Ribbon Christmas Card Holder

December 12, 2010 By
It’s that time of year when check­ing the mail­box is so fun, antic­i­pat­ing all the great greet­ings from friends and fam­ily.  Over the years, I’ve strug­gled with how to dis­play them, so they often ended up just sit­ting in Christ­mas bas­kets.  But, I was never quite happy with that.  Now, I’ve finally found a solu­tion I love–a way to incor­po­rate all those spe­cial mes­sages, pho­tos, and cute cards as part of our Christ­mas decor.   

In case you missed it last week over at a Home­made Christ­mas with The Scrap Shoppe, here’s the tuto­r­ial I shared on how to make an over-the-door rib­bon Christ­mas card holder:

A fes­tive project that’s easy & inex­pen­sive to make, yet func­tional & cute–a def­i­nite win-win!

Here’s what you’ll need:
 
- 2 pieces of foam board (what I used), card­board, or wood (mine were approx. 20″ x 8″ each)
- Rib­bon (I used 2.5″ and about 13ft.)
- Wrap­ping paper (scrap­book­ing paper, tis­sue paper, or old cut up Christ­mas cards would all look adorable)
- Scis­sors
- Tape
- Hot Glue Gun
- Embell­ish­ments (bows, let­ters, but­tons, other rib­bon, etc.)
- Clothes pins

How to:
- Cut two pieces (approx. 20″ x 8″ each) of some type of board.  I had a piece of foam board left over from another project, so I used that.
- Wrap on piece of the board–the back won’t show, so it doesn’t have to look pretty :)
- Cut 3 long pieces of ribbon–I had one length at about 3.5 ft. and two at about 3 ft. 
- Attach the rib­bon about half-way up the back of the board.  Ini­tially, I just used tape (for eas­ier repo­si­tion­ing) and mea­sured the cen­ter and then the other two pieces each 3″ in from the sides.  
- Next, take your other board (uncov­ered) and line it up par­al­lel to your wrapped board with rib­bons attached. Oppo­site the rib­bon already there, attach 3 shorter pieces of rib­bon (a lit­tle more than 12″) with tape on the wrapped board so that the rib­bon lines match up.  Then, attached the other end to the unwrapped board.  It will look like this:
- Now you will be able to hang your dis­play over a door with­out hav­ing to put a nail or any­thing like that in the door.
 
- Once you’re com­fort­able with how every­thing lines up and hangs, then go ahead and hot glue every­thing in place (instead of just the tape).  At this point, your holder is func­tional, but not as cute:
 
- So, now you need to embell­ish in what­ever way fits your decor look.  I just used left­over bows I had–they are the vel­vety already made ones that you can pick up just about any­where right now for a $1 or $2 for 6.  And, I thought it needed some words.  “Season’s Greet­ings” seemed fit­ting, so I cut 3″ let­ters with the Cricut.  
I added one more bow at the very bot­tom for good mea­sure :)
Now, you’ve got a cute rib­bon ban­ner that’s ready & wait­ing to dis­play your cards.  Grab some clothes pins and embell­ish those as you like too.  You could get the kids involved and have them paint some clothes pins.  Or, you could spray paint them, add bows, but­tons, rib­bons, etc.  Then, clip on your cards & enjoy!
A BIG thank you to Michele for hav­ing Mom Endeav­ors at The Scrap Shoppe as part of a Home­made Christmas!  

17 Comments

Comments

  1. 1
    Jana says:
    December 13, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    Too cute!!

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    Laurie Turk says:
    December 13, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    Absolutely dar­ling! I have it in the queue to fea­ture on my Christ­mas site: http://christmas.tipjunkie.com

    What a great tutorial!

    Reply
  3. 3
    Wendy says:
    December 14, 2010 at 5:15 am

    cute idea!

    Reply
  4. 4
    Pamela says:
    December 14, 2010 at 7:31 am

    This is a good idea. Thanks for the clear tuto­r­ial. Now if I could just get my cards out so some­one can hang them up. :-)

    Reply
  5. 5
    Moogie says:
    December 14, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    I’m your newest fol­lower.
    http://moogieland.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  6. 6
    Ginger says:
    December 15, 2010 at 11:15 am

    Makes me think of Steel Mag­no­lias where they had some­thing sim­i­lar in the back­ground. Love.

    Reply
  7. 7
    Jennifer says:
    December 15, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    This turned out so great, and I love the over-the-door design. I fea­tured you today on my favorite things :)

    Reply
  8. 8
    Leanne says:
    December 15, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    It looks great. I’d love for you to join We’re Orga­nized Wednes­day until Sat­ur­day if you get the chance. There’s a fun give­away too. Hope to see you there.

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  9. 9
    Haley says:
    December 16, 2010 at 9:47 am

    So cute!

    Reply
  10. 10
    Leanne says:
    December 16, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    Thanks for link­ing to We’re Orga­nized Wednesday.

    Reply
  11. 11
    Kim @ Cheap Chic Home says:
    December 17, 2010 at 10:02 am

    That is so cute, it really makes a fes­tive decoration.

    Reply
  12. 12
    Tru@TRU TALES FEATS says:
    December 17, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    That is so clever. I usu­ally clip my cards to the din­ing room win­dow cur­tain, but I may try this this year.

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  13. 13
    Attempting Aloha says:
    December 18, 2010 at 2:27 am

    Very cute! Wish I had a door other than my front door to put it on! ;)

    Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka,

    char­lie

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  14. 14
    Allison @ House of Hepworths says:
    December 22, 2010 at 10:05 am

    That is such a cute idea!

    ~Alli­son @ House of Hepworths

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  15. 15
    sweetjeanette says:
    December 27, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    So cute!!!! I love the bows you used too. it adds so much cute­ness to an already cute idea!!!
    Thanks for link­ing this to the “Very Merry Christ­mas Party” at sweetjeanette.com. I loved hav­ing you and your won­der­ful ideas!!!

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  16. 16
    Stephanie says:
    January 2, 2011 at 10:06 pm

    I made one of these based on your design and thought you might like to see it! Thanks for the idea!!!
    http://pynefurniturefun.blogspot.com/2011/01/christmas-crafts.html

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