First project of the new year!

Hey everyone! I am obsessed with anything crafty or anything that will keep me organized. I love making things because it de-stresses me. Today, I stayed home from work. I was really really sick this morning...like pukey sick..yeah I know you wanted to know! But as the day went on, things got better...and I'm feeling almost 100 percent now! I decided instead of sitting around feeling sorry for myself I should do something productive..such as cleaning the house. When i started cleaning..I realized there were a million things I wanted to do to organize myself before we move! So..that's what I decided to do! Lee is going to kill me for not packing!!... Anyway...I have this huge pet peeve. .... THIS!I hate that my jewelry is SOOOOO unorganized. I feel like a bafoon for letting it get this outta control! I'm always losing my earrings or breaking a necklace here and there...imagine that! So I decided to rid myself of this problem that I have and have a special place for my jewels! I don't like jewelry boxes...they bore me. I have one that I like...but its nowhere near big enough for all of my jewelry so I'm dedicating that one to REALLY REALLY nice rings and earrings and such. BUT for all the rest of my beauties, here is what I came up with...and on the cheap!

First I bought this cork board from Target (french pronunciation please)... I chose this one because it had a pretty frame and the cork was a pretty green color..I seriously contemplated painting the frame part white (Because I'm obsessed with painting things white) but I decided not to. I have enough white frame-age around the house.  Because of the cork board being a little more dainty than some of those others it did cost me about 14 bucks...but it was worth it :)

After that, I headed over to Joann fabrics to find a fun ...fabric. Believe ME..this was very hard for me. There were so many fabrics that caught my eye...but after going over it and over it in my head..I chose this simple green zebra print which I am very happy with!I bought a yard of it..and had a TON left over for future projects! I cut it to size and hot glued it to the cork board...No, I did not get it exactly to size but I will show you how to solve that problem..or the the way I did it. I took this little guy..(pretty nails also purchased at the fabric store for about 3 bucks)please ignore my nails..yes I bite them..I'm trying to stop! So anyways..I took this little guy and some brown ribbon that I got for 1.79 also at the fabric store (a whole roll! I love leftovers!)..and did this around the edges to make it a little sleeker!I went all the way around the board and then I started going from left to right.... like this...I added a few more rows and this was the ALMOST finished product..........This is the basic idea. You can hang your earrings on the ribbon just like this! I'm going to add hooks to the bottom of the board to hang necklaces, bracelets, scarves, etc. I just didn't have any hooks. I will hang this on the wall by a ribbon or something in the new apartment and I will show a picture of the finished product! Do you likey?? I love it! It was really easy and literally took me less than an hour..this was my practice one, but I think I'm going to start making them as gifts (would make a great BM gift!)...or maybe just make another one for myself because I have WAY too much jewelry!!