Comments on: Homemade earring and jewelry holder

By: D.O.

D.O. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:06:44 +0000

You can probably do better than $10 on the price of the frame if you shop at a thrift store or garage sale.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:19:58 +0000

Re: tarnishing.

The pictured earring holder actually uses a different kind of mesh that I found at the hardware store, which is made of fiberglass instead of metal. So, it’s flexible, easy to work with, doesn’t poke/cut you, and won’t tarnish your earrings. And it was actually cheaper than wire mesh. Looks exactly the same.

By: J Wojcik

J Wojcik — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:41:48 +0000

Instead of the metal mesh you can also use needlepoint canvas stretched inside a frame.

Paint the canvas the same color as the wall and the mesh fades away or use a contrasting color – or save money and just leave it white!

Love the frame you found!

By: bargainbabe

bargainbabe — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:38:37 +0000

Nothing should tarnish gold, so I’m guessing the mesh tarnished your silver jewelry?

By: maggie

maggie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:37:07 +0000

I tried something similar–with the mesh from a screen, and it started to tarnish my earrings so I stopped using it.

By: Meital

Meital — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:15:25 +0000

i really like this!

It would prbly be rly cool if we had a frugal arts and crafts booth at the next FF!!!!

By: sally castiglia

sally castiglia — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:13:43 +0000

I use ice cube trays and place all my earrings in them. For chains I use an old neck tie hanger which has many slots and all the necklaces are in one place.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:27:59 +0000

That’s my FABulous roommate! She’s so crafty!

By: yvonne

yvonne — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:38:45 +0000

I use a $1.60 tackle box from big 5 it holds 30 pairs .

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:58 +0000

Great idea. Hope you post more of these as the holidays get closer. Very useful.

By: bq

bq — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:51:06 +0000

Very cute & clever idea. What a neat idea for gifts ~ just in time for the recession holidays coming up!
I love your Bargain Babe tips – have been following you from the Daily News Days. Good job!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:49:20 +0000

I did a similar thing for my daughter’s barrettes. I glued fabric onto the cardboard in the back of the frame and then glued the ends of coordinating ribbon onto the back of the cardboard, but left the front unglued and put it back in the frame. Now we clip her barrettes to the ribbon and they are all in one place!