Craft! Jewelry Holder!

When we had family in town for the Boise game (they won!) we went to Park City one afternoon.  They had their Park Silly market/ street fair going on and we saw so many cute things!  Jewelry galore and such great ideas.  Both my sister in law and I saw things and thought "I wonder how I could make this."

And one of the things I saw was a jewelry holder.  I've needed one for a long time, I've seen tutorials, but seeing one in my hands and really seeing how it went together really got the ball rolling for me.  So on Labor Day, since I had the day off, I went to Hobby Lobby and got all the stuff I needed.

In hind sight I should have waited and collected things during the half off sale.  Because I really wanted to do it...now so I bought some things full price and would have liked to have made it for less than I did.  I know I should have gone to Walmart for the wire mesh because its two dollars cheaper.  I should have waited for the frame to go half off.  I should have waited for other things - now I know.  But I have one now!

It went together pretty easy, minimal burning of the fingers which is always something to celebrate because I seriously have little feeling left in my fingertips from all the burns from that glue gun.

So I took pictures as I went, I realize this isn't the first tutorial out there on this but this is how I did it.

What you'll need:

1. Scrapbook paper of your choice.
2. Mod Podge
3. Wire mesh
4. Picture frame - mine's from the unfinished wood aisle.
5. Knobs!  
6. Ribbon
7. Paint brushes
8. Paint!

To begin:

I knew I'd need to paint whatever the scrapbook paper wouldn't cover, so I chose a metallic silver color.  After painting it on initially I realized I needed to make it darker - or I would have to do 8 coats.  So I mixed in some black.

So I painted the edges.

Then I had my husband help me drill holes where I'd want to attach the knobs and hang the ribbon.

Then I measured the size of the frame and cut out the scrapbook paper.  Then slathered on the mod podge!  

And then because I HATE bubbles, I waited for it to dry...

 So I threw a heavy book on there for a few hours.

Then it was time to attach the knobs.  I saw so many cute little knobs but the screws were either too long or it didn't quite fit right.  I found these knobs FINALLY after 20 minutes in the knob aisle.  They were $3.99 a piece which was more than I wanted to spend on them, but I was done and wanted to go home.

Then I measured the opening and cut out mesh to fit.  I hot glued the edges and waited for it to cool.

Then the last step was threading the ribbon.  After I measured how much I wanted I singed the edges so they wouldn't fray.

DONE!

Then I went to the enormous task of detangling my clump of jewelry.  It took over an hour.  I nearly threw it across the room twice, claiming I'd just buy some more jewelry...only to pick it back up 5 minutes later, determined that it wasn't going to beat me!  

Then I found the needed brackets/ nails - by myself!  And hung the thing in my bedroom and put all the jewelry on there.  This might seem like a lot, but my Mom and little sister would call this a sad excuse.  

Finished product!  And I can't tell you how nice it is!  I've worn jewelry over this last week that I haven't worn in over two years because it was such a tangled mess.  This is such a nice change!  I can find stuff now!

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