Tip of the Week

Ok, it's Wednesday so here is my tip of the week. Let's talk jewelry! I go through spurts of buying and wearing jewelry. I usually use it to make my boring outfits just a little more exciting but sometimes I just can't be bothered. So there are times it gets a lot of wear and other times I don't see my jewelry for weeks. Needless to say I have a lot of jewelry, collected during my jewelry wearing (and buying) spurts. Nothing very expensive, but a lot.

My jewelry used to be thrown together in a box with sections which worked to a point but my necklaces would get tangled and I couldn't always find what I wanted and then I'd forget I had certain items. Next I tried a hanging pocket organizer. This was much better but I still found it hard to get some of my bigger necklaces into the pockets and found I never had enough pockets.

So then....I saw something online that was brilliant!  It looked something like this.  Gorgeous right?

Right, but also very expensive. I figured - hey I could make that.  (Oh dear, my husband is rubbing off on me!) But it's never that easy and I wasn't sure about all the wood I'd need or if I could find something pre made that I could adapt for my project. I kept coming back to this photo and I particularly liked the hooks on the bottom that could hold necklaces. And then as I was innocently walking down a home furnishing isle in a local discount store, I found it. I found a mirror that was surrounded by a wire design. The wire was perfect!  I could hang earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces in an organized way. Best of all it was all in once place, I could see what I had to work with and there was even a mirror to check out the look.

It's hidden away on a side of the dresser that no one can see when they enter the room so they don't see the clutter of jewelry. I also thought about hanging it on the back of my door. I've organized it so all my necklaces are hanging below the mirror; my rings are all above; my earrings are to the right and my bracelets to the left of the mirror.  It works brilliantly for me and keeps me organized!