While I was digging through my holiday decorations box, I came across some old Christmas cards that I had received last year. It sparked an idea for a decoration for the vertical window next to my front door. This is a quick way to spruce up any window, wall or staircase. All you need is ribbon, tape and holiday cards!

Here are the easy steps:

1) Normally, holiday cards are bi-fold so I just cut the back off and just work with the front of the card (which has the nice holiday picture on it!). If you’re hanging them horizontally, don’t cut the cards! Just hang the cards by the fold (the ribbon will be inside the card) and keep in place with tape or a staple!

2) Adhere the cards – in any arrangment – to your ribbon. Your ribbon length will be dependent on where you hang it. Mine runs the length of my vertical window. Card hangings along the staircase will take up more ribbon (and cards). Additionally, I wanted any visitors to be able to see the holiday card pics from outside, so I paired up the cards (with similar sizes) and just taped them back to back.

Again, if you’re hanging them horizontally, just hang the cards by the fold (the ribbon will be inside the card) and keep in place with tape or a staple.

TIP: If you hang the cards vertically, you’ll want to be sure that the ribbon can support the weight of the cards. In my case, I just double knotted the ribbon that I tied to the rod to make sure the ribbon doesn’t unravel.