Greeting Card Junk Journal 

He is definitely a treasure. Thank you so much for watching💕

Thank you so much! He is definitely a keeper. I think I now have enough MORE cards to make 2 more books. I told him he needs to start being a little choosier on which cards to keep and which ones maybe can be recycled. But he's not ready. LOL.

I'm so glad. I'm sure your hubby will enjoy this...

I need to make him a new one. He's filled this one and has a whole pile of cards ready for the next book. LOL!

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching! He's filled that one and it's time for me to make a new one. I have a very sentimental fella🥰

Thanks. My hubby loves it. He's filled it and it's time for me to make another one.

I need to make a new one... he has filled this one! 😀

We just had our wedding anniversary earlier this month and our cards are already tucked into his book. He loves it. They make up very quickly, I'm sure you would enjoy the process. Good luck!

They are so easy to make. Enjoy!

thank you 🥰

I didn't make a video showing that... but it's quite simple: I just looped a continuous string through the upper and lower holes (the ones that are parallel to each other) over and over again until I was happy with what I thought how many cards it could hold, and then tied it in a knot. Then did the same next along the row of eyelets until all the eyelets had lots of loops through them. I hope that makes sense. Let me know if I can explain better.

You are so welcome!

Thank you so much Silvia! 🥰

Thanks for watching! My hubby has finally filled it. I need to make him another...

Thank you so much... happy to share

Thank you so much! He loves his card book. It's time for me to make him another!❤️

Oh Natalie what a GREAT idea for wedding cards! Yes, I like being able to read each card. Hubby keeps his book on his night table.

Thank you! 🙂❤

I do love that man! ❤

Glad it was helpful! Hubby loves his card holder. I need to make him a new one. He's saved MORE since then😄

@@CatherineSunnysideJournals I really really prefer your method of the old book and covering. Do you have any tips or instructions to do your style with the book binding and the rivets that you used?

Thanks for watching! 🙂

Each card is not sewn in. I put thin elastic loops through each eyelet hole. I believe 5 or 6 per hole. That way each card can be opened and looked at as you go through it just like turning the pages of a book. I'll rewatch the video and see if I can find the spot where I explain this so hopefully my description makes better sense. ~~Catherine

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Yes. I put 4 loops of strings through each hole. My hubby LOVES his! It's time for me to make him a new one. Maybe for Christmas this year.

@@CatherineSunnysideJournals Thank you so much for the explanation! I found this interesting, because my husband doesn't want to toss any cards given to him, either. Especially mine, but also from other members of my family. Maybe because most of his family is gone. Thanks again.

Interesting... now I need to check...

Thanks! I put 4 in each, but I really think they could handle 5 easily. And cheers from Canada! 😃👍🇨🇦

Hi Carole -- I made the journal like a traveler's notebook. There are strings through the eyelets on the spine, and then I tucked the cards through the strings. So they are still movable and removable. It works great!

@@CatherineSunnysideJournals I think this idea is wonderful. After my husband passed on in 2020 I saved all the sympathy cards I received. I didn’t really have a plan for doing anything with them until I watched your video. I now have a plan!! I started sorting the cards by size and shape, then I cut out the return address labels and glued them inside of the card as a reference. Some cards had hand written notes so I’ve decided to add pockets to those pages for the notes. This morning I had an idea to add several photos of my husband, randomly placed, throughout the journal. I’m so excited to work on this project now, I know my children and grandchildren will love seeing it and reading all the lovely stories our friends shared. All this creativity began with your lovely post. Thank you ever so much. I also have a box of greeting cards I received from my husband over the years for holidays, birthdays and anniversaries, that will be another journal project. I’m thinking maybe an altered book would be fun for these cards. Thanks again. Happy Holidays 🎄

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