While babysitting for some kids from church I picked up a Family Fun magazine that their mom had and saw this cute idea of what to do with all those cards you get through the year. I decided it looked like an easy way to store, organize, and display all those cards I had shoved in a drawer organized neatly in my closet. This was created pre-blogging (which covers anything more than 2 days ago) so I didn’t think to take pictures as I was creating. I haven’t tackled the mass quantities of wedding cards we have yet, so when I do those I’ll do better about taking pictures and making an actual tutorial. It’s pretty easy though so I bet you smarties can figure it out.
I just cut out 2 pieces of cardboard (I used the thin cardboard pieces that sandwich my scrapbooking pages to keep them from getting squished) just slightly larger than the largest card. I picked out coordinating scrapbooking paper; one piece I glued to the front and wrapped around the back, the other I cut to glue on the inside to cover the rough edges. Then I used my hole punch to punch 2 holes in each piece as well as in each card. I then used those metal circle thingys (I think they’re called binder clips?) to put the book together. The smaller one needed a 1 1/2 in circle but the larger one needed a 2 inch. I used my Cricut to make the labels. Each one took less than 1 hour to make.
inside of 2009
view of the side and binder clips
2010
this was the super fat one that needed the 2 inch rings
2011 – my favorite one
here’s the outsides of the 2011 book before I put it together
Family Fun calls these “card keepers”; I’ve been calling them “card book things” – any suggestions for a cute name for these little guys?
When I finally create these for my wedding cards I may use a stronger cardboard. I’m thinking about buying old textbooks from Goodwill and cutting and covering the covers so they will be more sturdy. I also may try sewing them together rather than hole punching. Not sure yet…I’ll let you know (and post pics!).
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