In the 50"s, when I was a child, my Mother wo...

2012-01-09T22:17:15.395-05:00

In the 50"s, when I was a child, my Mother would save all our Christmas cards in a kitchen drawer. Each Monday she would pull out a card,put it on the refridgerator and use it to list grocery items,piece goods needs or general shopping items. The Card stock cards would hold up all week and be put in her purse on Sat when we made the weekly trip to town.Next Monday-next card!

thanks for these ideas! I just took down our cards...

2012-01-06T19:30:12.812-05:00

thanks for these ideas! I just took down our cards today and they are sitting in a pile waiting for me to deal with them.

I've made cute little boxes out of cards in the past - nice for a jewelry gift next Christmas.

It's great to have you back posting, I've ...

2012-01-06T06:51:39.183-05:00

It's great to have you back posting, I've missed your lovely messages ;)

I especially loved your idea for cards about placing them in a basket and praying for those that sent them!!! I think we will do that this year. Another thing I have done in the past is to make Christmas "ornaments" from the cards but punching a hole in them and tying with yarn or ribbon.

My refrigerator is my "prayer wall" wher...

2012-01-05T20:57:29.474-05:00

My refrigerator is my "prayer wall" where I put the Christmas card photos of loved ones. The "regular" Christmas cards are kept until the following year then trimmed with patterned scissors and the fronts used as gift tags.

Like Rebecca I trim pictures from the non-photo ca...

2012-01-05T15:01:46.303-05:00

Like Rebecca I trim pictures from the non-photo cards I receive and repurpose them into gift tags. Using pinking shears makes them look cute and special and less "recycled."

I found this via Pinterest, and thought it was a v...

2012-01-05T12:32:26.763-05:00

I found this via Pinterest, and thought it was a very neat idea for storing & displaying old cards. I'm not very crafty, but might even do this :) Basically, you make an album of all the cards for an event. You can then open and read all of them again and again.

http://somethingturquoise.com/2011/11/11/diy-card-mini-album/

Some really good ideas - I especially like the ide...

2012-01-05T11:59:07.543-05:00

Some really good ideas - I especially like the idea of keeping a basket on the table to pray over friends over the year. The past few years I have trimmed the pictures and elements from more traditional cards to use for next Christmas as gift tags or as small cards to give out during the season.

Sweet ideas Jane! Thank you for sharing. :) I *...

2012-01-05T11:47:30.268-05:00

Sweet ideas Jane! Thank you for sharing. :) I *recycle* the cards by trimming and re-purposing too...it seems to make them live on, don't you think?

Happy New Year!

Blessings,
Camille

thanks ,good idea's

2012-01-05T09:26:53.325-05:00

thanks ,good idea's

My daughter is in a postcard exchange so we are cu...

2012-01-05T08:33:30.258-05:00

My daughter is in a postcard exchange so we are cutting our traditional Christmas cards down to a 4x6 size to use as postcards next holiday season.

Comments on Thy Hand Hath Provided: What to Do With Christmas Cards AFTER Christmas

In the 50"s, when I was a child, my Mother wo...

thanks for these ideas! I just took down our cards...

It's great to have you back posting, I've ...

My refrigerator is my "prayer wall" wher...

Like Rebecca I trim pictures from the non-photo ca...

I found this via Pinterest, and thought it was a v...

Some really good ideas - I especially like the ide...

Sweet ideas Jane! Thank you for sharing. :) I *...

thanks ,good idea's

My daughter is in a postcard exchange so we are cu...