Lately everywhere you turn there are these adorable earring holders that are just a frame with a screen stuck inside and you hang the earrings on the screen. I recently was with my mom at a market and these were for sale EVERYWHERE. Every shape, size, color, etc etc etc. But they were $30-$50. I wanted one of these so I decided to make my own. I will break down the cost for you and put in some pictures.
I went to my Goodwill to find a frame, I wanted one that would not crowd my vanity area in my bathroom that is already very cluttered with lovely makeup tools, dental paraphernalia, contacts, glasses, hair brushes, whatever you name it. Anyway, back to the frame. My boyfriend ended up finding one that was originally from Ikea that was a long rectangle. Great shape, bad color. It was black and needed some TLC but the shape was right, and I can work with that. The frame was $3.99 I think. Then next we went to the True Value and bought some screen. I bought 2 feet of screen for $2.49.
Screen, frame, staple gun and tin snips. This part took the longest.
Next I realized I needed to cut the screen to fit in the frame, so I borrowed some tin snips from my work and cut it to fit. I stapeled it inside the frame and did a little bit more trimming (with my little cat assistant of course). The trimming of the screen once inside the frame was the most difficult part of this project for a few reasons. First off I was too lazy to go dig out work gloves, so I got a few pricks from the sharp screen edges. Second, it is such a tight space to be cutting in that it was hard to cut close to the staples and straight because the tin snips are thick. But in total I probably only spent 15 minutes cutting the screen. I thought I needed to give myself lots of extra screen inside the frame edges (why? not sure, just me trying to be prepared for whatever haha).
I chose a bright yellow to spray paint the frame because it fits with the colors of my bathroom. The color is Rust-Oleum Painters Touch in Lemon Grass. The spray paint costs $3.97 for one can at my Home Depot. It took a few coats to completely cover the black frame, but was easy enough.
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| The color I chose, so sunshiney and happy |
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| My assistant checking to see if it is dry, also yelling for me to get back to work! |
The frame was not super stable, and originally I thought I would put some small nails at the corners but then I decided I could just put a blob of hot glue in each corner and hold it together tight while it dried. Doing this before putting in the screen would have been smart...oh well. Also on the back of the frame I put a little saw tooth hanger that I had in my stash on the back to hang it up. I just eyeballed it in the middle. And voila! New earring holder! In total I spent $10.45 on the earring holder. Not too bad, also Now I have 3/4 can of lovely yellow spray paint for my next project...hmm.
Saw tooth hanger, had to sub a staple for a teensy nail.. I only had 1 left!
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| Completed frame! Looks so cute! |
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| You can see how it goes with the shower curtain I made :) |
This was a great project and I got a little giddy hanging up my earrings on it!
Until next time,
Kerri
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