Do you have trouble trying to store jewellery without it getting all tangled, earrings separated from each other, tipping out your whole jewellery box just to find one piece of jewellery?? Well here are some tips for on storing your jewellery in a neat and decorative fashion.
Designing and selling jewellery both on a website and from home I need to be able to display my earrings in an organised and professional manner - I hope you can find some inspiration from the ideas below.
• Store earrings (hooks) around a wine glass for an instant neat and decorative look.
• A long string of pearls across the top of your mirror and hang your earrings in the gaps.
• A small storage box from the hardware shop, the ones that have little draws for nails etc. There are 16 draws so you know exactly where everything is.
• Store earrings on a long piece of ribbon and tack the ends onto the back of a dresser/wardrobe
• Use a corkboard, with pins on it and the earrings and necklaces hang off the pins. Or if you are feeling crafty you can decorate the frame of your cork board - remove the actual cork inside the frame, paint the frame and add some little decorations like sequins, beads, lace, ribbon etc staple a piece of mesh (tulle fabric or mesh from your hardware store) and staple that to the frame, this provides room to hold lots of earrings this idea also works with old picture frames as well. To hold necklaces and bracelets simply screw in some little hooks (you can get these from hardware shops) around the frame.
• Large clear bead containers that are round and screw on top of each other-they are fantastic for rings, beaded bracelets etc as you can see exactly what it is you want and if you don't wear something for awhile it doesn't get dusty. Nothing gets tangled either!!
• A roll of film which is damaged place the film horizontal across your shelf and hook your earrings on those little square holes that film has on the edge
• An ornate candelabra that to dangle earrings, necklaces and bracelets from you can sometimes pick these up cheaply at op shops.
• A decorative glass light fitting and then hang them around the edge just like you would on a drinking glass - you could pick up a cheap old light fitting at markets, garage sales etc and then you just dismantle it.
• Mug/cup holders from homewares shops are great for draping your jewellery on.
• A great idea for studs and brooches is to get a pretty piece of thick ribbon or lace then attach the jewellery through the material and you can hang it or pin it across ways near the rest of your jewellery.
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All I do is look for ideas in magazines and on television and in stores at the mall and then I set quietly and think about how I might alter those things I have seen so that I can mix and match the elements into some thing completely different and in the process I will have created some thing completely unique and I didnt really do anything other than combine elements of what I see already in the world.
Once I hone in on a thing that I like that includes a basket. I choose a basket as it is beautiful and it gives me a ready made container that will hold my master piece and it is easy to move, give and transport so there is no further assemble on my part or that of the gift recipient. We both appreciate it. It's easy. That is why I start with a basket.
I find a cheap one as they almost always are and I will chose something to line that basket so it covers the inside. This works especially well if you are using used baskets. This covers the blemishes and looks great and no one ever knows the difference because you can glue the covering to the basket so unless they take it apart the damages are covered for good.
Once I have chosen my basket and the covering to make it look pretty I will be ready to fill it with my favorite things that I found on my treasure hunting adventure trip earlier when I went online or to the mall or in magazines. I take what ever I am putting in and that is when I start placing it together and once I have found the right combination I will start to glue the parts together with good industrial strength glue.
The glue I use is a really good one. An epoxy that you can buy in most any hardware store. I buy mine in either the craft department or the hardware department. Some times one will be cheaper than the other so you need to check the pricing in each. Take your glue and starting with the elements on the bottom of the basket you glue them down and let them dry over night. This assures you will have a sturdy basket that will hold together for a long time.
If you try to glue all at once chances are you will not get it put together solidly and there is a chance it will not stay because the parts will move as you add new elements on top of others. Thus the importance of layering and letting it dry for each layer.
So there you have it a basket made to look great on the cheap with little or no real talent and very little cost. Your friends will love them and you will have the pride of saying you made it yourself.
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