Happy Thanksgiving week! I hope you have a great celebration planned! My in-laws are flying in from South Carolina, so I will be busy cleaning and cooking much of the week. And of course I will be out shopping on Friday – one of my favorite days of the year! (Yes, I am one of those people.)
I will also be eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first Christmas cards of the year! They always begin rolling in right after Thanksgiving, and this year I’m prepared with a cute way to display them! (They usually go into a basket where I can’t really see all of them.)
I mean really, how festive is this wreath card holder?
Supplies
- 18″ chipboard wreath form
- Clothespins (I used 25)
- Wired ribbon
- Wood glue
- Hot glue (and glue gun)
- Gold glitter paint
- Green acrylic paint
- Felt (I used two shades of green and 1 red)
Instructions
First I painted my chipboard wreath form and clothespins green using regular acrylic paint.
Once the paint dried, I tied a ribbon into a loop at the top of the wreath so that I could hang my card holder. I then made a bow out of the same ribbon and hot glued that to the front of the loop. Then I started gluing my clothespins around the wreath form with wood glue, alternating the opening ends on the inside and outside of the wreath form.
Once all of the clothespins were secured, I cut some holly leaves and berries out of felt and glued those to some of the clothespins with hot glue. I added a little gold glitter paint to some of them for some sparkle.
Then my card holder wreath was finished!
I’m super impressed that I was able to find some random Christmas cards in my basement to stick on there for these photos. Sometimes being a pack rat pays off.
Now that I’ve got a way to display the cards other people send me, I should probably figure out what I’m going to do about my own Christmas cards. But that can wait until Thanksgiving’s over!
How do you usually display your Christmas cards?
– Bre
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Kristi says
SUCH a cute project! I’m always looking for ways to display our cards!!!
Bre says
Thanks, Kristi! I’m glad you like it!
Breanna says
Such a great way to put those cards to use and display them!
Bre says
Thanks girl!
Amy | Canary Street Crafts says
So cute!! I always end up taping our cards to the back of the door because I don’t have any way to display them (lame, I know!). I need to make one of these!!
Bre says
Thanks, Amy! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Amanda @ Dwelling in Happiness says
Love this, Bre! A super cute way to display Christmas cards. I usually resort to just putting them on the fridge, but this is WAY cuter! 🙂
Bre says
Thank you, friend!! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Danielle says
What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing it at last week’s Motivational Monday party! Hope you’ll join us again this week…
Danielle
SewMuchCrafting.com
Bre says
Hi, Danielle – thank you!! Yes, I already linked up this week and love your party! Have a great week!
Chelsea - Mommie and Wee says
How clever! I was thinking of doing something similar with a garland, but this is so much cuter! Thanks so much for sharing we me and my Pin Worthy Wednesday co-hosts! I’ve pinned this!
xo Chels
Mommie and Wee
Bre says
Thank you so much for pinning it! I really appreciate it!! 🙂
Crystelle says
Wow! That chipboard wreath form really makes it an easy project!! Wishing you a merry Christmas 🙂
xox, Crystelle
CrystelleBoutique
Bre says
Hello, Crystelle! Yes – this project is SO easy! Ridiculously easy! I’m so glad I have some Christmas cards floating in now to fill it up, too! Thanks for stopping by today! 🙂
Lindsay Eidahl says
Cute! This would be a great craft to do with the kids too! Thanks for sharing on Show Me Saturday!
Bre says
Hi, Lindsay! Thank you! Yes, definitely a great craft to have the kids involved in! Have a great night!
Michelle from Weekend Craft says
Super cute! Thanks so much for linking up at Creative Spark Link Party last week. Hope you link up again today! http://bit.ly/1wg0JNp
Bre says
Thank you!! I will definitely be linking up again later today. Have a wonderful day!
Carolyn Pollock says
Where do you buy the chipboard? I’ve never seen one?
Bre says
Hi, Carolyn! You can get them on Amazon! Here’s an affiliate link to one: http://amzn.to/2nFR6g7. Thanks and have a great day!