Jewelry As Art

I've always found jewelry to be a pain to tame. When I housed it in a jewelry box, my necklaces always seemed somehow to end up tangled and knotted. When I tired of having something so bulky take up precious space on my vanity, I placed a fabric lined box in one of my drawers. I thought this would be the perfect solution to my jewelry housing problem. Alas, it wasn't. I found that my necklaces and bracelets still seemed to inter-tangle themselves with my many earrings. I also often 'forgot' I had certain pieces because I couldn't find them and they weren't easily visable so I often went unaccessorized. Not only that, I found that drawer space was becoming an issue. That's when I decided there had to be a better way to store my jewelry.


I realized I needed a storage space that kept my pieces from being a tangled mess. At the same time, I didn't want it to take up my always inadequate counter or drawer space. Most of all, I really wanted to be able to see what I had so that I would be more likely to actually wear it.

It just so happened that I was walking through a Marshall's and there by the picture section was this really neat looking cork board framed with a distressed green frame. I loved it! It was the perfect color to match my vanity area walls and it looked 'antiqued.' As a display on the front of the wrapped frame, there was a picture of pearl headed pins holding photos. So, I marched home, hung the frame and added some pretty pearl headed sewing pins.

I even found these really cool clip things at Wal-Mart in the hardware section that are sturdier then the pins and hold heavier items.

Voila! It is so much better this way and it
 serves as art as well!