One of the things that I look forward to every holiday season is receiving all those photo cards
from my friends and family. I get to see all the new babies and how much the children have
grown. And even where everyone went for vacation.
You know it’s easy to frame the pictures in a collage frame or you can hang them to create a
garland on the mantle. But what do you do with them after the holidays are over? They're such
precious memories, I just can't bear to throw them away. Well that’s where scrapbooking comes
in.
Scrapbook pages are ideal for preserving holiday cards and a great way to display them is a
photo cloths line. You can see here a page that I've started, and to create the cloths line, the first
step is to punch the holes. So here is a hole that’s been punched. Then you're going to place an
eyelet in there and set the eyelet, which is what's been done here and up here as well. But to
create a clothes line, you need to come across the page and have one that’s on the page across
from it. And if you want the cloths line to hang straight, this is one of those times where you're
going to have to pull out a ruler and measure. So that they're the same distance down from the
top of the page.
Now the thread the cord through, I used multiple threads. Because some of the cards we’re kind
of heavy. And a tip that I use when I have to thread something through that’s multiple likes this
is I take white glue and I just brush it on to the end. Even just with my fingers and that stiffness
make it so much easier to thread it through the hole. And you would position that, do the other
side. And here's one where that’s already been done. And now you're ready to attach the cards.
So here is a card, and sometimes all you need to do is just slide the card over to the cord. But it
can end up taking up a lot of room. So sometimes, I’ll go back and trim the card down. You can
see part of the message inside. Just save the portion with the photo. And notice this metal
embellishment. This card was wanting to try to creep up and flip. And it's weight it and holds it
down.
So when you do all these together, if you look over at the finish one, you can see how
wonderfully it creates a fabulous scrapbook page. And even the metal embellishment for those
photo cards that aren't folded, you can use the embellishments like that clip to hold it down.
What a great solution, instead of throwing away your photo cards, preserve them in special
holiday albums for generations to come.