Crown and Cape : DIY: Card Display

It seems to me that for my close friends and family it is the season of love and marriage. My husband and I have recently been receiving lots of engagement announcements, cute save the date cards, and wedding invitations. I had been placing them on my refrigerator, since we had so many we ran out of magnets and space. Thats when I thought it would be a good idea for me to find a way to display our cards. I noticed people make card holders for Christmas but really didn't come across any day to day displays. I decided to make my own.

Supplies:

Wire Trellis (for growing plants)
Burlap
Hemp Twine
Adorned Paper Clips
Gardening Gloves

*Got everything at the dollar tree except the burlap.

The Bow

I started with making a bow for the bottom of the trellis.

Cut a piece of burlap to twice the size of your bow. Then hot glue the two ends to make a circle.
Lay the circle flat and be sure to have the glued area as close to centered at possible.
Pinch at the center
Make sure to pinch and make about 2/3 folds. Creating a bow pucker at the center of both sides of the bow. Then glue.
Cut a small piece of burlap for the center "knot" part of the bow.
Glue the two ends together, longways.
The other side should look smooth.
Then glue the piece around the center of the bow

I chose to fold the two legs of the trellis out in order to have something to attach the bow onto and to help the bow keep its shape.

Decorative Flowers

I had some left over gardening gloves that I didn't use from a previous project. I really liked the pattern of the fabric, and I figured out how to make decorative flowers out of the fingers of the gloves.

Cut the fingers of the gloves off as close to the bottom of each finger.
Pinch each piece of fabric creating a "petal" shape and glue. (I suggest starting with the pinky piece of fabric because it is the smallest piece). The pinky petal should be used as a size guide for the succeeding petals.
Glue petals with a joint center. Cut of excess fabric.
I then used the hemp twine to create a roll for the center of my flower.

I then decided where I was going to place the flowers and chose to use the burlap to hang the display.

These are the paper clips I purchased at the dollar tree. You can buy regular paper clips, or clothes pins. If you do that you can glue fun buttons to the end of the paperclips, or you can glue pieces of colorful fabrics to clothes pins. It all depends on what you can find.