Your
kitchen counter, foyer table, or storage basket may runneth over at this point
as a series of Christmas cards and holiday photo cards have arrived and will
continue to be special deliveries in your mailbox over the next few weeks. Families can go all out with attractive
Christmas cards worthy of display that can compliment your Christmas
décor. As more guests parade through
your home this season, share with them the holiday cheer that has been so
graciously extended to you by putting your Christmas cards on display.
String
some thin ribbon back-and-forth or around-and-around a hanging mirror or
decorative picture frame, securing points along the sides. Secure cards and photos to intermittent
sections of the ribbon with clothes pins, tape, or even paper clips. For a back-of-the-door display, cut three or
four sections of 2½ inch Christmas ribbon that run about ¾ of the height of
your front, back, hallway, or bedroom door.
Spread the ribbon out evenly and secure the top of each piece to the
very top of the door using thumb tacks.
If the ribbon is curling up, attach the end of each piece to the door
with some double sided tape. Again, use
clothes pins or paper clips to affix Christmas photo cards along each
strand.
If
you have a staircase, you can punch a hole toward the top of each of your
selected cards, run a piece of thin ribbon through the hole, and string each
up, tying them to sections of your banister.
For a tabletop display, fan out a bundle of dried branches from the
craft store in a cylinder vase and use them like branches of a Christmas tree
fit for ornaments. Use clothes pins or
ribbon to hang your photos and cards from branch sections, thus decorating your
dried natural arrangement.
A stack in a pile or basket does not allow you
to look over your growing collection of Christmas photo cards again and
again. Pick your favorites, and give
them center stage instead. By using some
simple supplies and a wall hanging, door, banister, or arrangement, you create
a gallery to show off seasonal snapshots of your family and friends and
celebrate the passage of 2011 and all the warmth and happiness it has brought
us.
DesignInMind column; appeared in the Valley Morning Star December 11th.
