Hanging Earring Display

I love earrings, but I often forget to put them in because they're stored away in various jewelry boxes. Out of sight, out of mind.

This instructable uses simple materials to create an earring storage display that will both showcase and provide ready access to your earrings.

Step 1: Gather your materials

Tools Used:
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Stapler
- Hole punch
- Sharpie
- Hobby saw
- Vise grips or pliers (for screwing in eyehooks)

Materials Used:
Glue
I used Elmer's, but a glue gun would also work really well.

Cardboard
This instructable uses the cardboard pieces left over after punching out the playing tiles from the board game Carcassonne. The cardboard had a pretty pattern and reminded me of window frames, so I saved them.

(If you're not a compulsive saver like me, you could use any piece of cardboard and cut openings of any shape and size.)

Felt (or any cloth)
I chose black felt because it was cheap and contrasted well with my frame.

Wood dowel
I used a 1/8" diameter round dowel and a 1/4" square dowel. You can find these at hardware and craft stores.

Eyehooks and string
I used eyehooks and string as the hanging hardware.

Foam (optional)
I needed foam because I have post earrings as well as dangling earrings. If you only wear dangling earrings, you may omit the foam.

Vinyl Bumpers (optional)
I used these to create space between the frame and the wall, so the earrings would hang a little better.

Comments

[Tapapa]

I really like this earring display/holder! It has a classy look with each frame rather than all the ideas just using some sort of mesh to hang earrings all over. I like the dowel idea since I use those plastic backs on all my dangle earrings and have lots of different ones so it doesn't work well for me to stick them all in a container and putting them on the back of the dangle earrings once on the display is rather a pain when you are using a mesh sort of thing. Thanks for sharing!!!

[jlee1834]

Thanks for your feedback, Tapapa! I love using the plastic backs, too. They have saved me from losing many earrings.

[Swapnali Patil]

Hi,

I am Swapnali from India. I liked your project very much. Its very useful for me alike you.

[jlee1834]

Thank you for your kind words, Swapnali!

[craftygirl92]

nice instructable! I did something similar, but with an old picture frame i found and some chicken wire (the one with square holes). I just stapled the chicken wire to the frame and it worked out wonderfully .

[jbrecken]

I made a similar one for my mother once using a picture frame and a sheet of needlepoint mesh.

[jlee1834]

Thanks, craftygirl92! Chicken wire would be a great option for this version, too. An earlier idea was to use the plastic mesh that produce sometimes comes in.

I've thought about enclosing the cardboard in some kind of frame. It might add a nice weightiness to the whole piece. Thanks for your comment!