How can I repurpose Holiday or greeting cards?
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Go on Pinterest there are so many cool ideas
Put them on a corkboard and use it as a decor for the holidays
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/old-greeting-cards/?lp=true
I use mine to make gift tags but that ends up in the trash anyway. I have also made garlands and banners with them.
I used to donate all my old greeting cards, but St. Jude's discontinued the program. Now I give to the teachers at the local elmentary school for arts and crafts projects. Teachers are always looking for free supplies. What they can't use, they cut off and goes into our local paper recycling program. Here are some links.
https://recyclenation.com/2014/12/recycle-greeting-cards/
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/18-surprising-ways-to-reuse-greeting-cards.html
I actually have saved all the cards we have received for the past 46 years. I keep them in plastic shoe box like boxes in the store room in my basement. As an antique dealer who loves ephemera, I realize if someone doesn't keep old things there will be nothing for future generations to collect!
Well of course my purpose is different, but if I were to display these It would seem most appropriate to do them at the time the cards were originally sent, like Xmas cards at Xmas. Birthdays the same. Actually it might be fun to see at a glance how styles change over the years.
Yeah i think I am going to do some