DIY Necklace Holder

So, I have an great jewelry holder.  However, I have had quite an obsession with necklaces recently and my purchases would not allow my jewelry holder to close since most of them were too long.  So I knew I would need to make a necklace holder.  I set off to Google and googled DIY necklace holder.  There are so many out there!  I really LOVED this one:

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 But, I didn't have the tools for it :(.  So, I decided to go with a picture frame.  A few years ago I bought a whole bunch of frames in a big package on the day after Thanksgiving.  They have been sitting untouched for quite some time.  I got some gorgeous blue spraypaint and was ready to begin.  UNTIL...

I took out the frame and realized they were plastic!  No wonder they were so cheap I thought to myself.  So, I couldn't use my pretty blue spraypaint since it wasn't made for plastic.  Instead, I got a tan plastic spraypaint (Krylon Satin Khaki for Plastic) and sprayed away!  Once it dried, I assembled it.  I pretty much followed my DIY Bulletin Board arrangement.  I cut out a piece of bulletin board roll and foam board to fit in the frame.  Then, I hot glued them together.  I cut out a piece of light blue scrapbook paper and hot glued it on top of the bulletin board paper.  I really wanted a light blue because it ties into our bedding:

You will soon learn Gizmo is a ham and he loves to be photographed.  And please ignore the wrinkled comforter.  So, here is the final jewelry holder in all of it's (simple) glory!

I just used clear pushpins to hang the necklaces from.  This is nothing fancy, but I love it.  And to show you where it is in relation to my other jewelry holder:

Excuse the flash.  That box at top opens up to hold the rest of my shorter necklaces, earing, etc.  This project took no time and it was super easy!

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DIY Bulletin Board

So, we were having a slight problem...

Yes, ridiculous, I know.  So I came up with a great solution and courtesy of an "ice" day (remember, I said we live in the south!), I came up with this:

I was so proud...it was pretty...I felt so crafty!  I got the idea from here.  Only, I obviously didn't put in cutlery.  I organized all of that junk from the other picture so it looked nice and neat:

So here's the breakdown:

• Our gift cards went in that small middle box
• Post-its, writing pads, and index cards (a must for this teacher) are on the right
• Coupons went on the very bottom
• And that's my school ID on the left with the pink pen permanently attached :)

Unfortunately, this didn't last forever and my poor coupons never saw the light of day until they were expired.  So I knew I needed to display them somewhere they would be used.  I came up with a DIY bulletin board.  So I ran went to Goodwill and looked for the perfect frame and found this one:

Excuse the crookedness.  So I spray painted it with primer first and then I spray painted it blue (Krylon Satin Oxford Blue).  When it was done, I cut out and hot glued a piece from my bulletin board roll (I found this at Staples) to a piece of foam board, also obviously cut out to fit the frame.  I secured them both into the frame, but something just seemed to be missing.  While I was at Wal-Mart I picked up a roll of light blue fabric.  I cut it out and hotglued it over the bulletin board and then secured it all into the frame.  I even used duct tape on the back (wouldn't my dad be proud!).  So, here it is in all of it's glory:

It is on the wall right next to our downstairs bathroom, which is a little random, I know.  BUT, it's on my way out the door since I leave through the garage.  I was really pleased with how it turned out considering this was one of my first DIY projects.  Here it is with some coupons in it:

Okay, very few coupons, but you can't beat Costco coupons, right?!