CARD WREATH

I made a really fun craft last week; a Christmas card wreath!  I found it in this month's Living (pg. 78), though they recycled the idea from a '02 issue.  Here is how you make it: buy a 14-inch wooden embroidery hoop (I couldn't find that size and used a larger one; it worked fine) and a bag of mini wooden clothespins.  Affix the clothespins to the hoop with wood glue, alternating the pins outward and inward.  Space them about 1.5 inches apart for the 14-inch hoop, and more for larger hoops.  Suspend the wreath from a ribbon and clip on cards!  Mine doesn't have too many cards yet.  For now I hung up my prized Wiener Werkstatte (!!) inspired postcards I got from the Neue Gallerie several years ago.  Send me cards so I can fill it up!  :)