My Sweet Things

I have a lovely jewelry box that has many compartments for earrings and bracelets. I found myself often tossing my earrings in the provided squares and they would pile up and get all tangled together. With the pile up of dangling earrings, I had many I could not easily see! I needed a way to hang them, so I could easily grab them when getting ready for the day. My solution?

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A picture frame earring holder! I had an old gold picture frame I picked up from a thrift shop that I knew would be perfect for this project. I spray painted it Heirloom White.

For this project I gathered my hot glue gun, glue sticks, burlap, scissors, a utility knife, some twine and a piece of white foam board. All these items I had in my stash but they can be purchased at your local craft store.

I placed the foam board inside the picture frame and cut along the edges using my utility knife. This frame had no glass piece for it and the glass is not needed for this project.

After I cut the foam board to fit inside the picture frame, I cut the burlap allowing the burlap to overlap the foam board. I used my hot glue gun to wrap the burlap around the frame.

I then used the twine to make rows across the burlap leaving enough room between the lines for my dangling earrings. (I placed one of my earrings between the lines so I knew how much space to leave between each row.) The twine was hot glued to the back of the foam board.

This is what the back will look like when you finish your twine rows and you have place the foam board back into the frame.

To finish the back, I used the back piece of a brown grocery bag. It’s my favorite go to with framing projects. I used the grocery bag trick for my Ceiling Medallion Mirror.

I love it! I have been using it for a few months now and it works for me. I can easily see my dangling earrings and they are easy to pick up and place back at the end of the day. I also find myself changing up my daily earring selection since I can see them all now.

I have also pulled a few brooches out of my drawers as they add a nice sparkle and they are too pretty to keep hidden away!

Do you have a mad dangling earring collection? Do you have an easy solution for storage and display? I hope this inspires you to pull out all your pretties!

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Happy New Year everyone! Time has flown right by over the last few weeks. Two posts for me in December? Lame. I’m working on several posts and hopefully you will be seeing more of me in the next few weeks. Now, to start back up, I want to share a Thank You sign I made for my son’s wedding back in October. I waited on this post until we received the photos back from the photographer and then I wanted to make sure everyone received the Thank You cards in the mail before I shared as to not ruin any surprise.

I came across a wooden “Thank You” sign on the Weddingbee site. I saved it in my Pinterest Wedding Board and headed to JoAnn’s to pick up the simple supplies needed for the project. Take a few minutes to follow along as I show you the easy steps to make a wooden Thank you sign.

I bought two wooden plaques in different shapes and primed them. You can find these at your local craft store.

I then spray painted them with Heirloom White. It’s one of my favorites!

I used my Cricut Calligraphy Collection cartridge and cut out the words. I think these letters were 2 or 3 inches. I played around a bit to get the right fit. Terrible photo I know but you get the idea!

I used Scotch Tacky Glue to glue on the words. I like this glue the best as it has a thin applicator tip and makes a perfect thin line.

I used my trusty friend Mod Podge and applied a layer across the entire front side, back, and sides of the wood to seal the letters and add a layer of protection. So are you ready to see the final project?

Here they are! Photo credits to Tillman Branch Photography.

This is photo we used for the post wedding Thank You postcards we created using Vista Print! I am so happy with the results. They were very easy to put together and very inexpensive. Total cost for me? $8.00 as I had the spray paint and Mod Podge on hand. The small wedding details are my favorite. I hope this inspires you as you plan your events!

I will be linking up to some great parties this week. There is so much inspiration!

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