December 6, 2012

Easy Christmas Card Holder

Every Year We Get A Bundle Of Photo Christmas Cards & Every Year I Struggle With The Best Place To Put Them.  I Have Seen Christmas Card Card Holders In The Stores, But I Haven't Liked Any Of Them, So I Googled It & Found This One I Liked On Etsy
 
Cute, Right?!


 
So, Instead Of Purchasing It For $32, I Made One for $8!!! 
 


All I Had To Do Was Purchase The Star (which was on sale at JoAnn Fabrics)!  I Had The Rest One Hand!!
 
Here is What I Did.....
 
 
My Supplies Consisted of Burlap Ribbon, Light & Dark Jute Twine, A Star, 1 Jingle Bell, Ribbon & Clothes Pins
 
 
 
I Couldn't Decide Up Front Which Ribbon To Use, So I Pulled Out These 3 & Played Around With Them
 
 
 
These Jingle Bells I Had Already Purchased From JoAnn Fabric's for $5 For Another Project & They Worked Perfect For This One!!
 
 
 
I Started With The Star...
I'll Be Honest With You....I Hate Doing Bows!!! I'm Not Good At Them & They Take Me Forever....This One Took Me 30 Min!!! Just This 1 Bow!!!
After I Finally Finished The Bow, I Glued It On & Then Glued On My Jingle Bell
 
 
 
My Jingle Bell Conveniently Came With Jute Twine, So I Just Cut Off The Part Where It's Tied Together & Used It As Extra Decor To The Piece!
 
 
 
  Then I Cut The Ends of My Ribbon At An Angle & Trimmed Up The Jute Pieces
 
 
 
I Cut My Burlap Ribbon by Measuring Out How Long I Wanted It To Go, So Basically, I Eye-Balled The Length & Cut
 
 
 

 
Then I Laid Out The Light Jute Twine & Cut It To The Length of The Burlap. I Chose 2 Pieces of Jute Because I Liked The Way It Looked, But You Can Do 1 or More Depending On Your Preference

 

 
Then Using My Hot Glue Gun, I Glued The Top Of The Light Jute Twine Pieces To The Burlap Strip
 

 
I Then Glued The Whole Burlap Strip To The Back Of The Star.  I Love Hot Glue Because It's Easy & You Can Spread It Around With The Tip Of The Gun!
 

 
I Trimmed Up The Corners So There Wouldn't Be Any Burlap Showing Out of The Sides 


 
Then I Cut The Bottom Of My Burlap Strip So Each Side Came To A Point
 
 
 
The I Hung It & Ta-Da!!!
 
 
Turned Out Pretty Good!




 
 

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