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i’m the type of girl who has a real soft spot for earrings. bracelets and necklaces aren’t so much my thing but man can i collect some earrings (and a few cocktail rings). but inevitably i lose one of the pair and go searching throughout the house to find the little nook where my cats have hidden them. so last month when i saw blueprint’s fantastic story on creative jewelry storage i knew i had to try one of these. but when it came down to it i didn’t have drawers appropriate for the first project and the marble bust was a little too serious for me. so i figured the wine crate portion would be perfect. except that i didn’t have any wine crates handy so i looked around for what i did have handy. as it turned out i had a few extra ikea frames (the kind that are set in like shadowboxes) under our bed so i pulled them out and thought- perfect! the backs of each frame are just thick enough for the tiny screws so i went out to my local craft store and hardware store and picked up gift wrap and hooks that would be fun for the project (i also used printed paper from dwell’s new promo notepad). blueprint painted their boxes a beautiful color to match the wrap but i’m pretty antsy so i decided to leave the frames a glossy white and let the gift wrap do the talking. for (many) more photos click here or “read more” below. for the full instructions (which work well with the frames, too) from blueprint click here. happy diy-ing!

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Love it! Especially since I have to admit I’m guilty of forgetting about all the wonderful accessories I have since they are locked up in boxes. I feel like seeing them everyday would be a great reminder to add a little shine to every outfit!

bukola

the pins aren’t in yet for the photos after the jump. i only had 3 frames so i set up a few of them to hang on the wall and then just laid out the other to show different paper options. you can see the hooks and pins i used in the top photo, and the pins are in the last photo above, too. you just screw them in wherever you’d like. i find it helps to take a nail hole in first to get the screw started.

grace

I did something very similar for my store, but I just used black felt and walpaper on the inside edges only. I think for spring I’ll switch them up with some pattern in the back. The only problem I found for using them in our store is that sometimes the patterned background distracts too much from the jewelry, since we’re trying to sell them, not just enjoy a personal collection. The first two pattern you used could work for my store though…. now to find something similar!

What a great post! This has me truly inspired to create a jewelry wall-collage. And I was looking for an excuse to go to ikea. Could be interesting to create your own papers to use as the backdrop (say, digital prints of ((own)) artwork or an interesting photograph.

This is one of my fav projects to do when I have a little time– I did a tutorial last Septempber very similar to this one but with fabric instead.
http://lechimaera.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-tutorial.html

that really is a great idea…I’ve always wanted to display Jewelry in shadow boxes for gallery shows…but it would require a little extra effort to put in a glass or clear aclyric top..that always set me back…haha

What a neat surprise this was! I was in the middle of going back through your DIY archives and came across these jewelry boxes. I scrolled down and saw a link to the original story in Blueprint (may it rest in piece :( ), which I actually wrote! I had so much fun learning how to make the shadow box that was featured. :)Anyway, just wanted to say how neat it was see it on your blog. Thanks!

grace, you are probably not even reading this thread anymore, but - i just bought a ton of ikea bas frames, and the one big hitch i can see is that they’re constructed in such a way that removing the clear plastic front is nearly impossible. are yours just behind the glass?

it strikes me that if i do this with my jewelry, it will be more decorative, but no more accessible than it currently is (stashed in a clutch purse after too many moves in too little time) and i still won’t wear it!

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