What to write on the front of a christmas card
DIY Christmas Card Memory Book - Home & Family
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if you've ever wondered what's the best
way to store the Christmas cards that
you receive each and every year don't
worry because ken has the answer with
the perfect DIY Christmas card memory
book I wish I had known about this years
ago well you know the answer is not in a
shoebox in your garage and a ziploc bag
in a drawer in a basket next to the sofa
in March what you've never looked at
then you start going through them each
and every year I go should I keep this
one what am I gonna do with it where do
I put it it has pictures of the family I
should have no the picture of the family
right so this is a great easy way to
keep them you can do a book per year
keep them on your bookcase pull them out
of Christmas I'm pulled it downwards
really and you see people's families
grow and change and the cute little
notes so super easy way to do it so
really a great idea and you can also do
this with birthday cards for each year
for your kids well do it next time get
hurt all right so what can I feel guilt
I keep all those that's like I don't
know who this kid is from like preschool
but I hello the card following a shoe
box shoe box so we're gonna start off I
remember I promise you all at home not
to throw up and show you a purpose for
those covers from the book page
Christmas tree project so this is that
project so get your leftover covers or
if you haven't done that project yet use
your covers now and what we're gonna do
is remove the rest of the pages and all
you're gonna do to do that is you're
just gonna make a line right down here
I've already cut most of this exactly so
yours gonna take out the sort of inner
work no the whole thing the whole thing
is yank it straight out double check
when you look at some books because some
books are made a little bit differently
but most of hardcover books two slits
and the whole inside comes out right so
step number one okay step number two
pick your scrapbook paper just good old
Scotland paper you could use Hallmark
wrapping paper as well okay on your
choice cut a strip there's gonna be just
about the width you want to sort of
cover up whatever book this is that you
may or may not have read or you could do
like Orly did for one of our projects
and just paint the smaller just paint I
have one of those books there yeah you
could and then you're gonna get a little
spray glue there and then what you're
gonna do is just pop that on the back of
the book now you want to cut this strip
so it's a little bit
longer than the actual back of the book
and we're going to do is just fold it
and those pages on yourself nice all
done there now cut another piece that is
going to be the full width and depth
length yes sighs sighs we're gonna go
with size of the book
that's a good work good word and hit
that as well with a little bit of spray
glue okay and that's going to this
really long it's gonna look very fancy
and like ooh you went to a special
Christmas card book binding place didn't
you
we could make a business out of this
looking at it right by the way I'm gonna
be my side hustle there you go I'm so
boom you're done you want to sit and let
that dry for a bit but you've got your
nice sort of book cover down okay so
once it's dry what you're gonna go back
through and right around here or so on
each one measuring so it's the same
distance and you want to poke a hole you
can just use a drill if you know what
easy drill use a hammer and nail just to
get a good sized hole so you're not
measuring that at all I know you do what
you want you want to measure and when I
get saved an inch in two inches in okay
I'm same thing on the other side I have
one here that I started earlier all
right nice so you can see I've got my
hole right here I went about an inch in
with a drill right now you're gonna put
in your grommet so if you never work
with grommets they're very easy any
sewing shop will have them they're gonna
come in a kit like this they'll have
there's a top and a bottom and then
there will be a little hammer and a
little set like this it'll all come
together with little directions any
fabric store will have it okay what
you're gonna do is take one half of your
grommet this is a very clever idea
cannot pin the hole
and then flip it over and the other half
Nestle's right in there this is almost
in the same vein as scrapbooking it's
kind of is right something to keep those
memories and all that now you put your
little bottom part under you take your
top part your little hammer and a couple
and your grommet is in place nice right
yeah so now all you're gonna do is get I
called him Trapper Keeper hook the
Trapper Keeper hook remember the Trapper
Keepers I love the ideal deciding which
Trapper Keeper you would have for the
year
you're gonna put those on either side
these are just a couple pennies from the
office supply store right and
a little tip for everyone at home get
another piece of matching scrapbook
paper go ahead and line it up to your
holes and mark it with the pen and then
get a hole punch and go ahead and punch
a hole here and here as you can see I've
got a hole here in here keep this with
your keeper because what you're gonna do
is when you get your cards like oh the
kids have grown so much looks just like
his father I know it's so sorry we're
done with them
yours gonna line it up on your card Oh
Ivan punch punch you know exactly it'll
always be measured in the right place
and then just keep that in the marker as
a marker in there that's a very very
good tip because otherwise you won't
know when it's gonna be a big mish-mosh
that's adorable
fill it up with your cards look at the
habit forever keep them lined up you
know write the oh I can't wait to start
doing this ten no more shoeboxes no more
Ziploc bags write and write the Year
4000 whatever your that's fine chuckling
can you've done it again make sure you
all visit a Hallmark Channel calm for
the full instructions what a great DIY
