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Christmas day is long gone and soon you will have the pain of taking down all the Christmas decorations and cleaning up all the shredded gift wrap paper lying around the house/office. Solution - Real Simple has a pretty extensive guide posted for doing a better job at storing your holiday decorations—be they big, fragile, or just hard to stash away.

Instead of throwing away used gift wrapping and tissue paper, run it through a paper shredder and use the fluffy strips as packing filler when you’re putting away your decorations

Neat idea, and it saves you the cost of bubble wrap. How do you pack away your decorations once the gifts are all opened? Share your storage space secrets in the comments.

Storing Holiday Decorations [Real Simple]

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If you send out Christmas cards every year, you know that buying cards can be a bit expensive and if you’re mailing them from the Caribbean to your family and friends around the global that’s another cost to consider. So in the spirit of saving money this holiday season but not sparing on the cool-factor of your cards, here are a two very cool, very 3-D do it yourself Christmas cards that’ll help you spread a little holiday cheer without breaking your pocket and save you some money for postage stamps.

Like the pop-up tree and reindeer below, the video above (from this Instructable) details how to make an angel pop-up card. The video moves pretty quickly, so if you give this one a try you’ll probably want to go to the step-by-step on Instructables.

WikiHow web site describes in detail how to make a simple elegant Christmas tree pop-up card or this Reindeer pop-up card with a thick piece of paper, their printable templates, and some glue. The tree is perhaps the most elegant of the bunch, and even better, probably the easiest to pull off.

Do you have any Do it yourself Christmas cards ideas you would like to share? Lets hears them in the comments

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This holiday season Show off your creative spark by adding a bit of personality to your gift-wrapping. Real Simple dot com, suggests six clever alternatives to the traditional gift paper and tape. For example: calendar paper can replace traditional gift-wrap, jump ropes can spice up a child’s gift, ponytail holders are a great way to seal up presents, wine bottles can be wrapped up with dish towels, newspaper works as gift-wrap when none is available, and photos cut from greeting cards can make your presents appear more attractive from far away. What other gift-wrapping ideas? Let’s hear them in the comments. Photo By:*James Baigrie*

Creative Wrapping Ideas [Real Simple]

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