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Christmas Card Holder

One of my favorite parts about the Christmas season is getting the mail each day. It’s the only time of the year when the mailbox isn’t just filled with bills, mortgage statements and catalogs. I love receiving people’s Christmas cards. I love their family pictures and reading about what has been deemed special enough to share in the family newsletter. 

Last year I saved all our Christmas cards and broke them out with our big box of Christmas ornaments and decorations the other day. It was fun to look through each photo and see how much our friends’ kids have grown in a year. I wanted to give the cards a place of honor this year and created this frame to hang where our giant height ruler normally hangs.

I bought a six foot pine board at Home Depot, gave it a few coats of gray paint and then used clothespins, which I hot glued to the wood, to secure the cards.

I wanted something that would have some original detail at the top so I created a logo for the Boston Postal service based off some vintage designs I found on the web. I designed my logo in word and printed it out large enough to trace onto the wood.

The project sits in our front entryway so you can see it from the kitchen and the living room.

I am now just waiting in anticipation for this year’s cards and photos to arrive (I’ve got last year’s up for the photo shoot. :))

You can read about the other Twelve Days of Christmas projects here:
Day One: Our Advent Calendar
Day Two: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

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  2. Omgosh… I love it! It’s so cute! I love Christmas cards and hanging them up, and I have been stumped on how to hang them up this year.. I think I may have found an amazing idea.. THANK YOU for sharing!!!

  5. OMG – great idea! And I love you sharing pictures of Elle! she is getting so big! Looking more and more like her brother!