Display dangling earrings and necklaces

Frame Jewelry Organizer

Most of my jewelry are long pieces, making it difficult to find a jewelry box/tree tall enough to hold my necklaces that works for my earrings as well. Taking matters into my own hands, I hit up Pinterest for some ideas.

• Frame
• Paint
• Lace strips
• Hot glue gun

I discovered this vintage wood frame in the attic, and (after clearing it with dad and finding no significant value) painted it with two coats of pink craft paint. Painting it a different color is obviously optional, it was

 just my choice in the matter. Next, pin the strips of lace into the crease on the
inside of the frame, the indention where the frame's glass would settle.

 



Now, when pinning the lace, I cannot stress this enough: PULL AS TIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE. The lace really needs to be as stiff and have as much tension as you can make it, because I promise you the weight of jewelry will pull it down. So, eliminate slack. Once everything is where it should be, bring on the glue. Apply generously, but in layers. Too much hot glue at once just becomes a goopy mess. Allow the areas to dry, and repeat for each section of lace.



All that's left is to adorn your new organizer with jewelry and show off how crafty and cute you are. 

Combine your favorite things into your decor

Sheet music shadow art

Painting an image onto sheet music gives a different dimension than just on regular paper. You can choose a song with sentimental value or an image you really like.. or both! For people like me who don't have much room to display everything I love in separate spaces (dorm room walls will only hold so much), it's a pretty cool way to kill two birds with one stone. I give credit to Pinterest for inspiring the idea.

• Sheet music (sepia tinted paper)
• Template
• Box cutter
• Paint

I printed out a section of sheet music onto vintage-y sepia paper. Then I used a picture I drew of *big surprise* Marilyn Monroe. Just a warning: using this detailed of a template is really tricky, so you might want to start off with something with less cutting out if you're unsure. Proceed to cut out the stencil part of your template picture.

Once all of the shadow part is removed, trace your picture onto the sheet music. Now you get to choose whether you want to paint within your stenciled section or more of the background. This depends on how much of the sheet music you want to be shown vs. the painted portion; depending on the image, one may look better than the other. I wanted to paint the stenciled parts.

And there you have it. With some patience, you'll have a unique, artistic picture filled with your personality and made with your own two hands! And the help of a printer. But mostly you.