Merry Christmas Eve!
I received several Christmas cards this year and hated to throw them out or keep them forever in a box where they won’t often be seen or ever used. Happily, however, I came across this craft.
Christmas card ornament
So today, Jeanette and I sat down with all of my Christmas cards.
do you see your card?
We traced circles on all of my cards.
traced circles
Jeanette tracing her template
We cut all of the circles out. (Aren’t my gingerbread man scissors awesome?)
all of our circles
close up of circles
We then chose twenty of our favorites for each ornament.
20 "chosen ones"
Jeanette's 20
On the back, we traced an equilateral triangle and folded along the lines.
triangles
Glue the circles together.
all glued together
Brendan came back from the gun store in time to help us.
Brendan "helping"
Add a ribbon before the final circle is glued in place. They are now hanging on Mom’s tree.
all done!
I think that these are a nice way to keep the cards for a practical use. I’ll write 2009 on them. Maybe some day I’ll have enough to decorate an entire tree with Christmas card memories.
In hindsight, Brendan did help by providing some eye-candy. 
so handsome