Jewelry Storage

A couple of weeks ago I bought this magazine called Real Room Ideas. There are so many great ideas in there, and I just love it! One of my favorite ideas, which I quickly stole, was a necklace keeper. Jewelry storage has been an area of frustration for me personally because it has been hard to find a reasonably priced jewelry box that is not god-awful to look at. When we moved, I bought this jewelry tree from Target.


I think it's so pretty! I actually I bought it more because I just think it's a cool piece rather than to actually hang my jewelry on. I did eventually end up hanging earrings and necklaces on it, and it quickly just became too cluttered. So, you can imagine my excitement when I found an affordable alternative in my new mag.

In the magazine, they suggested buying a shadow box frame that has a front hinging door. I found something similar at Target one day for $15. It was a frame especially made for album covers. I think the size is around 12x12. This frame is much more shallow than I had in mind but I thought I would give it a try.


I also bought a package of black and white scrap booking paper (also from Target, $0.99) to use as a background.


I used the cardboard that the frame came in as the background piece that I would stick pins in.


I covered this cardboard with a piece of scrapbook paper to make it pretty, and attached it to the inside of the frame with some adhesive pieces that I had from previous projects.

Since I had decided to use an album frame rather than a regular shadowbox, I found it difficult to find pins short enough to allow the door to close. Originally, I thought that I would use some clear, regular bulletin board pins that I had, but quickly found that they were not short enough. I went to Joanne's in search of something that would work. I found some sewing pins that luckily were short enough. They really are cute little pins! The only problem is that they were not as sturdy as I would like for them to be because they are so very small.


Next, I decided that it need a little more flair. I glued tiny black buttons (left over from my "button art" project) onto the head of each pin so that they would stand out a little bit. I also cut out some little flowers out of yellow card stock and added black and white buttons for detail. I glued these guys in the corners.


In order to solve the sturdiness problem I decided to put hot glue on the pins as I was sticking them into the back piece.

Now, my necklaces all hang in my frame and my earrings hang from my lovely tree. I also lay my watches in the little nook at the base of the tree.



What do you think? Do you have any great ideas for storing jewelry?