DIY Jewelry Display and Storage

When it comes to jewelry (and things in general) I am an 'out of sight, out of mind' type person. This means that I rarely wear jewelry, because I don't remember I have it. With so many ideas roaming around blog world, I had to make my own jewelry display and it only cost me $2 to make.

If you want to make your own, you will need:
- cork board (I got mine for $1 from the Thrift store)
- upholstery tacks ($1 from the Dollar Store)
- fabric (had this already)
- hot glue

All I did was take the fabric and hot glue it on the back of my cork board (sorry...no picture of this step). Make sure you stretch your fabric well, so that it doesn't hang loose.
 If you have a staple gun, you can use that instead.
I don't, so I used what I had.

I put upholstery tacks all around right up against the frame. This step is optional. I just liked the way it looked. You can stop now, and you'll still have a cute and functional jewelry display. I however drilled tiny little holes at the bottom of the frame and screwed in small hooks for more space to hang my necklaces. I use regular push pins to  hang the rest of the jewelry. The cork board makes it all stable, yet easy to change. I hung it on the wall with command strips and done!

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Dollar Store mailing station

We don't have a foyer or an entryway, and therefore no space for a command center where mail can be sorted.

I decided to get one of those mail organizers you hang up on a wall. However, the only possible place that such a thing could be hung is too narrow. Then, my awesome friend Mindi from My love2Create said I should totally make a wood one myself. She assured me it was going to be easy. I was determined to do it, until I saw these cute little magnetic caddies at my Dollar Tree. Problem solved! They are just the right size for my narrow wall.

They are magnetic, but my wall isn't, so I added a command strip on the back of each caddy and up on the wall they wen. To the front I added some chalk board labels I already had.

Now I have the perfect spot to sort my mail. It was cheap, fast and no building was involved- my kind of project.

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