When I was thinking about DIY projects I wanted to make for our baby girl’s nursery, I had an idea one day while driving to work and I’m excited to share with you the final result.
I love receiving cards and I always find myself keeping them in a box or drawer somewhere and never looking at them again. I love the memories they represent and so I wanted to find a way to preserve the cards from the baby showers I had. The solution was to create a special piece of art for our daughter’s nursery made out of the cards from my showers.
I thought it would be a fun, colorful piece and I am really happy with how it turned out. Here’s how I made it:
First, I laid out all of the cards I received at my baby showers and removed the duplicate cards (there were quite a few with the exact same design). Then, I arranged them into color families.
I used a piece of poster board to make a heart shape I liked. It took me about three tries to get the right shape and size. Once I had the tracer ready, I began to find my favorite part of each card and used the heart to trace a heart onto the area I wanted to cut out. Then, I used sharp scissors to cut out a piece of the card.
Once I had all of the hearts cut out, I used the insert of the IKEA Ribba frame to arrange the hearts to see how many rows I could fit.
Then, I cut out a piece of poster board that fit into the frame and arranged the hearts into the color order I liked best.
I then stacked the hearts in the order I wanted to have them and then I affixed the poster board to the matting of the IKEA Ribba frame and got out my glue stick.
I arranged the hearts again and glued each one into place with a regular glue stick.
Here’s the final piece!
I decided to use it in the nursery’s bathroom because I needed a piece for above the towel rack and thought this one looked particularly pretty with the pink walls:
If you’re looking for a special way to make your baby shower or wedding cards a keepsake, definitely try something like this out! You could do any pattern—polka dots or stars would be really sweet too.
Thank you for reading and hope you’re having a great weekend!
Very cute, V! Very creative of you, looks great in the bathroom too
Love it! Great idea!
Love it! Great idea!
That is such a cool idea. I am so excited for you!
I love this idea. So cute! I must remember this.
This is so cute! I still have all my shower cards…I may do this 🙂
This is such a good idea! I'm a card-saver too. Not sure what it is, but I can't seem to throw them away. I should try this!
That turned out so well! I love it.
such a sweet sweet idea!
I love this idea! I have a stack of cards from our wedding that I don't have the heart to get rid of. I may try this out.
What a great idea!! I love the idea of cards, but hate when they just sit in a box in the closet! Definitely going to look into this idea for our wedding cards!
So smart! I had so many cards, and felt so guilty throwing them away! Wish I had thought of something like this.
This is gorgeous!
I just love that idea! Looks so cute!!!
this is so creative, i love it!
xx
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Love the artwork! What a creative use of cards! If you don't mind my suggesting, I think I would have hung the frame a little higher above the towel rack.
@lauren I thought about that but it looked weird higher because there is a mirror to the left and it went higher than the mirror
What a great idea! I did this type of thing with scrapbooking papers and an elephant-shaped hole punch, but using baby shower cards is so much more meaningful. It looks fantastic!
Brilliant idea, love it and it turned out so cute. I hate to throw away cute cards, or ones from dear/close family and friends, think I might have to do this for events too (birthday, etc).
As an aside, just want to tell you how much I enjoy AND learn from your blog. I'm in a different season of life than you (have 3 kids, my youngest is 4 and am celebrating my 15th anniversary next weekend ~ yeah), but I still love reading your posts, whether it be style or baby bump related. So, thank you and enjoy the home stretch of this pregnancy. All I can say is no one prepares you for how head-over-heels, punch-you-in-the-stomach IN LOVE you will be with your baby (and any future babies). People warned me but I didn't get it until I held my daughter (my first, I also have 2 sons) in my arms. It was overwhelming and still is. XO
Awe this is such a great idea but my heart would break seeing the cards cut up 🙁 Looks lovely though!
What cute artwork! We have had terrible luck with the IKEA frames, however. The black metal clasps fall apart instantly.
What a great idea! My daughter is 2 and I still have all the cards sitting in a drawer. Now I know what to do with them!
That is a super cute idea… I still have my wedding cards sitting in a box from 3.5 years ago, and I saved many of my baby shower cards too. I definitely think I will steal your idea!
Gosh you are creative! What a cute idea and the result is beautiful!
@JHC Houston— really!? I haven't had any issues with them ever. Which black metal clasps do you mean? The ones that hold the glass and wood in place?
Such an adorable idea!! Love this!
this is such a good idea! love it! it looks so good!
This is such a cute idea! I have really enjoyed following along with your pregnancy. As I hope to join the mommy-to-be club soon, I am trying to soak in as much experience from others as possible. Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
I LOVE that idea! It's so original, meaningful, and absolutely adorable!
I may steal this idea and use it with our wedding cards.
I have to say, Veronika, that you're going to be a fantastic mother. It shows in the amount of time, love, and thought that you put into each aspect of the pregnancy/welcoming the baby! <3
Yes, the clasps that hold the glass and wood in place. In the last set of frames we purchased, they were flimsy and falling out.
@well done beauty— thank you so much, that is a really sweet comment 🙂
@JHC Houston- I've had maybe one or two break before on those frames but never all of them. One or two missing is no biggie because it will still hold in place 🙂
What a great idea!!! I love it.
I LOVE this idea! I actually work for a greeting card company, and this is such a cool way to save your favorite cards. I'll definitely be sharing your post with my colleagues. Thanks for sharing!
That is a fantastic idea! The finished product is adorable (and meaningful which is the best) and you're right, it looks fab with the pink wall!
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Looks great! I will use this idea when I have my baby shower.
Cute. Can you tell me where you got the gray and white shower curtain? Thanks!
What a wonderful idea!! I might try this out with my wedding cards!!
what a sweet idea!
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This is so cute!!! I framed a favorite card of mine for our gallery wall. Love your idea!
Wow this a brilliant idea! Mine are stuffed away in her keepsake box. She would love this, would be a fun craft to do with her I bet 🙂
Luba
Oh, it looks very beautiful !
I am obsessed with this idea.. I am going to first do this with my wedding cards, especially the meaningful ones. I am going to do polka dots. And add text and graphics. Great idea. Love it. http://www.plantskinny.com
This is such a clever and cute idea! I just had my baby shower on Saturday and was wondering what to do with all the cards! I think I may try with polka dots since it'd be for a little boys room. I love how yours came out!
You're a genius! I love this.
Great idea! I've been trying to think of how to incorporate the baby shower invitations I received into my nursery. I might use your idea!
Love this idea! Long past baby stage but might use it for a few other life events!
I love the beautiful ideas but please let me know the wordings that should be written on invitation card.
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What a great way to recycle the baby shower cards! This is one unique baby shower ideas for girls. Really great!
What a great idea! Perfect for the person that doesn’t want to throw out the cards from a baby shower. I am sharing this on Pinterest.
Fun! I’m inspired by your great idea for a modified project. I have twin girls and I think I’ll split up the cards we’ve gotten and do one of these for each girl, but I think I may arrange the cutouts into their first initial! (E and F, so easy straight lines)
very cute idea!
I had a boy shower for my daughter’s first baby and first grandchild for both sides. How do I used the cards for a boy. Hearts is for a girl. Should I use individual frames for special cards or what. Please advise.
Hi Susan! You could do stars, polka dots, spell out the baby’s name 🙂 the options are truly unlimited!
HI Veronika! Can I link to your post and use one of your images in a round up? This is such an awesome idea!! let me know! Thank you 🙂
Sure! Please link back to my site and write an imgage credit under the photo as well 🙂
thank you thank you 🙂 the post will be live in april!
Did you keep the rest of the cards or recycle them?
I kept whatever wasn’t used in the art piece.
Thank you! I love the piece you created and I’m going to go for it!
Thanks for sharing. Love this idea! Long past the baby stage but might use it for a few other life events!