each year and put that on a ribbon that I hang from our dining room mirror – its fun to look back at the years and see how our family has grown.
Comment by Robyn Farmer — December 14, 2010 @ 10:01 pm
This year I’ve been placing my cards in the bolts joining an old measuring stick that I found at Round Top. We will be keeping our cards in another location throughout the year for the family prayer. But for right now I like the look of the old white measuring stick.
Comment by Lisa — December 14, 2010 @ 11:43 pm
Great way to display your cards!!!Tell your friend, the prayer idea is so sweet!!!
Comment by Jill — December 15, 2010 @ 7:28 am
Oooooooh I am so excited! I haven’t been inspired to drag out the usual wreath that goes on the mirror in our family room – ho hum, boring, etc. AND my cards are stacking up on my desk. Thanks to you, many of them will be lovingly displayed on the mirror and the others placed in a lovely bowl on the table. Holly to the rescue
!!!
Comment by Abby @ a delightful design — December 15, 2010 @ 10:12 am
Ooh-I love this idea! I think I might do this over a mirror in our home. Thanks!
I also might steal the praying for a family idea.
abby
Comment by julie — December 15, 2010 @ 6:16 pm
i have ours hanging on a branch tree by clothes pins in our dining room! but oh my goodness! that has to be the most beautiful frame i have ever seen! and let me tell you i have a frame obsession!
Comment by Heather — December 15, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
Wrap a piece of wall art with X-mas paper & make it look like a present hanging on your wall and if you add ribbon your cards will fit on it or you can tape the X-mas cards to it. Learned this from a friend and it makes your home feel like Christmas in no time. I usually wrap one large piece of art in my living room, or a piece of art in an entry way or kitchen would work great as well, but my friend will wrap all of her art throughout her home.
Comment by Sara — December 15, 2010 @ 9:13 pm
Love your frame-so pretty! I have a small tree in an urn in my entry that I put the cards on. I punch a hole, put ribbon on them and hang them on the tree. I love it. It’s right in my entry hall so everyone can see.
Comment by Jana — December 16, 2010 @ 4:47 am
Love this idea. I display mine on a hall closet door. It’s not near as fab as in these frames, though! And it’s always hard finding cool cards without pictures of cute kids!
Comment by Angie — December 16, 2010 @ 8:02 pm
Love it! This year I took an extra picnic table and painted a tree on it and attached ribbon. All of our cards get hung by the ribbon!
You can see it on the blog now
Comment by Beth jacquin — December 16, 2010 @ 8:02 pm
I have to old wooden ladders and I hang magazines on the rungs but during Christmas I tack my cards down the sides. Love the post!
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