Another Great Idea from Pinterest

First of all I'd like to note this idea was not my own.  It came from pinterest, of course.  I think it's pretty much brilliant.  Every year we receive beautiful Christmas cards from family and friends.  I put them up in the wall between the kitchen and the dining room. 

I eventually take them down and put them  upstairs in the gigantic rubber maid tote where all good picture go...  Someday I'll crop, scrap, maybe even organize.  Yeah, right.  I've kept all the picture cards we've received over the years and when I grow up I planned to put them in an album, just like my sisters.  Good intentions that have gone no where.

Well, I am happy, even flabbergasted that I have already taken care of the 2011 cards.  They are in a book, to be enjoyed.  It's a marvel and it was easy.

One of these handy, dandy super cropadials helps however; you could use a paper punch.  I just happen to have a good friend with nice tools.

Some of the cards were the same size and blank on the back, I glued them together.  I glued school pictures to cards that they came with and I included the cards that our dog, Hawley had received.

Obviously, the cards are different sizes and peek out in and around each other.  I mixed the picture cards and the regular cards and the sizes.  Willy nilly.

Some of the cards have pictures in the back too.  This mini book method works great because you're not gluing the cards down and losing access to the back of the card.  It would have been a shame to lose Clayton and Tanner driving off.

I used some glittery card stock for a cover.  Ribbon and stickers to embellish it a bit and then tied some ribbon scraps on the rings.

I am so inspired I may even dig out all the cards from years past...

Hah!  Let's not get carried away.