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Post by scrappyrabbit on Dec 12, 2021 7:13:17 GMT
How do you display your holiday cards that you receive? Every year, I search for new ideas but I’m never happy with my display. Please share your displays here!
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Post by gar on Dec 12, 2021 11:45:44 GMT
I stand mine on various surfaces in the front room where they regularly topple over as people walk past or shut the door quickly and cause a draught. I’ve never found a good solution really…hanging them down the walls/doors on sellotape/ribbon - they still flap about and turn over, stands take up too much room….I don’t know what the answer is.
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Post by Katie on Dec 12, 2021 12:02:51 GMT
I tape mine in the refrigerator. I use 2 small pieces of Scotch tape on the backs.
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Post by peasapie on Dec 12, 2021 12:33:17 GMT
I keep mine in a basket on the coffee table. Guests love to look through them.
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Post by maryannscraps on Dec 12, 2021 13:04:00 GMT
I keep mine in a basket on the coffee table. Guests love to look through them. Same. But in a silver-colored bowl.
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Post by craftedbys on Dec 12, 2021 14:19:02 GMT
Many many years ago my SIL gave me a metal/wire card display thing in the shape of a tree that had an over the door hook at the top.
She probably got it at someplace like Kirkland or Kohl's.
I still hang it up even though we get very few cards each year.
At first I had trouble storing it in the off season, but then I just started hanging it on the back side of a door in the hallway that is rarely, if ever shut.
I have seen on Pintrest and places where people have ribbons on their kitchen cabinets and they attach the cards to those, but all I could think of is then falling off into the food, LOL.
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Post by lesley on Dec 12, 2021 14:32:39 GMT
Nowadays I attach a few Command hooks to the wall in the living room, string ribbon or baker’s twine across them, and hang the cards over the twine. It’s quick and easy.
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Post by littlemama on Dec 12, 2021 14:58:47 GMT
I tape them to the back of the front door. I dont know many people who still send them, so it isnt many!
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Dec 12, 2021 15:13:20 GMT
Usually I just stand them up on the bookshelves in the living room. This year I am going to string twine from the upper shelves and hang the cards with mini clear clips. Not sure if it will work or not. Thinking I'll need to tack a small nail in the wall on each end to anchor the twine to. I keep mine in a basket on the coffee table. Guests love to look through them. I do this with all the postcards we collected while traveling and living overseas, some dating back to the 80s. People love sorting through them.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Dec 12, 2021 15:38:37 GMT
We have a bookcase with glass doors and we stand them up in front of the books. The doors keep them from falling over, but you can still see them.
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Post by scrapmaven on Dec 12, 2021 16:00:15 GMT
I put mine on the fridge. I love cards so much and it makes me smile everytime I see a friend's card, because it makes me feel special.
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Post by PLurker on Dec 12, 2021 16:09:34 GMT
I'm a keep them corralled in a container gal. They're going in a large old wooden dough bowl this year. On top of the tv entertainment center or whatever you want to call it. An old buffet furniture piece I rehabbed, repainted and repurposed that the tv stand is on.
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Post by Linda on Dec 12, 2021 16:24:15 GMT
I have a small wooden crate where the uprights are snowmen - it's the perfect size for Christmas cards
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Post by justkat on Dec 12, 2021 16:35:24 GMT
I LOVE Christmas cards. They're one of my favourite parts of the holiday. I send and receive a ton of cards. 😊
I have a short hallway with a series of doors on either side. I place a small (dinner plate sized) wreath on each door and then tape the cards around the wreath on each door.
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Post by MichyM on Dec 12, 2021 18:34:51 GMT
This is a photo from last year, but this is how I displayed them. Not sure if I'm going to do the same this year or not. The twine is red and off white, the mini clothespins I believe purchased on amazon.
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Post by disneypal on Dec 12, 2021 18:37:18 GMT
I tape them to the back of the front door. I dont know many people who still send them, so it isnt many! Similar except I tape them to the front of the coat closet door, which is right next to the front door. I used to get so many but now I receive about 10-12 (I mail out 45)
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Post by jennifercw on Dec 12, 2021 18:53:58 GMT
I keep mine in a basket on the coffee table. Guests love to look through them. Same here - except the basket is on a table in the foyer. I also keep cards for a few years. Every year I tie up that batch of cards with a pretty ribbon. The last 3-4 years are also displayed in the same basket.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Dec 12, 2021 18:56:27 GMT
Some of my favorites I received from a 2Peas exchange in 2017 are displayed on our coffee table in the LR. Cards we receive this year go into a Longaberger Christmas basket. My friend showed me what she does with photo-greeting cards and it is a wonderful idea. In her walk-in pantry, she has a wall with no shelves. She cuts the pictures out of the photo-greeting cards and attaches them to the wall. It pretty much covers a 4x5 foot space. I looked and there is our photo from a while back. I thought it was awesome but sadly our pantry door covers up our blank wall.
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Post by iluvpink on Dec 12, 2021 19:00:52 GMT
We just hang them by tape on the patio door in the kitchen.
In our previous house we hung them on the door frame between the kitchen and the living/dining room combo.
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Post by mnmloveli on Dec 12, 2021 19:04:44 GMT
I tape my cards on a wall in the shape of a Christmas Tree. It’s on a side wall in my living room that leads down a hallway. A great way to have another tree in the house!
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Post by melanieg on Dec 12, 2021 19:52:06 GMT
I tape mine up on my fireplace surround. I don't use the fireplace so it isn't a safety issue.
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Post by mom on Dec 12, 2021 20:21:58 GMT
Christmas cards are one of my favorite things about the holidays. I have them taped around a doorway going into my den.
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Post by fiddlesticks on Dec 12, 2021 20:39:34 GMT
Years ago, when ribbons were all the scrapbook rage, my friend gave me a garland of sorts. It is twine, about 4 feet long, with holiday ribbons tied on it. With it, she got the cutest little clips to clip the cards onto the ribbons. I hang it in the doorway from my kitchen to the dining room and it makes me so happy to see it fill up as December goes on!
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Post by librarylady on Dec 13, 2021 1:08:45 GMT
I have louvered doors between the dining room and the kitchen and I slide the in the slats. Photo cards are displayed on doors of the China cabinet.
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Post by cmpeter on Dec 13, 2021 1:11:07 GMT
We have a table near our entry way with a small Christmas tree on it and a basket where I keep all the cards.
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Post by pancakes on Dec 13, 2021 1:42:33 GMT
I tape mine in the refrigerator. I use 2 small pieces of Scotch tape on the backs. Same here!
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Post by lisae on Dec 13, 2021 2:08:12 GMT
On the built in shelves in the living room. The bottom two rows are full thanks mostly to our card exchange! I'll soon need a stepladder.
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Post by melanell on Dec 13, 2021 13:54:50 GMT
We always just use painters tape to hang them somewhere in the house. By using that tape we've never had any issues with damage, whether we hang them on a wall, a door, or trim.
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Post by smartypants71 on Dec 13, 2021 14:25:02 GMT
I have something similar to this that I got from Pier 1 a few years back.
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Post by librarylady on Dec 13, 2021 14:29:46 GMT
We receive about 60+ cards, so that antler idea would never work with us.
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