A Place for my Cards

One thing you should know about me is that I am a borderline hoarder. I hang on to things for way longer than I should and it's so hard for me to throw things out - especially if they have some sort of sentimental value to them. Because of this I knew that I wanted to keep the cards I received at my bridal shower. There were so many beautiful cards and many of them had sweet heartfelt notes inside. I didn't want to just throw them away! But the only other alternative was to put them in a box that would hide on a closet shelf somewhere for years to come.

I knew there had to be a better option so I decided to bind them into a book. It was actually a really simple project that I was able to finish in one evening. First, I took all of my cards and stacked them together. I took out the largest card and, using a piece of cardboard, made two cut outs that were the same size as my largest card. They acted as the front and back covers of my card book. I wrapped the pieces of cardboard in patterned paper and punched two holes on each side:

And then decorated the front cover with some scrapbooking stickers to make it all pretty-like:

Next I stacked up my cards and hole punched them, making sure to align them with the holes I had punched in the cardboard:

I originally tried to use some keychain rings I had laying around:

But it soon became clear that I had way too many cards to go this route:

#FAIL

I sat around for a while trying to think of how else I could bind my book together when it hit me. Ribbon. Duh. I strung some thin ribbon through the holes, tied it up and...

My little card book is done! Now I can just pull it out and flip through my shower cards any time I want:

I can't wait to repeat this easy little project with my wedding cards! Are you a hoarder like me? What did you do with all of your cards?