organization - jewelry holder

It's no secret that I love costume jewelry (do they still call it that?).  I've been collecting it for more than a few years now so I have quite a stash.  I think the right necklace can really take an outfit from so so to perfectly polished with little effort, and if you hit the thrift stores like I do, very little cash.

I have tried different ways of displaying/storing it but with each new necklace it becomes more and more difficult to see what's where.

Since I am a procrastinator by nature, I'm usually reaching for my jewelry as I'm heading out the door so I find it so frustrating when I know which necklace I want to wear but either can't locate it or I have to untangle it from a mess of other pretty baubles.

I knew I'd outgrown my current system and I thought about having my hubby cut me a piece of peg board the size of a large frame so that I could hang my jewelry from the peg holes.  But that would number one require money, and number two require me to wait on his timing.  (And somehow I knew he wouldn't see the urgency of the situation.)

So I turned to pinterest (but you knew that, right) and I found the idea of using cup hooks on a painted wood plank.  Cute, but not large enough.  Think same idea only bigger.

Then I remembered this frame turned chalk board that I used on my hot cocoa station at Christmas.

I could have painted the frame and board a bright color but instead opted to use this pretty Target calendar for inspiration and loosely drew a few flowers to mimic the look of the calendar.

I painted them with some craft paint I had on hand in colors that go with my decor, adding a little bit of pen work for detail.

I then screwed in some cup hooks from my tool box (three inches apart, staggering the rows) and added a length of picture framing wire across the back attached with a staple gun so that I could hang it on the wall with a couple of nails.

Now my favorite baubles and bangles hang just two to a hook so that grabbing the necklace I want is quick and easy.  I love how pretty it turned out and it's so functional plus it was free.  You can't beat that.

xo, Patty