{"id":1566,"date":"2009-11-16T15:41:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T19:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2025-11-27T00:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:57:18","slug":"being-creative-with-personalized-christmas-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/personalized-christmas-cards\/being-creative-with-personalized-christmas-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Creative with Personalized Christmas Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is nothing like receiving personalized Christmas cards<\/strong><\/a> around the holiday season. Stunning images of peace, happiness, and the good-old Christmas tree all talking to me and saying, \u201cIt\u2019s about time to receive some presents.\u201d Maybe they tell you, \u201cTime to buy some gifts for others,\u201d but to each his own.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s time to hang them all over my apartment, up and down the doorway to the front hall\u2026covering every inch I can spare much like the walls covered in a Houlihan\u2019s or TGIFriday\u2019s with various trinkets. Only my trinkets are in the form of greeting cards, expressions of holiday greetings on display for the whole world to see\u2026or whoever shows up at my place.<\/p>\n

Now the Christmas season is over. No more presents to open. No more eggnog to drink. Oh look, here\u2019s my trophy wall of personalized Christmas cards. Now seems to me this is just a waste, throwing them out with no thought of what else can be done with them. So I\u2019m thinking to myself over and over, \u201cWhat do I do with these greeting cards?\u201d<\/p>\n

I sip my coffee and then there it is, a spectacular idea literally staring me in the face. Take your empty coffee can, wash it out, dry it, and let the fun begin. Pick up a spray paint can of whatever color you think will look good as a base and paint the can. Then go over to your Christmas cards and pull them off the wall carefully; I know that\u2019s hard because we always pull them off so quick and to the point.<\/p>\n

Now cut out those beautiful images of Christmas trees and snowmen and swirly holiday greetings and glue them to the outside of the spray painted can. After collaging the images to the outside of the can, cover the can with a clear glue or a clear-drying finish to protect your masterpiece. Let it dry, and there you have it \u2013 a candy dish for next year. And you actually did something creative with your time while finding a way to reuse all of those old holiday cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is nothing like receiving personalized Christmas cards around the holiday season. 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