Should you keep Christmas and birthday cards?

It is okay to keep special cards. However, not all cards are meant to be kept forever or are equal in sentimental value. A hand-made creation with a heartfelt note is different than a generic store card with just a signature at the bottom. Too often people feel obligated to keep every card out of guilt or tradition.

What should I do with old Christmas cards?

What To Do With Old Christmas Cards

1. Go to a Recycling Center. If you’re looking to get rid of a bulk pile of cards, go green.
2. Upcycle Them Into a Christmas Card Craft. If you want to transform your old greeting cards into a forever keepsake or fun holiday decorations, we have you covered.
3. Donate Old Greeting Cards.

Can you recycle Christmas and birthday cards?

Most cards are paper based and can be recycled, along with their envelopes, either in your household recycling collection, at local recycling points such as household waste recycling centres or at collection banks in supermarket car parks and the like.

Should birthday cards be kept?

As a rule – I tend to keep cards sent within our family (from me to my hubby, from hubby to me, and from us to our daughter), and a few others from other relatives/friends that contain a special message inside, or have a special picture on the front.

Do you throw away birthday cards?

Old Greeting Cards They are not keepsakes to be stored or framed. Unless the card had something particularly sentimental and meaningful written inside, throw it away. “Happy Birthday, Love Mom” does not count.

Does anyone take old Christmas cards?

Most Christmas cards are paper based, so they can be recycled quite easily, along with the envelopes. You can recycle them in your own household recycling collection or take them to local recycling points, such as at household waste recycling centres or collection banks in supermarket car parks.

Should you keep old greeting cards?

All of these reasons for keeping old cards are valid. However, if we kept every single card we have ever been given, eventually, we will be drowning in greeting cards! Good news!

What is the best way to store gift cards?

A good tip for storing cards is to only store the parts of the card you want to look at again – you may want to keep the inside of a card because the note from the sender is lovely, or the picture on the card is special in some way.

How can I reuse or recycle unwanted Christmas cards?

Keep them in a scrapbook, so you can enjoy Christmas cards or wedding cards again and again without having to dig through boxes trying to find them. Turn them into gift tags. Make placemats out of them. Frame them in a shadow box. Turn them into a slideshow.

How to declutter birthday cards?

How to Declutter Birthday Cards January 24, 2013By Dana White62 Comments 2.3Kshares 2.2K 0 157 Step One:Read the card one last time while thinking nice thoughts about the person who wrote it. Step Two: Throw it in the trash can.