Magpie

A fraction of the collection

OK, so I may have a teeeeeny problem when it comes to buying jewellery...

As I alluded to in my last post, I have a certain common trait with a particular member of the Bird genus in that we both have an ongoing attraction to reflective surfaces - the only difference being that I don't steal mine, though that would probably save me some money (I kid of course, I'm not actually condoning grand theft jewellery heist...)

Shiny...

All you need is LOVE (and jewellery)

It's hard to tell when my collection started but I do remember going through a phase when every time I went shopping I came back hauling new necklaces, bracelets and rings Goonies-style (shame on you if you don't know that reference).

OK, I may be exaggerating slightly, but I do  did have a serious problem - so much so that my friends actually noticed and advised me to maybe avoid the jewellery section for a while...yeah - that bad. So I did - but then, this summer, after 17 years of being an earring virgin, I went and had my ears pierced - so naturally I needed to go buy some new earrings...

Feather Earrings - New Look

Silver Cross Ear Cuffs - New Look

What started out as a simple earring run quickly escalated into an all-encompassing jewellery haul,  the glinting metal was too hard to resist! I ended up with four pairs of earrings, two new necklaces and a skull hand chain bought within the first hour - I guess old habits really do die hard.

Origami Crane Necklace - H&M

Returning home and adding these to my existing collection made me realise just how in need of a jewellery organizer I was - the spare boxes and pots brimming with stuff was getting impractical (try disentangling seven different necklaces every time you want to find a particular one - NOT FUN).  Once again, a quick Google search lead me to some amazing inspiration on the internet for different jewellery storage solutions such as the ones here:

thevintagetreehouse on Etsy

Mr. Kate's Framed Jewellery Organizer 

I used:

• an old canvas frame
• black paint
• black ribbon 
• a couple of small picture hooks

As I had an old canvas frame lying around, I thought I'd put it to good use and create a framed jewellery display using a lick of black paint (acrylic because that was what I had to hand, though you could use wood stain if you prefer or even neon/metallic spray paint to JAZZ things up a bit ); around 1.5m of 1.5" black ribbon left over from an art project; small screws to attach the ribbon to the frame (hot glue/superglue will do, I was just improvising for lack of better resources again) and a few small picture-hanging hooks I hammered into the top of the frame to hang necklaces from.

All in all, I was pretty proud of my day's labour as I managed to solve a storage problem without spending a penny and whilst simultaneously using up random craft supplies that would have otherwise cluttered my room - killing two birds with one stone as it were ...ooh that's nice coincidental bookending: start with a magpie and end with a bird idiom (...ahem... sorry, that'll be the inner English Lit student coming out again).


Peace and love
Ness x