Saving Christmas Cards

I love receiving old fashioned paper Christmas cards.  When they come in the mail I like to tape them to my kitchen cabinets to display them like my grandma did when we were kids.  I like them so much that they stay hanging well past when the other Christmas decorations come down.  I know I took them down in March once. 
I took down this year's cards and placed them in our basket where we store all our bills.  Probably not the best place for storage since important things do get put in the basket on a regular basis.  But I couldn't part with them.  Once my Pinterest habit got going into full swing after Christmas I found the cutest things to do with your Christmas cards that would allow me to keep my cards and even display them in the following years.  How cool would it be to be able to look back at Christmas cards from years past to see how friends' kids have grown?  I knew where all my old Christmas cards from 2011 were so it wasn't a hard craft to put together.  To get started you'll need a hole punch, ring and Christmas cards.

I pulled out all the cards from the bill basket, which was a blessing, really.  I then took a hole punch and punched a hole in the top left corner of each card.  On cards that went horizontal I actually punched in the bottom left. 

I bought a metal ring from The Lob and placed all of my cards on the ring.  I highly suggest that you make sure your rings open and close before you purchase, mine didn't and required a little help from the hubby and wire cutters to do this step.  But I'm sure you're much wiser than me. 

After I had all the cards on the ring I decided it was neat looking and served its purpose well but might still be missing something.  So I decided to add a quick label to the front of the cards so as the years past I wont have to rely on my memory in the future.  So I added my label and it was complete.  

The only suggestion I have is if you have your own Christmas card that you sent out that you put it on the ring as well.  I think it would be a nice memory to see your Christmas card from that year as well.