Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Earring Organizer

This is how I kept my earrings organized. And by organized, I mean jumbled and scattered! Lovely.
I got this frame for $1 at a garage sale and this obnoxiously green spray paint for $3. I also bought an adjustable window screen at Home Depot for $6. I know you can buy a roll of screen, but for this project, I didn't need as much as comes on a roll.

I put about 39 coats of spray paint on the frame because I didn't wash it, sand it, or prime it. I just started spraying! After it was dry from being left out in the rain over night, I stapled the screen to the back. SIMPLE.
I think it turned out so pretty and no more searching for my earrings!

Some tips
( I did none of these, but recommend you do!)

1. At least wipe down your frame, maybe even give it a little rub down with some sand paper. Your paint will go on much better.

2. Use a heavy duty stapler to staple your screen to the back of your frame, not a home-use one. Just trust me on this! I suppose you could use hot glue? Not sure. Thought about trying it half way through, but endured.

3. Make a second one and give to a friend! Perfect birthday or Christmas gift! You can get two screens out of the mentioned adjustable window screen. Four if you were to use smaller frames!

2 comments:

Ashley said...

this is one of those projects i've got on my list to-do. just need to come across the perfect frame, and some motivation :).

it looks great!

Sela said...

I need to beautify mine a bit, it's just the boring brown it was when I bought it.
If you get some coat hanger type hooks from the hardware store and screw them to the bottom, then you have a necklace holder as well! Now if I could just figure out how to store my post earrings, I'd be set...