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DIY Christmas Card Holder

Today I am sharing with you my easy DIY holder for Christmas cards!  I love displaying Christmas cards, but the fancy displays cost quite a bit of money.  I came up with a cost-effective way to display them on my own!

Total project cost: $1 (I already had clothespins and scissors)

Supplies

• Christmas ribbon
• clothespins
• scissors

Instructions

1. Measure out ribbon, I used about 1 yard.
2. Attach clothespin at the bottom to use as a weight
3. Hang on the wall (you may either nail straight into the wall, or I used a folded paperclip and stapled it to the ribbon, then hung on a nail).
4. Clip Christmas cards onto ribbon with clothespins

Finished product:

As you get more cards, you can make more ribbon strands.

I used a ribbon at the bottom to hide the ugly clothespin.   I think maybe tying a ribbon at the top would help make it look a little better.

ribbon I used has a reindeer pattern, I think it is from Michael’s.

Another way to make this look more festive is to decorate the clothespins.  You can also purchase some on etsy.  A quick look through etsy, I found myself eyeing these:

May purchase here

May purchase here

It wouldn’t take much to replicate these, just some glue with either paper or glitter.

But, I wanted to keep this project simple and cheap.  So this will do for now!

Hopefully this has inspired you to go display your Christmas cards!

Be sure to check out my other 25 Days of Christmas posts!

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Mackenzie-Childs DIY Napkin Rings!

I love Mackenzie-Childs.  But my budget does not.  So, I came up with an idea to get the look for less.  I have been wanting these napkin rings below for a while:

Mackenzie-Childs Courtly Check Napkin Ring

But at $16 each they are a little out of my price range right now.  So I came up with the idea of making my own.

Materials

• Mackenzie-Childs Ribbon (you may it purchase here).  I purchased the 1″ ribbon for $28 for 10 yards.  There are larger sizes if you would like to use that instead.
• Another napking ring for size
• scissors
• needle and thread

1″ Courtly Check ribbon

 STEP 1:
Wrap the ribbon around another napking ring for proper sizing.

step 1.

 STEP 2:  Give yourself extra overlap so the ribbon will not unravel.  Then bend back the ribbon ends so a nice seam is left.

STEP 3:
Sew the overlapping edges over each other with a simple running stitch by hand.  Then VOILA! done!

Finished product next to the old napkin ring for size.  Notice how the ribbon edge on the inside of the napkin ring is folded over so the ribbon will not unravel.

 Coincidentally, the Courtly Check napkin rings match my old Mary Engelbreit pin cushion!

The finished product! Not too shabby!

While the normal napkin rings would be nicer, the project cost was $28 (I made only eight of the napkin rings, but you could make a whole bunch more) vs at least $128 for eight real napkin rings.  I get the look, for 80% off the price, which is what I wanted.  Plus I have at least 9 yards of Mackenzie Childs ribbon to play with!  Now what to do with the extra ribbon… I’m sure I’ll think of something!

I’ve linked up with The Scoop! Visit Confessions of a Plate Addict blog, it’s a good one!
I’ve also linked up with Wow us Wednesdays! at Savvy Southern Style, Open House Party at no minimalist here, and Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage!