jewellry organization

How do you organize and store your jewellry ?
There are many ways to store your jewellry, depending on how much you have and what size the jewellry is.
Also if your like me and like to have your jewellry on show, youl need to find a practical , yet fun way to display it.

Here is one simple solution and a fabulous idea that has many uses.

I love to see a smorgusboard full of colour and if my guests are anything like me, id want to riffle through and check out all the pieces , so my first simple solution was a cork board to hang on the wall.

I thought about what space i had, as i would have loved to have been able to buy display stands and have my jewellry on show on my counter and shelf space, but both are very limited so i looked to the walls and found all the space i needed.

A simple cork board will cost you around two pounds, then all you need is some push pins to stick in and hang your jewellry on.

When i did my first board, i used to keep all my necklaces and earrings in their original packages and pushed the pins through the packageing to keep them nice and safe, but as i quickly found out, the packaging takes up space so it had to go, or the majority did anyway.

I tried my best to pair the necklaces with earings , so if i had a long necklace id pin the earrings in the middle of the drop, the same went with same colours or contrasting colours of necklaces , id layer the necklaces so that they hung from one and other.

Because space had become so tight and the board was looking shabby and mish mashy, i decided to remove most of my earrings from the board and stored them else where.
I will post pictures and do a sml write up on that in the next day or so.

Im hopeing to get my new board tommorow so il be able to split my jewellry up so that it has more show and its a lot more practical, just treat your dressed boards as new wall hangings and enjoy the colour and texture it brings to the room.

Il be back with other ideas at a later date :) x

p.s here is my new board

The Head Stone Is On

On wednesday the 3rd of march my sons headstone was placed on his grave, we actually watched the guy fix it and clean it from our bedroom window.

It feels more real now, something to look at and somewhere to go other than just stareing at a mound of earth.
The ground is finally sinking but it still has a little way to go before we can safetly decorate how wed like.

The stone mason did a magnificent job and gave us the bargain of the century, my only dissapointment is that the musical notes we asked to be put on it are very small and dont look nothing like i expected.

Im not pokeing blame any where, the guy did say he hadnt done musical notes before, not the way we had asked for anyway, but i wont be beat, il either get used to them or il find something else to cover them with.

Its nice now to look out my back bedroom window and see his name on the stone in big letters , as unfortunately the back of the stone is faceing our window so we had his name and a verse put on the back so it wasnt bare.
We will be adding to the space below in time, im just glad his grave is marked, with the respect he so deserves, il take a picture to show you once its all prepared and looking nice, once the ground settles a little more . x

Create A Cake Stand From Plates And Cups

I found this great HOW TO on threadbangers,
if you like vintage things or just like to be practical and creative, this is a real treat for you.

If you like this and try it out, please post your pictures to show us how yours turned out.

To view the video just hit the header of this post .

Spring Cleaning Your Book Case

A fun way to spruce things up a bit this spring and add a little colour to your room is a simple tip that is quite effective.

Remove all the books from your shelves,
give them a good clean with your natural cleaning products,
then take the time to arrange all your books into matching colours according to their spines.

So for e.g,
put all blue spines together, starting with the darkest blue through to the lightest,
then do the same for all your other books.

How you put them back on your shelves determines your new look , so for eg ...
you may have all brown spines standing to the left of your shelf, so you might want to lay all orange books down with the spines faceing out, then all orange spines standing to the right of the same shelf.

I hope you get the idea, add in a few ornaments and the odd small plant , it can really give your room or desk a really great new spring look :).

Natural Anti Mould Spray

You need two drops of tea tree oil and 1 cup of water, pour into a spray bottle and your good to go.

tip
Pregnant women should consult their gp about using tea tree oil.

Natural glass cleaner

Mix a 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar,
1 tablespoon of corn startch
1 1/4 of warm water

Carefully poor into a spray bottle and your good to go.

A tip from me,
the white vinegar and warm water does just as good without the corn startch, i use it every couple of months to help cut through the build up of cleaning product on my glass tables ect.

(It wont be long before i kiss goodbye to the shop bought stuff now )

Natural All Purpose Scrub

Mix equal parts of distilled white vinegar and salt and just scrub with a natural cloth.
The salt acts as a mild abrasive, it wont scratch but it does lift dirt, always wipe clean afterwards with a clean wet cloth.
You can store your mixed scrub in a plastic or glass container for future use.