Ho Ho Ho Card Holder

I had bought some burlap for a project last week and had quite a bit left over.  While scrolling through Pinterest the other day I saw a card holder idea and decided to tweak the idea and make one for myself.

First I cut a piece of burlap approximately 5 ft. by 10".   Then I ironed it so it was nice and flat.

I folded over the top edge and sewed it about 2" down from the top, leaving both sides open....

I dug through my craft box and pulled out a paint stirring stick.  I painted both sides with a light brown acrylic paint....

 

After the paint dried I drilled a hole into each end of the stick, about 1/2" in.  Sorry. no picture of that.

I went out into my craft shed and rummaged around until I found a bag of old clothespins that I bought last summer at an estate sale.  I grabbed some green and red acrylic paint and painted up a bunch of the clothespins.   Yeah, I know that's a lot of stuff piled up on my craft table but I had about 4 projects going on at once.   Does anyone else do that??

I took my stencils and some red paint and wrote ho, ho, ho across the top edge of the burlap...

And finally I threaded a piece of hemp string through the holes of the paint stick so I could hang my card holder from a hook.  I stuck my colored clothespins along the edges and as I receive Christmas cards I can attach them to the burlap with the clothespins.  I love this idea because usually as I receive cards I lay them on a Christmas plate on the shelf, but this way I can actually see, enjoy and display all my cards.

This was a quick project and it will be easy to roll up and store away with my Christmas decorations.  Ho, ho, ho....

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