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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Jewelry Organizing

I have a couple old jewelry boxes - one inherited from my grandmother and the other given to me by my mother in law. I love the boxes, but wanted to have a place to keep my pieces that I wear regularly in a convenient place. I also wanted to display them nicely. I saw this nice shadow box in Michael's.
After a few weeks of waiting for a sale, I grabbed it up. Right now I have necklaces and hoop earrings fastened with long straight pins. I plan to add eye hooks to the top and something more permanent for the straight pins. I like how I can display my necklaces, and keep the dust off them.
Close up shot of my $65 earrings I got for $17!
For my dangling earrings, I made a nifty little display using a frame that I had, window screen and a place mat. I didn't have to purchase any of the supplies. They were all laying around unused! The design is SIMPLE! I just removed the glass and backing from the frame, then I stretched some window screening over the frame with about 2 inches in excess to allow for adjustment. Next I pulled out my hot glue gun and tightly glued the screening to the inside lip of the frame (from the back of the frame). I started at the top center and worked out and down to be sure that the screen had no slack. Once it was all glued in place and dried hard, I trimmed the excess with my craft knife.
I could have just added a hanger on the back and hung it on the wall, but I wanted to add some fabric to show through, so I decided to use the fabric from a place mat which I loved that I got on clearance from Pier One. I centered the frame on the place mat, noting where to line it up. Then, working fast, I piped hot glue around the back of the frame, starting from the top and working down. I stretched as I went to make sure it was taut. I also made sure to avoid the very edge. After it was attached all around, I trimmed the excess using pinking shears. I added the tooth-edged picture hanger on the back and ...Viola!

1 comment:

Free Art Printables said...

That's such a great way to display jewelry!