Showing posts with label jewelry display. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelry display. Show all posts

Unique {Pottery Barn} Monogram Jewelry Display Cloche

February 26, 2014


Now that Christmas seems like a thousand years ago, I thought I'd share with you an awesome favorite gift I received from my husband. As a vintage jewelry designer, I'm always on the look out for unique and beautiful ways to display my jewelry. Whether for photo shoots, or just a way to display my own personal handmade jewelry collection.  And this time I think Mr. CBD hit it just right.

I had put this little baby on my Christmas list, but since I only saw it in the Pottery Barn catalog and not up close and personal I wasn't sure whether I would really like it or not.  Well, can you guess the answer?


One problem I always come across is finding an attractive way to display my vintage charm bracelets.  This cloche was described as a bracelet holder, so I was hopeful.  And it did not disappoint.

Here it is without the cloche topper.


And I just l-o-v-e- the fact that it has my monogram on it.


And check out the detailing!


Isn't the stand beautiful?

And if you know me then you know that anything cloche-related is more than right up my alley.


Then when you add my vintage designs to it, well, it simply makes me smile.




So what do you think?

Did Mr. CBD do good
OR 
WHAT?

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How to Dress a Mannequin

September 27, 2013

I know I showed you my dolled-up dress form (she's really just a bust but please don't tell anyone) in my Festival of the Vine post, but I also promised to tell you her story.

 
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Well, here it is.

I've always wanted one of those really cool vintage dress forms.  You know the kind:  the ones with French words written on them, the print nice and faded, barely visible after years of use. 

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Well, sorry, but that just wasn't in my budget.  Then one day at a local flea market I spied a bust being used as jewelry display.  It was for display only, but the artist who made it agreed to make one for me. It was really inexpensive, somewhere around $30.00 if I remember correctly.  I blogged about it in one of my very first blog posts way back when here.  Little did I know how show-stoppingly beautiful she could be with a little imagination.

Over the past few years I've enjoyed collecting Pinterest pins of unique jewelry display ideas and dress forms as well as dream sales booths.  One theme kept rearing it's beautiful head: the tutu.  And I really wanted one for my girl.  Then a blog friend hooked me up with another blogger who was selling her tutu, just like the one you see here, for $70 plus $10 shipping.  Hhhmmmm...I thought.  I can do better than that. Seek and you shall find!

 

When I found this one it was a no-brainer.  I ordered it right away and was so happy when it arrived! $17.99 and free shipping!  Woot, woot!

Funny thing is, I wasn't wild about the satin at the top around the waistband.  (Only because I thought it made the tutu look too new.) So I went looking for something to cover that part up.  I shopped one of my daughter's closets and came up with the amazing lace-covered belt that you see here.  Right beneath the belt I added some really wide lace-type ribbon I had on hand and it was a match made in heaven.


I can't tell you how many people at the show asked to buy the belt.  They were so disappointed to learn that it wasn't for sale!  Also funny -- most people felt the need to touch the tutu as they passed by! 
 
I placed her on a round hat box which is sitting on top of a table.  That way it allowed me to really fluff out her skirt, and gave her the illusion of being more of a "mannequin" rather than just a bust. She was the perfect display piece for my vintage pink rosary necklace which got a ton of compliments and sold really early on in the show.
 
Since I've never seen a vintage mannequin for sale anywhere for under $100 I'm pretty happy with this arrangement.  She's pretty and draws the customers in.  And she's just plain nice to look at in my studio at home, too.
 
I'm hoping that this gave you some useful information about decorating a bust/mannequin!  

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How to Make An Earring Card Holder (Halloween Earrings)

September 20, 2013

Hello, friends!  I hope you're all having a great weekend.  Here in the midwest we've been trying to adjust to shorter days and only somewhat cooler temperatures.  Truth be told it's still a bit warm for fall.  Hopefully there's an end in sight for that!

Now on to my latest project. 

For those of you who are loyal followers, you know all about my recent first-time-ever craft show, The Festival of the Vine, in historic downtown Geneva, IL.  It was a lot of hard work, but a lot of fun, too.  

And for the first time I had to create my own earring card holders.  I'm generally not big on making earrings, but for Halloween I just had to make these.


The skulls were part of a really cool keychain I picked up at a church barn sale a few years ago.  There were a ton of skulls all strung together to make up the key chain.  So of course I took them apart and used them to make Halloween earrings!

My dilemma was how to display them at the show.  I lucked out finding these blank gift tags, and went from there.


First I stamped them with a fleur-de-lis. Then I used an awl to poke teeny tiny holes into the card where I thought the ear wires should go.





Those awls are r-e-a-l-l-y sharp and pointy, so be careful!  Hhmmm.....I wonder if awling is a word?


I just estimated where I wanted the holes to go and then marked the card with two light pencil marks to guide me.


Here they are on a different-shaped card stock card that I really liked as well.  And they're hanging from my jewelry tree, a Target item I picked up at Goodwill for $2.99.  It ended up working out really well as a display for the show.

I sold a few pairs at the show, but I've still got a bunch left that would be perfect for Halloween.  My Etsy shop is on hiatus while I work to revamp my inventory (most of it is going to a local shop next week) but if you're interested, just leave a comment or email me. They're really reasonably priced and so fun!!!


As for the cards themselves, I think I got them on sale at Michael's a while back.  They were fairly inexpensive and it worked for me since I only had around 15 pairs of earrings to worry about hanging.  If you have more inventory than that and don't want to spend too much money you can always make the cards yourself from inexpensive card stock.

Another option for hanging your earrings is using vintage photographs instead of card stock. You can see how I used them here on the bottom of this display.


I'll admit I stole the idea from Anthropologie. The first time I saw it done was in one of their stores and I thought it was genius!  I mean, you see these old photos for sale by the shoebox-ful at yard sales and flea markets.....how sad that they've  become separated from the family they belong to!  So why not repurpose them into something meaningful again?  I picked mine up at an antique mall in Michigan.  But you really should look at yard sales and estate sales for the cheapest prices. 


 
 
 
They were quite the conversation piece at my show.  Many women were drawn into my booth by them, reminded of their own old family photos.  To make them, you just do the same thing as you do with the card stock cards. Figure out where you want the ear wires to go and AWL them!
 

 
So there you have it.  Two ways to create one of a kind earring card holders.
 
I hope you liked my ideas!
 
Have a great early fall weekend, friends.
 
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Before and After Jewelry Display with Mini-Bunting Dry Run

July 16, 2013

Hi there!  Hope everyone is having a good week so far.  It's so hot and humid here in the midwest that it's almost hard to breathe when you're outside.  The car temperature read 100 degrees today.  Ugh.  I have painting jobs to finish but I can't because of the ungodly humidity.  I do have one project that I'm in the middle of that I want to share with you today.


I picked up this display stand at a thrift store for $3.98.  I'm not sure what it WAS, but I do know what I want it to be.


Any ideas?

I think it might have been a CD display stand. Heck, I'm not even sure it came with all the original parts.  I just know that it's going to be a great something for me.


Come on, you knew I was gonna paint it white, right?

When I saw it it screamed "jewelry display"!  No, really, it did.  You see, I've been on the lookout lately for unique (and cheap) stuff that I can use for jewelry display since I'm ENTERING MY FIRST SHOW IN SEPTEMBER! {Details forthcoming}  And since my necklaces are usually pretty long I knew this would be perfect.  One can of Rustoleum white spray paint and I was a happy girl.  Oh, and did I mention that it's on a swivel so you can turn it while you're looking at the jewelry?

After it was painted white I decided that it still needed a little something........can you say mini-bunting?  I could just envision some colorful mini-bunting blowing in the breeze, adding a bit of whimsy to the display.  Can you see it?  Never having done this before, I figured I needed a trial run.


It's very scientific.  I eyeballed the display stand and guessed what would be a good size for the bunting.  Then I drew my trial triangle on a post-it note (numerous times), cut them out, and taped them to some sisal twine that I had already tied onto the display.


Imagine this all the way around the stand.  I stopped after I had done a few rows because I could see that I liked it and that I just needed to find the right fabric for the real thing.


Hhhmmmm.  Will this work?  Stay tuned for the final reveal! 

I'm very excited about this, people!  I love it when my creative juices are flowing.  I really want my booth at this show to be spectacular.  I'll keep you posted once the final mini-bunting is complete!

Xoxo

 
I'll be linking up here:
 
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Coastal Charm Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays
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The Ultimate in Shabby Chic Jewelry Display

June 5, 2010



Okay, call me crazy, but......I'm in love with a mannequin (well technically it's a bust).  But there, I said it.  Weird, I know (now that's an understatement!)  But come on, just take a look ~ isn't it gorgeous?  I have to thank my friend Becky at Vintique Market in LaGrange, Indiana for helping me out and MAKING THIS FOR ME CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?  I only wish I were so talented.

I think that pretty much any piece of jewelry I put on it will look FABULOUS!  But even bare I think it really is the ultimate in shabby chic jewelry display.



I can't wait to use it for all my Etsy and blog displays.  Thanks, Betsy!

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