Jewelry Organizer!

 

Remember my Vanity from my last post?? 

Well....now I want to talk about my Jewelry Organizer!

 

I found the idea for this at On My Side of the Room.

I originally had squares of cork to make a bullitein board hanging up with pushpins holding my necklaces and earrings. It wasn't quite cutting it. I had it that way for a while....but sometimes pins would fall out because the cork wasn't really thick and I was always dropping jewelry...and ruining some!

So when I saw that idea....I had to make it ASAP!

So again, I went to Lowes, but this time with my Mom, and found a nice square piece of wood, got one dowel, and a TON of hooks. I screwed all the hooks in while watching TV that night...let me tell you, my wrist was feeling it! I think I used about 40 hooks. Then I spray painted it black. I also decided to hot glue some white ribbon around the edges to add a little something.

I LOVE IT! I think I may need to make another! ;-P

 

I've...kinda got a lot of jewelry.

 

Here are the dowels. I used them to hang some of my earrings. 

Both dowels are the same length...then slide easily over the hooks, so the top one was pushed to one side more than the bottom, and I didn't notice when I took the photo. Oops...

 

 

A closer view of the hooks. The hooks were gold. I spray painted everything black, so it blended in.

I also put some picture hangers on the back to make it easier to hang.

 

I am linking to:

LOOk what I JUST made!! (Bib Necklace)

 

I have been seeing these kinds of necklaces EvErYWhERe!! I have been wanting to make one for a while. I think I finally got the push to do it when I saw it on Welcome To The Good Life.

So...I finally made one this morning! YAY! =)

It was so easy! (which I like)

I searched for odds and ends I wasn't using...and pieced it together like a collage. I then hot glued everything to a piece of felt...and when I like the way it looked, I cut out around everything. I glued the entire thing to another piece of felt and then glued on some ribbon. I mixed lots of colors on it because I wanted it to match with all kinds of things. I think it looks really....fun! Anyway....I am off to work. Lets see what people say about it!

I linked to these parties:

More Jewelry!!

Here is some jewelry that I have made in the past few days!!

 

Here is a necklace made with a strip of fabric and some big wooden beads and a piece of ribbon. I have been seeing these all over the place, and wanted to try to make one myself. Not too bad if I say so myself. I think I'm going to wear this one today!

 

I have also seen these necklaces EVERYWHERE! So I tried this one also. Instead of weaving between every bead, I went every other. Cute, Cute!

 

I've also seen a lot of these bangles. So I made some for myself and the girls at work. I think they might likeeee these! I glued some mini pearls to them to add a little something extra.

I can't remember where I saw this idea....I have so many blogs bookmarked and followed. When I find the link, I will add it. =)

Anyway, it's lunch time, then off to work!! Going to bring the girls their goodies.

Metal Stamping Jewelry

 

So last week I ordered a metal stamping set and some other supplies to go with it. I decided to take a stab at it this past weekend. It was PrEttY FuN!

I wish I got some bigger blanks. I'll have to find some online that are a decent price. Has anyone tried doing this? Where do you buy your supplies?? I usually buy my jewelry supplies from Fire Mountain Gems & Beads website. I bought my stamp set through Etsy.

I am interested in learning more about metal stamping and doing lots more with it. =)

Share your thoughts, comments, & suggestions!

Flower Ring

 

I found a tutorial for Rosette Rings on The Creative Crate Blog. 

So this morning I decided to try it. Instead of gluing the flower on a wooden disc like Stacie did, I just used a piece of felt. I made one for myself, my niece and my mother-in-law who loves artsy-unique things. I will definitely use the rosette technique on other things! Easyyyy!!

Flowers & Pendants!

I made these flowers a little while back. I followed a tutorial by Flail of the Flair on the Cut Out + Keep website. Its basically origami with fabric with a tiny bit of hand-sewing involved. They are very quick and easy to do. I sewed them to bobby pins so I can wear them in my hair.

 

These are some clay necklace pendants that I have made. I went through a phase of making a lot of different kinds of clay pendants and necklaces. Basically its just Sculpey clay cut into a rectangle and then I stamped an initial into the clay. I then added flowers out of clay and made the hole, then baked it. Then I dry brushed some paint onto it and glued on a rhinestone. Then I added the while loop. Ta-da....all done. 

 Keep an eye out...I'll be adding more soon!