Displaying Your Jewelry

Whether you're displaying jewelry in your dressing area, at a garage sale, swap meet or your own store, there's no need to spend money to buy expensive jewelry organizers. You can make use of so many things that you most likely have around your home already such as:

• rake
• tennis raquet
• deer antlers
• branch
• ice cube trays
• muffin tins
• collander

And that's just a small portion of the ideas you'll find at Pagano Design Works. Take a twirl around their post and see what you can come up with to display your jewelry in whatever space you have. If you come up with something amazing feel free to post  your creation here.

Tips for Organizing Craft Projects Using Recycled Items

I don't like to buy even more stuff to organize my stuff so I try to use things I already have on hand, like:

• old cookie sheets to which I glue recycled tin cans to hold craft supplies
• shoe cubbies are great for storing fabric, small projects, shoe boxes with crafts items or craft projects in them ...
• shoe boxes hold one project each - and the lid serves as a tray for working on the project
•  small boxes are great for organizing inside a larger space such as a drawer

Prettify your new craft organizers by covering with any of the following leftover items:

• wallpaper
• fabric
• tissue paper
• paper bag that has a pretty design
• gift wrap
• newspaper
• magazine pages
• comics
• outdated or tattered map
• one of your kids art projects
• or paint it

Protect your design by coatiing with a clear protectant such as Modge Podge, Elmers glue, or varnish.