Christmas Card Display

I'll admit it. I'm not so good at this blogging thing. I have ideas all the time but I don't do a very good job of sitting down and writing them. Occasionally though I do get around to it and this is one of those moments. Of course having my husband pick up a movie on the way home for him and the kids to watch certainly helps.

Did you see my post for displaying children's artwork? Even nearly two years later it still gets used daily and worked so well that I decided to do the same thing for hanging our Christmas cards. All you need are simple cafe rods, command strips and curtain rings. I did spray paint my cafe rods black first (go ahead use your shocked face) and used the command strips instead of the hanging hardware so they weren't permanent and didn't leave any marks on the walls. After that it's as simple as sticking the command strips up, putting the rings on the rods and hanging them. Once your cards start rolling in you just clip them on the hooks. It really is that easy. 

By the way, if you're looking at the cards in the picture and you happen to be my number one follower and notice your card from a few years ago just know that we keep all of our cards from years passed with our decorations and this is the stack that I pulled out to use for demonstration. It did bring quite the smile to my face to see how young the boys looked just a few years ago. 

Green Beans Cans part II

I'll admit it. We like canned green beans. I like fresh green beans too (especially grilled) but canned green beans are a bit of a staple around our house. Last year for my birthday I asked for new cookie sheets and a safe edge can opener. (I know, kitchen equipment, really?) Boy has that can opener done wonders for my crafting. Do you have any idea the places you can use empty cans? I have a bit of a habit of spray painting them to match parties and using them to hold plastic spoons and forks, I used one turned upside down to prop up my phone charger so it didn't get lost at the back of the counter and my newest use was yesterday's Wordless Wednesday. I spray painted 2 to match my daughters room, used some 3m command strips made for hanging pics, and hung them by her desk to hold markers and colored pencils. It frees up some of the space on her desk and she can take the can down when she needs to. The very next day she took the cans down to go outside to color at her picnic table and enjoy the warmer than average temps and then just hung them back up when she was finished. It was as easy as I had hoped it would be. Who knew an empty can could be so versatile?

Wordless Wednesday