A Ball, A Box, A Book. . .
December 31st, 2007 by Simone 
Okay, I understand, enough with the holiday theme already. However, as the year draws to a close and you are contemplating the pretty cards on your mantle, consider saving them for one of these projects:
A Ball
All Free Crafts.com has a tutorial on making a ball shaped ornament out of a card. This is a fun little project that turned out better than I had expected.
A Box
Julie Bolduc has instructions for a hexagon shaped lidded box. I actually didn’t receive enough suitable cards to make this box (16), but it looks like a cool project that you could make out of a variety of papers.
A Book
In July, Jennifer shared a guest posting on making a mini journal. You could follow her instructions and create a similar journal using a holiday card as a cover. The book could be left blank, you could turn it into an Advent journal with a little thought or activity for each day, or you could make a special address book for next year’s holiday cards.
A Luminary
Kawaii Crafter made these pretty luminaries out of Christmas Cards. I think the picture says it all. They are the perfect thing for dreary days during the next three months, at least in the Northeast.
Other Cool Ideas
Jenny Harada made a funky star. It looks like you’ll need about 10 cards for this project.
And here is Diane Gilleland’s popular greeting card gift box as featured on her blog CraftyPod
I hope this is some inspiration to Reuse before you Recycle. Maybe you can make a little something before 2008 begins.
From all of us at Crafty Daisies: Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
great projects to use as gifts!!!
December 31st, 2007 at 6:21 pm
I love recycling crafts. Thanks for sharing!
January 1st, 2008 at 2:57 am
Thanks for posting these links! I remember at school (30 years ago) making a ball out of old Christmas cards, and I’ve been looking to make something similar for years! Guess I know what I’ll be doing when I take the cards down!
January 1st, 2008 at 8:29 am
Thank you so much for sharing-these are great ideas!
January 4th, 2008 at 2:43 am
hellooooo!.
Happy new year.
I’m waiting for your “learning to knit school” so so much.
It’s going to happen, isn’t it?.
Please, please.
The crochet one was fabulous. I’ couldn’t take photos of my work but I didn’t miss any lesson, and I hope to do the same with the knit lessons.
Thanks for your blog.
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January 6th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I love that luminary! How cool!
Happy New Year!
Missy
January 8th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
great recycling
January 14th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
We had a crocheted Christmas card bowl when I was little.
This past year I did a similar thing with the notebooks, but used scrapbook paper. I made a bunch of them and gave them to friends in November to use as organizers for the holidays.