Displaying holiday and birthday cards can be difficult when you run out of room on your bookshelf and mantle or just when they won’t stand up on their own (like post cards). I have some family members who hand make all the cards that they give and of course these beautiful cards deserve to be displayed. The apartment where my husband and I lived in Bloomington had cabinets in the living room that were perfect for displaying cards and even pictures that we received. But when we moved we lost that convenient display method. My solution? A DIY project of course!

I originally made this frame display specifically for Christmas cards and I thought that it would be put away at the end of the season with all my other Christmas decor. I realized though that it is perfect for all cards and photos that we receive throughout the year and does not have to be holiday specific. However, I do like dressing it up with some poinsettia clip on flowers at Christmastime.

Like most of the projects that I do, this is a very simple, inexpensive, and useful one. It only requires an empty frame (any size and color you like), twine, a hot glue gun, and mini clothes pins.

I cut five pieces of twine to be the length of the frame. You can display the frame either landscape or portrait style, but whichever you choose the twine will need to be attached horizontally.

Making the twine tight, simply attach the ends to the back of the frame using hot glue. As this display gets used, the twine will stretch (as you can see was the case with mine) so it’s important to go ahead and make the strings tight now.

I also did not worry about making the twine go straight across the frame. This is a style preference and can certainly be done either way.

I bought miniature clothes pins from a craft store to pin the cards on the twine. I like the natural look of the wood, but these could also be painted any color that you might like.

Here is what my frame looks like at Christmastime!