Have you sent your Christmas cards yet? I have not. Have you received any yet? I have not. And when you receive them, how do you display them?
Displaying Christmas cards is a conundrum for me every year. Every year I receive such beautiful cards and I don’t have a way to display them. Some years I’ve had a string where they can be clipped to and be seen. Some years I don’t have a place to do that. One year I had a cute basket I put them in, but they did not display well. Then when the season is over I hate to throw them away because they are so beautiful and some have wonderful messages or greetings. I keep a lot of them, but really, then what?
This year I decided to make them. Now, I’m not much of a card maker. I have a cousin who does that sort of thing beautifully, and tattingmargaret at Margarets Designer Cards does lovely cards. But I thought I’d do my own cards this year, at least to the few that I’m sending them.
This is my first try at making a card that is an ornament as well. It can be hung as an ornament on the tree, or where-ever, and saved for another year, too. It incorporates some of the hymnal pages and a little bit of tatting. I was pleased with the first one, so a made a few more.
I suppose they are not really cards, though I put our Christmas greetings, the year, and our names on the back. Does that make them cards?
One of my daughters was over and I drafted her to help me cut out the paper. That made things go a lot faster.
Some I like better than others. Some worked, color and tatting wise, better than others. But the over-all look of them came out better than I was thinking they would.
I even incorporated a decorated button on one. Right now on Facebook the wonderful Lace-lovin’ Librarian Diane Cademartoi has started another group, this time with decorated button ornaments. I’ve done a lot of decorated buttons before, but the group inspired me to do a few more. This decorated button decorates an ornament.
I gave out five of these already and they were well received. But I’m going to need a few more. Good thing I have the circles cut out already! But, wait! I don’t have enough tatted parts yet. I’d better get on it!
How about you? Do you have your cards done?
“The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church’s greatest ornament.” Igor Stravinsky
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Good idea, I like them.
Excellent idea 💕
I love your idea, so far I have had three cards, which I usually stand up around the room on the furniture or the shelving, I try very hard to give them space so that they can be seen. The mantle place is for family and our cards we give to each other.
I was amazed to be mentioned in your post and thank you for your kind words, I would love to send you a card but I don’t have your address.