Clothes Pin Christmas Card Wreath

How do you display your Christmas cards? Do you tape them to the stair railing? Throw them in a basket? Magnets on the fridge? Last year I put ribbon around my kitchen cabinets and used mini clothes pins to hold the cards in place. I liked that all right, but I'm always looking for new ways to be creative. A few weeks ago I was inspired by {of course} the one and only Pinterest. I found this wreath made out of clothes pins to hold Christmas cards so I thought I would give it a try... I was originally inspired by Craftiness is not optional but I ended up doing a few things differently.

 First, I painted all my pins with acrylic craft paint in red, green, and white. After letting them dry I wanted a little something more so I added stripes to the white pins and polka dots to the red ones. After that I found a wire hanger and {mostly} bent it into a circular shape. Then I put the clothes pins on the hanger and sealed the ends of the hanger with my handy glue gun and added some ribbon to cover the leftover wire.

Ta-Da! My final product. What do you think? Overall I'm happy with how it turned out. Now to put it away for a few more weeks until I start getting cards in the mail!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It is no surprise to anyone who knows me that I love holidays. Whether there is a deeper significance to the holiday (like Easter or Christmas) or if it is just a silly day to dress up and be festive, I love them all! My roommate always accuses me of being festive (she says it like its a bad thing?!) I just call her the Grinch :)
St. Patrick's Day is such a fun holiday for no other reason than getting to wear green and eating green food and sending people cards and wearing socks with shamrocks on them. I know right know that I am going to be one of those mom's who makes special shaped/colored food for her kids on each holiday, and I can't wait :)
 

Naturally green food, like kiwis...



apples and pears...



and, my personal favorite, green beans :)

Or artificially green food, like chips & cheese,

Green cupcakes,

and shamrock cookies 

 

and Green Mac & Cheese? I don't know about this one...

I hope everyone is able to enjoy something green today in celebration of St. Patrick's Day!