take that pottery barn!

i wanted to buy this wire card holder.

i really wanted it last year.  

then i saw it agin this year and wanted it even more.

but i just couldn't do it.

i love it though.

so i made my own card display.

i showed it a few posts back.

it is nothing more than a roll of grosgrain ribbon, 6 thumbtacks. and 2 packs of mini clothes pins.

(all found at wal-mart or hobby lobby)

it is right inside our kitchen sitting area.

quite a conversation piece...everyone looking to see if they recognize anyone.

so take that pottery barn!

(please don't be mad at me PB....i will always love you...i just can't afford you...call me)

Comments

[Christy]

Love it! I noticed it on the other post too, thanks for posting the ingredients! I want to copy for next year. :)

[Kelly]

love it

[Lorilee]

Meg,
I love it! I use little clothes pins painted green to pin my cards onto the greenery that I hang over one of our doorways. I also still have most of the Christmas cards we have ever received. I put them into ziplock bags and write the year on it with a sharpie. I keep them with the Christmas decorations. Now that many of the people who sent the cards have passed away, I can't bear to even cut them up! I have framed a few(I put them into a large frame that I added handles to and use as a tray)
Blessings,
Lorilee

[lauren]

you are so crafty and creative! i love your personal taste and style and always enjoy coming by your blog to see your pictures and what kind of fun stuff you are up to.

i found your blog through my sister-in-law (hipmomofboyz) blog and have been checking it out for the past few months.

just wanted to say that your family looks like so much fun and your kids are lucky to have such a cool mom! hope yall are enjoying the new year!

lauren

[Leigh Ann]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE yours, but I must admit that I got that curly wire photo holder from Pottery Barn on clearance last year. Even though I LOVE my PB one, I'm reconsidering now that I've seen yours.

[Queen of the Click]

The cards look great in your display. If you have your heart on that Pottery Barn card holder, just wait until February. Last year I got it for 7.99 even after it left the site and then returned at a low price.

[allison]

I have the PB one and it sits under a bed in the guest room...lol! It's a pain in the butt to hang because it scratches my newly painted walls (it moves when you change pics and cards), so I hung it on back of a door and it scratched that too:(

I made my own display too this year. Two pieces of velvet ribbon hanging vertical from a door (use thumb tacs) and then we just cut small slits in the cards and slid them on...yours seems easier with the clothes pins, I will remember that for next year:)

[danyele]

love when that happens! good on..and now, i will steal it for next year! thanks!

[Carrie]

Meg-
I love it, and in the spirit of full disclosure I will be "stealing" this idea next year! :)
I love all of your fun ideas and money saving crafts.

Pottery Barn and I parted ways some time ago due to the high prices as well. It was a mutual thing, but sometimes I really miss PB. HA!

[traci]

that is so cute. much cuter than the pottery barn one. you are so creative.

[lee ann]

I think that's the whole purpose of a PB catalog...to steal ideas.....and to look at Target for the cheaper version. Love yours. I didn't even hang mine this year. So sad. Next year though.

[clgarrett]

i love me some pottery barn, but yes...they are so dang expensive! your display looks oh so nice! i may have to try that with some daily snap shots!

we are fortunate enough to have a PB outlet about an hour away...it's pure job to walk in that store!

[sarah]

Love it!
And I love Pottery Barn too, but like you, I just can't afford most of the wonderful things.

[Shann]

Hi Meg! I love this card idea...just like all your ideas...they are lovely! Can you refresh my memory? Did you have a post once with little bottle caps that you made with Christmas papers inside them and glitter and embelishments? I would love to make some and I really thought it was your idea...but I can not find that post. Was it you? Take care! Shann

[Jennifer P.]

Next year Potterybarn will be selling rolls of grosgrain ribbon and packages of mini-clothespins for $69.00. ;)

I think your display is better than PB.

[jesse Peak]

Pottery Barn should be jealous! Yours is so cute!

[Aubrey]

I like your idea and it I bet it's so much easier to store than the wire thing. I've got to brave wal-mart for clothes pins. This would be a good idea for all the artwork my kids accumulate, though I wish I had fifty white cupboards like you do to display them. :)

[Becca]

I really love reading your blog. When I sit down and read your blog I feel as if I'm part of the family. (I know that sounds really werid). All the great pictures you share, all the great stories. I usually don't read it for a whole week, and then sit down and read a bunch of post all at once. IT's great.
Love your clothes pins idea. I'm going to do it next year. Thanks a bunch!

[MGF]

Too funny. I really liked the idea when I saw a couple of post back. Thanks for letting us know how you did it.

[Kelly]

It looks really great! I was privileged to be visiting in a home on Christmas Eve full of great style. They strung ribbon or twine or something from the corners of each dining room wall and the cards were hung over it right up by the ceiling. It was like lovely banners around the room. Kelly

[Wendy]

I saw that and thought what a great idea you had. I will try and remember it and do a version of it here. Thanks for sharing! You always have adorable creations.

[Amber]

I've done this same thing over my desk to hang pictures and other happy things. I think it looks very cute. That's a great way to display Christmas cards...who needs Pottery Barn? Love all your crafty items you shared too.

[Jamie Sampson]

PB gets me too. All of their adorable little this and thats.

[Anna]

LOVE IT - I had this scary looking snowman thing someone gave me as a wedding gift, but it only held about 10 cards. I ended up just keeping them in a dish on the coffee table. I'll try your idea next year!

[inchmark]

So beautiful and far better than what I tried this year, just taping them to the coat closet door. Now they are all covered in double stick tape and impossible to save the cards. I don't know what I was thinking. Next year I'll know better.

[tracey]

darn it, i wish i would have seen this post a few weeks ago! oh well, i am so using this idea next year. thanks for sharing!

[Brooke]

I absolutely love your crafts!!! Everything you create...too cute!! Especially all the clothes...I think 2009 will be the year I finally get a sewing machine and I will teach myself to sew if it kills me! http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/ <---This site is the closest thing I could find that sells clothes as cute as you make...however it is way too pricey for kids clothes...still fun to get ideas from though!

[Brooke]

oops....the below comment was for the "just a couple more" post....i do love this card display idea though!

[Al]

I love it. For another good alternative try http://www.wirehomedecor.com/wirewalldecor

[Traci]

Meg, I don't know if you'll ever see this comment, but I've read through so much of your blog today. I love it. So inspiring! Who needs a magazine when I have this? I love your style of decorating. Thank you :)

[Orbo]

Found this web-site and card display while searching for the pb curly wire card holder. Hard to justify the pb cost but for my college bound daughter I thought it would make a great gift. I am thrilled to have found this alternative! So cute!! I am running to the craft store right now to pick out ribbon and get the mini clothes pins. Thank you so much for this economical and darling alternative.

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