Even if you don’t have a dedicated workspace, you can still learn HOW TO MAKE JEWELRY AT HOME and keep your supplies organized. You fingers practically twitch with creative energy. You long to use your hands to create something tangible, to pick up a set of pliers and weave a a Byzantine chainmail bracelet from those shiny new jump rings or… Read More
Jewelry Display
A clever (and cheap!) DIY hack to organize your jewelry
You throw on a pair of jeans that lay crumpled on the floor next to your bed and pull a shirt on over your head that is only mildly wrinkled. You take one last gulp of your coffee, which, like most days, has become tepid by the time you finally have a chance to drink it. As you rummage through the mess of… Read More
Fun with Stone Textured Spray Paint Part 2: Earring Displays
I love DIY craft projects, but I am also notorious for starting things and then not finishing them. (If you ever look at my yarn baskets you will find at any given time at least three partially-completed projects. It took me an entire year to make the match to a fingerless glove I started one fall, which would have been… Read More
Fun with Stone Textured Spray Paint Part 1: Bottle Bracelet Holders
I have been on a bit of a DIY craft kick lately (so much so that I’m even taking a class on Monday nights at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education). Pinterest is a craft-lover’s dream, and while looking up creative jewelry displays awhile back I stumbled upon a DIY bracelet holder using glass bottles. Initially I had been looking… Read More