I totally scored at the thrift shop this weekend! I'm typically a Value Village shopper, but drove past Goodwill and swung in to take a look. The clothing aisles were packed, so I headed straight back to the furniture and frames section where I stumbled upon these beautiful cherry frames for only $2.99 each. A total steal for being so sturdy and having no visable dings or dents!
I immediately had two projects in mind. The first, and the one I will show you here, was a place to hang my earrings. I've seen frames adorned with mesh in a couple of stores and at the Fremont Market, and have always wanted to make one. There's one vendor who sells them at the Fremont Market for $30, but there's no way I'm paying that much for something I can do on my own. So, after explaining my project to some poor guy at Home Depot (he obviously did not understand the struggle that comes with having multiple pairs of chandelier earrings in the same box and getting all tangled), he directed me to a couple of different places. What I ended up going with was screen door mesh in a dark charcoal color.
Once I got home, I cut out a square the same size of the frame inset. Then I realized I had never thought through how I was going to secure this thing...hmmm...
Thankfully, I have a glue gun that I just love (everyone must ahve a glue gun; you can fix just anything with it). After gluing down one of the longer sides, I stretched the mesh across the frame and secured with pins to keep it tight while I glued down the other three sides.
And, PRESTO! An organized and beautiful way to hang my earrings. I'm thinking about adding hooks to the side for small necklaces, but we'll see.
Project #2: Corkboard made from real wine corks! Coming soon...
1 comment:
When I was 10 I broke the zipper on my "good" pants, and then proceeded to try and fix them with a hot glue gun. Lesson (actually, there were several of them) learned.
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