Sunday, November 23, 2008

Cool Way to Organize Your Necklaces

Organizing my jewelry has always been a weak spot for me. I had a beautiful jewelry box that my hubby got me for Christmas one year but it went into self destruct mode. Since then, my necklaces in particular have always sort of floated from place to place or mostly gotten piled up on the bathroom counter. I saw this idea in Family Circle Magazine, so I thought, "brilliant!, I can hang a corkboard on that blank wall in my closet." Now, you may think, "that is one fancy corkboard." Well you have my sweet hubby to thank for that. As we were standing in Hobby Lobby with corkboard in hand, he said, "why don't we paint a cool design on it." So, we did. We bought a can of cream colored spray paint and painted the background. Then we purchased a stencil and 3 different colors of acrylic paint and stenciled the lovely paisely design you see. I used regular clear colored pins to stick the necklaces up there. I have my earrings organized in a different place, but I'll post about that later.

3 comments:

Beth said...

That is really pretty. I loved how you painted it yourself...I thought that was part of the fabric.

Unknown said...

Great idea -- the design looks wonderful, not only attractive, but functional -- I like that!

Anonymous said...

I just googled "organzining necklaces" and your blog came up. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea. Digging around for an old corkboard now. Thanks!!