Do you still mail holiday cards to friends and family?
I do!
But I must confess, I struggle with throwing out the ones I receive…
The cards are so beautiful and I enjoy the family photos…
It is a sentimental season for me. How about you?
What do you do with all the cards and photos at the end of the season?
I look forward to your creative ideas!
Happy Holidays! 🙂
Jill's Art Journal 
Same here, Jill. I look forward to any suggestions your readers might have!!
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Glad to hear we are both in the same boat, Carol! 😍 Sometimes I think I will use them for painting ideas but this doesn’t seem to be happening! Lol! 🎄🎨✨
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Some I save…some are good for collage, or to use as a base for collage. I’ve thought also of painting over them, but I haven’t tried it. (K)
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Hi Kerfe, I like your ideas for using them for collage material. 😊 I will try it! And I may even get out the paints! 🎨💕
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I look forward to that as inspiration!
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I love to get and send Christmas cards, it’s so nice to know you are being thought of! I tape them up in the kitchen so we can all enjoy them every day. I keep some of the ones with photos of friends and children but usually toss the rest in January…
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I agree, Jenna, it is nice to be thought of! ❤️ I like that you tape them up in your kitchen. I imagine they brighten everyone’s day! 😍
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We cut out the best bits to make cards for next year.
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Hi Val, that’s a great idea! Thank you for sharing it with me! 😍
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Sometimes I cut out parts of the card to use as gift tags.
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That is a good idea, Laura Kate! 😃 A good way to repurpose the cards. 🎄
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I used to cut out the best bits and make them into next year’s To’s and From’s.
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Very creative, Susan! 😍 I like this idea. 🎄👍 My church repurposes the front of the cards for a gift exchange for the families we support at Christmas time. I thought about donating some of my cards to them but they have way too many! ❤️
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Hi Jill! I have kept them for years. I have made a journal with them. Just stack them into signatures and sew them in a journal. Some of the older birthday cards I have made into junk journals.
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Hi Suz! Great idea to make them into a journal! I have some cards I don’t want to part with… Thank you for the ideas! 😊❤️
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a bit stach of cards that were my grandmothers are still waiting for a creative moment.
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Hi Beverly, some cards are truly treasures that I don’t want to part with either! Perhaps creating a scrapbook or journal in your grandmother’s memory? I have kept a lot of cards my mom gave to me. ❤️
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I do have some which my school friends given me on my birthday in the school times. I’m sure you’re so creative that you might come up with some interesting collage may be!
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Hi Snehal, I think some cards are too special to part with! I read an article online that one way to save special cards is to scan them in and save to your computer by the year you received them. This way they are kept but aren’t becoming clutter. I like this idea, what do you think? 😊
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Absolutely, thanks foe sharing Jill 🤗 now onwards I will follow the same. Than you dear.
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I save very special ones! ❤
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Yes, me too, Jodi! ❤️ Do you keep them in a special box? 🎁
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I do. ☺️
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I love sending and receiving cards and pictures at the holidays. I usually save a few of them. 😊💚
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Hi Patty, it is part of the season I truly enjoy… hearing from friends and family! ❤️🎄 I think saving a few special ones is a good idea… and repurposing the rest! 😉
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Make and mail
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Do you make your own cards? These are the best! 😊
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yes, not always sometimes ill snap a photo of our cat and design a card around him, but this year my wife made over 100 origami llamas and crafted a card together and mailed out
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I save a few of the special ones and just keep the backs of the others which act as a list for writing next years cards. At the moment I’m looking for new ways to display this year’s!
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Hi Jane, good idea to use the backs of cards to write lists! 😃 I bet Pinterest has some great ideas for displaying cards… one of my favorite places for inspiration. 💗
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Problem solved! I’ve conjured up a display stand from a coat hanger covered in ribbon and tinsel. Also removed some pictures from the wall and used string wrapped round the nails to make a grid.
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Just sent my cards out this week– a bit late but better than never! As for repurposing–my friend cut the covers of the cards into triangles and made a festive pendant garland! I usually keep mine for a few years. In the past have cut off the covers of really old ones to send out again as Chrostmas postcards!
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I like the idea of creating a garland with the cards! So many wonderful ideas!! And they would make awesome postcards. ❤️ I got my cards in the mail yesterday! 🥰
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