I have pierced earrings of various sizes and shapes. I keep my jewelry in a large jewelry armoire however, there's no good way to keep up with all of the sets of earrings. I've tried putting them in a small crystal heart with a lid, but they still get scattered within it. Does anyone have any ideas for keeping them organized in my armoire?
If you have a Bed,Bath and Beyond store they have trays of different sizes that are kind of a maroon color and they stack on top of each other. There are different ones that have small slots for earrings and larger spaces for bracelets,etc. I can't remember the brand name but you can ask them.
I know it's a little silly, but I have a plush dog that I keep my earrings on. It has long ears for the post type ones, and pairs are right next to eachother. The ones that dangle fit on the dog's "collar". Kind of cute and it works very well! :)
I use a wire CD rack that I hung inside my closet door for hook earings. Works great! For post earings, I purchased a plastic earing organizer that can fold up to put in a drawer or stand for display. The organizer has four panels that are hinged together and holds 100 pairs of stud earings. I believe I purchased online at Carol Wright Gifts.
I am having BAD earring problems, you know, organizing and things. I asked my mom what I should do, and after a while she remembered she and some little messed sided boxes, that have magnets on the bottom. She got them from the dollar store. They aren't the best for danglies but you can see inside them, and they have a clear plastic lid. Hope you can find a way to organize! Have fun!
Best idea is to go to a fabric store... get a piece you like (something thick)... then get some string and makes 5 or 6 rows of string across the fabric.. sew it on the fabric and sew little dividers in between so the pairs of earrings dont slide into eachother... Now nail to the wall and enjoy the fabulous selection evey morning!
I was needing a place to hang my earrings, and I never did like jewelry boxes. Anyways, I had bought a picture frame, took out the display picture and left just the glass and the backing on. Around the border put push pins all along the edge. Bought fishnet stockings and stretch it tight across the frame, hooking on to each push pin. I Cut the fishnets for the excess. And there you have a fashion inspired, hippy looking earring holder.
I, too, use clear plastic boxes for fishing lures, nuts and bolts, etc. Thing about using these clear plastic boxes, you see at a glance just what you're looking for. They come in all kinds of size and configurations. I use them earrings, rings, bracelets and some necklaces. I don't know what i'd do without them. They work perfect. I got mine at a bis sporting goods outlet and some at walmart.
I bought round containers that fit together in a tube shape. I put one set of earrings in each one and screw it onto the next container. nice and neat. I bought them at the dollar store. also good for storing safety pins, buttons etc.
I recently made chocolate covered pretzels and I saved the package the chocolate bark came in. It was individually packaged in a tray which is good for storing so many things.
I love earrings and own more than 50 pairs. My problem with commercially available earring holders was that they didn't really account for the fact that most of my earrings are *very* long and dangly. One earring would cover the holes needed for 5 others!! I now use one of those black or silver mesh desk organizers that are available at any Staples. Hundreds of holes, easily customizable to your specific needs! I lived in a casual (dorm room) environment, so I hung mine on the wall, like a picture frame. It was very pretty. =)
This is what my mother did. I've only seen one of a kind. Because she remodeled her kitchen wall, which was a common wall with a bedroom closet, it closed the closet off. By leaving the closet door on the wall, when it opened, there was just a little space. Mom took a big frame, and stapled a piece of plastic square mesh, the kind you work with needle and yarn, on to the frame. Then she put used a couple of small hinges to put the frame on the inside of the door. Then with a small piece of Velcro, on the other side of the frame, to hold it to the door. All she had to do was to swing open the frame and put her earrings on or off. On the wall side, she made a pouch made out of material and hot glued it on the wall to put her broaches and pins in. She also took some small cup hooks and put them on the wall to hold her necklaces. She bragged about her Jewelry closet for many years and it was very pretty.
would a length of grosgrain ribbon work ? cut it the length you need and hang it from a rod in your jewery box and stick the pierced earing through and put in the post,it comes in different widths too.
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Archived on 12/19/2006
I have a large collection of pierced earrings (post, lever back, hoops etc.) I spend way to much time each morning trying to find both earrings of the pair that I plan to wear. Any ideas how to organize earrings and keep the pair together?
Claudia
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RE: Organizing Earrings
You can buy the earring holders that have a little thin screen on the back of them. They are just a couple of bucks and you can get them just about anywhere. (04/07/2005)
By Jennifer
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I have a hanging jewelry organizer and I keep the pairs in each little pocket. You have to be disciplined enough to put them back though. The way I separate all the different pairs are to put them w/ like items, like hoops, studs, silver jewelry, gold, etc. I'm not very organized and yet this system has helped me tremendously. I hope it works for you. (04/07/2005)
By peggygv
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For post earrings, take off the first and put the "back" onto it... take the second one and stick the post thru a loop of the first "back"...then apply its back - one pair, securely together. of course this will work only with the 'butterfly back' earrings (04/08/2005)
If you have a staple gun, you can make organizers with an old frame with no glass and window screening. Just staple the screening on to the frame and hang up. It works wonderfully with french hooks, less so with stud earrings. However, with my stud earrings I have one that is not hung up, just sitting upright on my dresser so I can tip it forward to get to the backs. (04/08/2005)
By Kathleen K.
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I had HUNDREDS and stored them in a small multi-drawer thing that is usually sold for containing nuts, bolts, nails and such. Mine had a few large drawers in which I stored bracelets. You can label or do what I did - keep earrings of similar colors in the same. or neighboring drawers. Need something with red? There they are! And since this is meant for tools, not jewerly, they are CHEAP! (04/08/2005)
By Joyce
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I bought a few plastic organizers at Walmart that were originally for fishing tackle. They're see-thru and have about thirty different compartments. Works great for me! (04/08/2005)
By kathy
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I had this problem to so what I did was go to a craft store and purchased a square cut piece of felt like you would use for crafts and stuck all my earrings through it. It cost less than a dollar to buy and the earrings easily pushed through the felt. Then I hung it on the wall by my jewelry boxes with some tacks. Makes it easy to find a pair of earrings that I'm looking for when all I have to do is glance up at the wall! (04/08/2005)
You could use a piece of styrofoam to stick your earrings into it, in pairs. Afterwards, you could lean it up against the bathroom vanity wall or on your bedroom dresser. (04/08/2005)
You can buy a square of plastic canvas in the craft department and put the front of your earring thru the hole and attach the back on the other side. I hot glued a pretty piece of braid around the edges and put a pretty ribbon bow in the center at the top. Hang it on your bedroom or bathroom wall.
Toehead (04/08/2005)
My husband bought me a wonderful Jewelry Cabinet for Christmas. As I was sorting out my earrings I came across some tiny zip lock bags that I had purchased from the $Store, I put one or two pair of my stud earrings into the smallest ones and my hoops, etc. into larger ones. What a difference in the AM! (04/08/2005)
By Faye
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I use the bottom part of an egg carton. I have a different egg carton for each color. I cut the tops of the carton off and stack them on a shelf in my closet. I wrote on the end of each carton what color is in it so it is fast and easy to get the pair I need. (04/09/2005)
By Carol
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I use a plastic cabinet for nuts and bolts with many drawers and dividers. Available at Home Depot and arts and crafts stores. I can keep a set together like matching necklace, earrings, bracelet and pin in the larger drawers.The smaller drawers have a card with the color written on it tucked into the front of the drawer so the writing shows through (use a black Sharpie marker and print). I categorize according to major color and have a drawer for multi hued ones.
The cabinets stack nicely, so I would suggest getting two of the largest ones you can find, because your collection will no doubt grow in the future once you figure out what you do and don't have and the cabinets may be discontinued so you will be doing a balancing act if two unlike ones are stacked. (04/10/2005)
I use a fireplace screen to display earrings (I sell them displayed this way) SO if that is too large, place a piece of plastic craft canvas in a picture frame and you can hang wires and posts easily. You may have to trim the canvas to fit and you can coordinate the frame with your decor!
Good luck! (04/10/2005)
Use old ice cube trays to sort earrings and other small jewelry. They fit into most dresser drawers. Cheap, easy and useful! (04/10/2005)
By Mary
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You can use ice cube trays also. I did this for years. now I have the clear craft organizers and I group them together by color. I have one for my bracelets and one for my watches also. I have my anklets in with the watches so I don't get them confused with my bracelets. I have one section that just holds backs to earrings and one section that holds safety pins. (04/10/2005)
By s
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My earrings were always messy, too. I bought some thin cardboard at my local crafts store. When I was home I had no clue what to do with it... until I saw my earrings again! I put some pink grid paper on it for a background, and put my earrings through the squares. (I put the backs on the back of it.) I also put some sparkling stickers on it to glam it up some.
Ally
P.S. I hope you find the right idea! (08/26/2005)
By Ally
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if you have a noticebaord near the mirror or wherever you put on your earrings, you can wind a pipecleaner or wire or even ribbon around tacks and just hook (dangly) earrings on it. Good luck! (02/03/2006)
By bunnys r cute!
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I had the same problem. I bought a couple pieces of plastic webbed canvas( like for plastic things like toilet paper, tissue boxes). They come in all colors. I put these in large picture frames. The earrings hang through the canvas and I had a frame that stood on my dresser top. I looks great. (08/18/2006)
I used a small box and glued a bunch of bottle caps in it. Each pair of earrings fit in each bottle cap. And for the hook earrings, I got an attractive wine glass and placed them all along the rim. I used the wine glass to hold my rings too. Cost me nothing. (11/05/2006)
