card collection idea a la oh-so-creative hope

photos taken of hope's holiday card journal

hope and i try to gather every few months for a few hours of artistic play. yesterday was filled with delight. when she arrived with this darling holiday card notebook she's created for her e-course, winter stories, i squealed with glee and quickly snapped these photos. i receive the sweetest cards from old and new friends throughout the year that i stick on my fridge, on bulletin boards in my office, and inside wallpaper-covered shoe boxes. i could never figure out the best way to capture these memories in a creative, useful manner . . . until now. 

how to:

take favorite holiday, birthday, get well, thinking of you cards, even gift cards (note how she punched a hole in it and wrote on the back what she purchased with it) and create a memory book with loose leaf ring binders and a cropadile. voila!