Bonjour tout le monde!
So, the holidays are left behind us, vacation is (nearly) over, we are all back to work and our regular routines. We have nothing left but good memories and a whole collection of holiday cards on the mantle. Take a good look at those. What do you notice?
They are probably quite a mix-matched (or shall we say miss-matched?) collection of handmade and storebought, of bright and colorfull and neutral, of modern and classic style cards. This sort of mix doesn't really make the nicest view.
We decided we wanted to do something with our collection of cards, in a way that we could enjoy them the whole year! We didn't just want to throw out all the nice and lovely messages our friends and family sent us! This is where we figured it would be nice to make a bunting of best wishes and greetings!
It is easy as cake, we promise you. All you need for your bunting is of course a collection of cards, a pair of scissors, an end of string or ribbon (we used bakers twine), a leather punch and a scrap of random paper.
Here is how we did it:
1. Cut a triangular shape out of the paper scrap.
2. Use this template to cut nice and regular triangles out of your post cards.
3. Punch holes in your triangles with your leather punch.
4. Put them on a string and hang them in a nice spot.
That is all!
And see how lovely and playfull and totally pretty it looks?
Bisous,
Isis
-xoxo-
So, the holidays are left behind us, vacation is (nearly) over, we are all back to work and our regular routines. We have nothing left but good memories and a whole collection of holiday cards on the mantle. Take a good look at those. What do you notice?
They are probably quite a mix-matched (or shall we say miss-matched?) collection of handmade and storebought, of bright and colorfull and neutral, of modern and classic style cards. This sort of mix doesn't really make the nicest view.
We decided we wanted to do something with our collection of cards, in a way that we could enjoy them the whole year! We didn't just want to throw out all the nice and lovely messages our friends and family sent us! This is where we figured it would be nice to make a bunting of best wishes and greetings!
It is easy as cake, we promise you. All you need for your bunting is of course a collection of cards, a pair of scissors, an end of string or ribbon (we used bakers twine), a leather punch and a scrap of random paper.
Here is how we did it:
1. Cut a triangular shape out of the paper scrap.
2. Use this template to cut nice and regular triangles out of your post cards.
3. Punch holes in your triangles with your leather punch.
4. Put them on a string and hang them in a nice spot.
That is all!
And see how lovely and playfull and totally pretty it looks?
Bisous,
Isis
-xoxo-
I really like what you did here! Even thought they're sent with the best intentions, most holiday cards are just "ugly"... :-)
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