I made this cardholder last year out of frustration from all the cards scattered around the house. I found the pattern on the internet - http://www.freecraftunlimited.com/christmas-card-holder.html. I used an empty cardboard whiskey container, one of those cylindrical ones. The trick was to wrap the yarn tightly around. You can get a lot of cards onto this thing and the colors of the cards are quite pretty. Best of all, the cards stay tidy in one place. 