Friday, June 27, 2014

Button Earring Holder

The Monette's are downsizing! After months of searching Zac and I concluded that to stay in the nice part of Reno we would have to rent a smaller apartment. Our final outcome is a one bedroom apartment--almost 300 square feet smaller. We are excited about the move, but it is requiring a lot of preparation. Because we currently fill up our much larger townhouse many of our possessions are going into a storage unit (which I refer to as an off-site garage), and some are going to the local Goodwill drop off site. In addition, the things we are taking with us need to be efficiently organized to fit in the space. This particular task is most difficult with organizing my craft things. Many can probably relate--but I have no idea how I ended up with so much stuff!

All the time I have spent elbow deep in craft supplies suddenly reminded me of a tutorial that I never shared. This project is all about efficient storage--of stud earrings! There are plenty of display/storage options for dangle earrings, but stud earrings prove a little more difficult. My lovely sister-in-law asked me for advice on how to overcome this difficulty, and a very long time later I made this for her birthday present. Zac is responsible for the concept--he's so smart!

Button Earring Holder



You will need: a picture frame, buttons (with four holes), elastic string, and glue (E6000 is pictured, but I ended using hot glue for much of it and it worked great! 

You can immediately discard the frame's glass and stock photo.


Use a piece of the elastic string (the length of your frame) to tie a knot through two of the four button holes. Then tie another button to the other end of the string. Repeat this process four times (or however many will fit in your frame.


Glue the buttons (flattest side down) to the inside of the back of your frame. I recommend hot glue for this.


Hold the button in place until the glue is set.

Tie a piece of string through two of the holes of each button.

Use the string on the side to tie it to the strings glued in place. 
Make sure your knot is facing the backside of the frame. Repeat until all of the buttons are attached!

Close up frame (I ended up painted the background gold), and you're ready for earrings!


Here is a picture of the completed project complete with her earrings! (I stole it from her Facebook--hope that's not weird!)



I love that the elastic string makes it easy to get the earring off and on! 
If you end up making this project please let me know how it went.
Now, it's back to organizing craft supplies for me--have a great weekend!





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