Make-Over 101…

I love wearing earrings but they are always a mess…I throw them into a little dish on my vanity or on top of a little shelf and then it’s always a mad scramble to find the mate.

Plus I need to toss out the ones that I never wear anymore…!

I needed a better system!  I have seen this idea or rather versions of this idea on Pinterest!  (Man, I love Pinterest!) 

Take a frame…

and pop out the picture (SAVE the picture!)

Spray paint the frame…SHOOT I forgot to take a picture of THAT!!  Now on Pinterest they covered the inside cardboard picture with burlap or lace or wire…I had none of these but I did have a roll of this webbing left over from an upholstery project!

So I cut off strips and wove it into a mat… 

I stitched all around to hold the woven mat together…then..

…using my favourite craft glue…

I glued the woven mat to the cardboard picture, then put a stack of magazines on top until the glue dried.

I cut the extra webbing off the cardboard and popped it back into the newly painted (and sanded) frame…and presto…an earring holder!  

Here it is all finished with a few of my favourite earrings…

   

And zooming in for a close-up….

Yup…I like it…a lot!   Martha would be please…it’s a good thing!  So while I hang up the rest of my earrings, why not go and pay Pinterest a visit! You might just be pleasantly surprised!  But be warned…Pinterest is a MAJOR time-sucker!

Have a Super Saturday and Happy Quilting!~P