It’s been so fun decorating the 1905 Cottage for the holidays. I’m sending my holiday cards out this week and we have had quite a few come in so far from family and friends. I love seeing all of the beautiful cards and family pictures and I love to display them. So I thought it would be fun to create a pretty card display.

And as I was thinking about it I thought it would be fun to create something that can be changed up and left out all year. So during December it can display holiday cards, but in January and February it can display Valentine’s cards. And then throughout the spring and summer we can use it to display Instagram photos and other momentos.

And my friends at Duck Brand asked me to create a project using their Duck Tapes, I thought it would be perfect for this project. There are SO many cool patterns and finished of Duck Tape now. Sparkly ones, all kinds of colors, and fun designs too!!

So here is how I created this interchangeable Snowflake Pallet Card Display:

You can use any pallet or make one on your own. This little pallet was pre-made at Michaels. All I had to do was spray paint it!

While the pallet was drying, I stained my snowflakes. These are from The Wood Connection. I love this Mini Wax Wood Sheen stain – it’s more of a gel consistency and it’s easy to apply. All I had to do was apply some to a damp paper cloth and rub the stain over the snowflakes.

When the paint was dry I put three strips of Duck Tape on the pallet. SO easy!

Then I attached the snowflakes to the pallet with Command Strips – which are easy to take off. You can also use big glue dots.

Then I hung the pallet up.

Now I have a pretty place to display my cards!!

And I can keep the snowflakes up all winter if I want.

In February I will take the snowflakes down and put up some pretty pink or purple ducktape along with this little Valentine’s Day banner and display my Valentine’s Day cards!!

There are so many fun things you can do with Duck Tape.

You can see more awesome ideas to make with Duck Tape by following along with them:

Duck Brand on Facebook

Duck Brank on Twitter 

Duck Brand on Pinterest 

How do YOU display your cards? 

Have a HAPPY day! 

xoxo

This post was sponsored by Duck Brand. All ideas are my own.

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It is an important part of discovering yourself, understanding others and understanding the world. I’m always so happy to see others who think art education is as important as I do — like my amazing neighbor Amy who not only helps me with awesome projects at TT&J but also teaches art appreciation at our elementary school (her Frida Kahlo unibrow was going above and beyond)!

Each of my kids has embraced creative expression in their own way, and I’m proud of each of them. Even my youngest loves to create. This is her recent, school-award-winning 3-D photography project for the Reflections contest:

I admire that she had a vision for what she wanted to do (“The world would be a better place if … there were more trees and flowers”) and she worked to make it happen.

So when others do that, I admire it too. Like when a great company, Duck Brand, and a great website, Cindy Ambuehl’s inspirational home decor site, team up to support art education, like they did last year and this year. And whenever any of us can work together to do something good, like encourage creativity and inspire people, well, that’s awesome.

What did they team up to do? They participated in the annual Express Yourself fundraiser to raise funds for PS Arts, a Los Angeles non-profit that partners with public schools to provide art, theater and music education, particularly in under-served areas. And this event brings the celebrity participation! This year’s Express Yourself event (#expressyourself2014) just took place yesterday — check it out:

Jason Bateman! One of my faves, with Don Diamont! The event also drew other celebs like …

Lisa Kudrow (former event chair), Elizabeth Berkley, Joel McHale, Rob Riggle (above)– and their kids!

That’s Jason Bateman (!) and his lovely daughters.

I think it’s cool that Duck Brand was involved. (They had a fun Duck Brand tape craft table with craft ideas, Duck Brand supplies, and take-home prizes for the kids.)

Duck Brand makes great supplies for fun crafts that kids love — and of course I’ve used them for my DIY projects as well.

Here are a few of my favorite Duck Tape ideas:

 Handmade Duck Brand Tape Holiday Cards from Madigan Made

 Houndstooth Stool from In My Own Style

 Cool new wall accents from Duck Brand’s Express Decor Accents line

and

 This cool autumn wreath!

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Please, wherever you can, support art education!

And for more information, follow:

PS Arts on the Web, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

The Duck Brand on the Web, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram

Have a creative day!

xoxo

This is a sponsored post, however, the opinions are all mine. See my disclosures.

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