My earring storage (for lack of a better word) has been bugging me for awhile now. What I had was a nearly flat wooden container of sorts made from a piece of scrap wood and popsicle sticks, glued together by my then-7-year-old son many, many years ago. He designed it with four compartments to hold earrings. I have used it all these years even though he has told me numerous times to just throw it away. I finally agree: sentiment can be carried too far.
I kept my more seasonal earrings in a jewelry box and the ones I wear most often on this little wooden tray. It's nearly impossible to keep it free of dust. It was never designed to be a long-term earring organizer, but honestly, I am not one to shop for such an item. This was working okay and I didn't have time to hunt for one.
One day, either on Pinterest or a blog, I forget which, I saw a nifty earring organizer made from plastic canvas in a picture frame. I pinned it and forgot about it. A couple of weeks ago I remembered it again, and did find my pin. I thought that I had both a picture frame and a piece of plastic canvas on hand, but didn't have time to do anything about it right then.
Yesterday I was dusting in the bedroom and just became really disgusted with that heap of dusty earrings. I hunted up my picture frame, but couldn't find a whole piece of plastic canvas. So, rather than give up on the whole project, I decided to improvise and just use the partial piece of canvas that I did have, without a frame, and see how that worked.
You can see that it worked admirably.
When all of the earrings were in place, I needed a quick hanger. I grabbed a piece of green satin ribbon that happened to be on my crafting desk, slipped it through a hole in the canvas, tied a knot and push-pinned it to the wall. Easy!
And later that day when I walked into the bedroom, I could not believe the difference it made to have that earring clutter gone from the dresser. Things looked so neat! It honestly made a difference to the entire room.
Yes, I admit I am easily amused. Not to mention frugal.
What a lovely earring holder, my friend! I must confess that my earrings are stored in a sweet little tray that I got in Hawaii on my honeymoon, but it doesn't do the job as mt earrings are always getting tangled! Your earring holder is the perfect solution :)
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Thanks so much, Stephanie! It's so simple and low-tech (and if you look closely you will see that there's even a cut in the piece of plastic canvas which must have happened with whatever project the other part was used for). But yet once the earrings are in place -- and I've added a few more since the picture was taken -- it actually looks sort of decorative.
DeleteI'm with you, sometimes you just have to go with the times and try something different! I have lots of jewelry storage just like this and I love it!
ReplyDeleteI had been getting carried away with sentiment! This looks so much better. I'm glad I finally steeled myself to throw away that little wooden holder.
DeleteThat's a wonderful idea. Clever lady!
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Thanks, Laura! And thanks for the visit -- please stop by anytime!
DeleteA cool idea - no more lost earrings.
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Thanks, Amalia! In putting the earrings in place I did find that I had lost several of the little plastic backs that go on earring wires (and a couple of my pairs came without them). Thankfully, one can buy a package of 50 at Wal Mart. (A fact that had escaped my notice until now). Now, definitely no lost earrings.
DeleteA really awesome idea! It is always nice to find a better way to keep items tidy isn't it! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is, indeed! Now if I could figure out a solution as simple and cheap for my overflowing fabric stash!
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