How do I display 75 business cards in a creative way?

June 7, 2014 10:55 AM

My a cappella group is having a 20th anniversary bash in August, and I'd like to do something fun to display the set lists that I have collected over the last decade or so. I use the backs of our business cards to write our set lists in different colored pen, including the note to blow before each song, who will be introducing what, and other cryptic scrawls. I have amassed about 75 of these cards, and the group would like to display them as a piece of memorabilia of sorts. I have considered a business card collage, which could be interesting, but I'd like some more ideas. Please help me be crafty!
posted by blurker to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Image the collage and silk screen that onto T-shirts? Band logo on the opposite side?
posted by Freedomboy at 11:07 AM on June 7, 2014

Could you arrange the cards as a musical symbol, such as a treble or a music note, and have them mounted that way?
posted by shortyJBot at 11:15 AM on June 7, 2014

Maybe a couple of photo holders of this type?
posted by Narrative Priorities at 11:17 AM on June 7, 2014

How about recreating a musical staff page on a larger, full piece of foamcore (or similar large board) and pinning the cards throughout (maybe interspersed with other musical notes)? This site offers free printable stuff that you could recreate to fit a larger size.
posted by SpecialSpaghettiBowl at 11:28 AM on June 7, 2014

My friend displayed photos at her wedding in the following way:

-Get an empty decorative frame
-Stretch like 5 or 6 bits of string across it
-Get some mini clothes pins and clip the photos to the strings with them

No damaging glue involved, pretty easy to set up, more interesting than just sticking them on a wall.
posted by showbiz_liz at 11:29 AM on June 7, 2014

Scan. Rasterbator up to several sheets of paper each. Wallpaper the room with them.
posted by chasles at 12:37 PM on June 7, 2014