String Them Along

***wow, I just realized how boring this post is- sorry.

For a few years I have hung my necklaces and bracelets from thumbtacks on bulletin boards covered with white fabric. In my apartments I hung the 2 boards in my bathroom. But the bathroom in our current house is smaller than any of the closest in my old apartments, so they hang on the inside of a closet door.

I never found a great way to organize my earrings and if I don't see something, then I don't wear it. Over the years I've tried a few different methods, from putting each pair on a little piece of grosgrain ribbon to varying jewelry boxes, but nothing really kept things neat and visible. So, when I saw a post last spring (that I can't find now) on Young House Love, about organizing earrings I was hopeful they would have a creative solution. And once again they did not disappoint.

It is a store bought bulletin board covered, just to the edge of the framing, with a double layer of cheap white cotton fabric. I used double sided tape to attach the horizontal ribbon to the frame, and then used more tape to stick black ribbon around the frame. I could have glued it all, but I hate the bumps left by the glue and this way I can easily change the ribbon if I want. There are also a few pins stuck in the horizontal ribbon. I learned the hard way, earrings crashing to the floor in the middle of the night, that pins were necessary. It hangs, from a ribbon attached on the back, from the side of my dresser using one of those Command hooks.

I guess I could have used a smaller board...oh well a good excuse to buy new earrings.