pin to present: Christmas [card] tree

Christmas cards are starting to arrive in my mailbox! I love reading the updates and seeing the smiling faces of my friends and family, but I have to admit that I like almost as much just having some "real" mail mixed in with the almost exclusively junk mailer normal days.

image: Better Homes and Gardens

And with the cards arriving, I thought I'd share a fun way to display them that I put together for Tiny Prints last year, inspired by Pinterest of course.

This is super easy and inexpensive to do - just need a big jar or pitcher, some pine branches (can get at a garden center, or go for a walk in the woods!), and a hole punch/string to turn your family and friend's lovely cards into ornaments. These ornament-shaped Christmas cards I got from Tiny Prints last year made it even easier - they come with their own string!

Want to check out part of this year's card design? See last week's Pinterest-inspired post. And how do you display the cards you receive? I want ideas for something else to try this year!