Out of sight, out of mind, out of rotation. That's how I feel about so many of my belongings, and most especially with anything I wear...clothes, shoes, and accessories. So this project does double-duty: displaying our beautiful baubles as dresser decor, whilst reminding us to actually wear them!
All you need to create this decorative earring holder are:
-a large picture frame (I used 14x17in frame)
-some wire (bead stringing wire)
-thumb tacks
1) Cut a piece of wire about three times the width of your frame. I cut about 42 inches. Tie a knot in the middle of your piece of wire.
2) Continue to tie knots in the wire until your "chain" spans the width of your frame. It's easiest to do this by anchoring your wire to something. I just anchored mine to the picture frame, using one of the thumb tacks. (In reality, I just held the wire between my teeth, but I wanted to spare you the awkwardness.)
3) Make as many strands as you desire, keeping earring dangling length in mind. I made four strands.
4) Tack the strands tightly onto the frame.
5) A couple minutes later, and you're ready to start hanging your pretty earrings!
My accessorizing has increased significantly. And I will also hypothesize that this project reduces thoughtless spending. My social scientist husband agrees: "What people don't realize is that organizing your clothes and accessories helps you make the most of what you have." I think we may have a budding fashion blog contributor on our hands.
Looks great! I really need to do something like this with my earrings! But most of mine are post earrings and not hooks or hangy ones. Any ideas? LOVE your nails by the way. So cute! And LOVE the idea of O as a fashion blogger. Haha. He could usher in the era of the baseball cap!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's harder to display post earrings because of the necessity of the backings. I would probably just put them in a cute dish on my dresser. BUT I did find some cute earring holders that remind me of you, though they're still for more hangy earrings:
Deletehttp://www.u-createcrafts.com/2010/04/creative-guest-trey-and-lucy-lace.html
http://beautythatmoves.typepad.com/beauty_that_moves/2009/12/simple-and-frugal-last-minute-handmade-gift-idea.html
http://www.craftyendeavor.com/2011/10/26/diy-earring-holder/
Yes, I've been doing my nails lately...might do some tutorials on some techniques soon. Stay tuned! :)
AH! I love the embroidery hoop one!! and that first lace one!! Those are awesome. You know me so well : )
DeleteCool! I also need to do something like this with my earrings.
ReplyDeleteObviously I had you in mind, Praj. The news of your earring-wearing days impacted me more than you could know.
DeleteThe day O becomes a fashion blogger is the day Praj comments on a crafting blog.
ReplyDeleteThat day has arrived.
I don't know (about the spending - the craft is good). I could see organization encouraging spending by giving you more space for things and by making you think about accessories more often. Are there studies?
ReplyDeleteYes, those are good hypotheses, too. The out-of-sight, out-of-mind, out-of-consideration idea is well-documented (1, 2), even in consumer contexts (3). I’m sure that factors like space, disposable income, etc., also play a role. It’s possible that being primed with all your accessories will make you buy more of them. But the priming effect could also work the other way: When you’re in a store and you see accessories you’d want to buy, your own inventory will be more accessible to your memory, and you might be less likely to buy because you’re more aware of what you already have.
Delete1. Newman, J., Wolff, W. T., & Hearst, E. (1980). The feature-positive effect in adult human subjects. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 6(5), 630-650.
2. Eerland, A., Post., L. S., Rassin., E., Bouwmeester, S., & Zwaan, R. A. (2012). Out of sight, out of mind: The presence of forensic evidence counts more than its absence. Acta Psychologica, 140, 96-100.
3.Kardes, F. R., Sanbonmatsu, D. M., & Herr, P. M. (1990). Consumer expertise and the feature-positive effect: Implications for judgment and inference. In M. E. Goldberg, G. Gorn, & R. W. Pollay (Eds.), Advances in Consumer Research (Vol. 17, pp. 351-354). Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research.
I like the first two studies, although I'm not sure about the third (it relies on FP rather than demonstrating it, their explanations for the different levels of expertise seemed forced, and there are no statistics?) but regardless, I think all three tell us only that your earrings will influence you more when on display than when in the closet. They don't tell you how they will influence you at all.
DeleteThanks for looking that up, though. Another important question: I want to make this (1) with this (2) like this (3). Thoughts?
JCB
(1) http://silver-rockets.com/2007/11/moon-rug/
(2) http://www.amazon.com/White-Round-Shagadelic-Chenille-Twist/dp/B003DW5GFQ/ref=sr_1_7?s=furniture&ie=UTF8&qid=1368028145&sr=1-7
(3) http://boingboing.net/2011/06/27/howto-shave-a-snazzy.html
Of course that was you, JCB. I was wondering who would ask me for scientific studies on a blog post about accessorizing.
DeleteCool moon rug! My only big concern is that the shag carpet circle that you're looking at might not be dense enough to achieve the right effect. I think it's too shaggy and twisty, as its name properly conveys. The link below shows some textures for high-pile carpets, and I think you need more of the "smooth" type.
http://cdn.volfloorcovering.com/site/wp-content/gallery/product-photos/plush-types.jpg
It's hard enough to shave perfect circles, and I could imagine the long, shaggy threads around the circles not staying in place. So it won't look as clean and precise as if you use a smoother rug. Send me a photo if you decide to try it!
I once received a similar gift, but instead of wires there was a window screen in the frame - that way you could hang dangles and posts! Additional thought: you could spray paint the screen to make it less utilitarian looking. And I also love your nails.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've bought similar little earring holders, and they work great for post earrings. Sometimes I'm too lazy to take the earring backings on and off, so I end up dumping them in a catch-all dish anyway!
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