Earring Organizer

A few years ago, as I was cleaning out my closet (this event probably happens once or twice a year if it's lucky, and it is an event!) I realized my jewelry was OUT OF CONTROL!!!

So, to control and contain, I had to come up with something, other than just a heaping tangle'y mess of baubles laying on and in drawers.

So, to deal with the long necklaces and scarfs, I purchased tie hangers from Walmart,  works well for me.

So, necklaces...........Check

Scarves....................Check

Belts (same idea)......Check

Bracelets, rings, small necklaces............Tucked into jewelry chest

Earrings....................Ugh!!!!

After searching the stores (plastic junk), Google'ing (no luck, or not many ideas that I liked) and finally bedtime brainstorm, after brainstorm, I came up with this:

front view

back view

I used an embroidery hoop with canvas stretched taut, cut the extra fabric.  

I then hot glued some fake pearls across the lower part of the hoop so I could hang my hoop earrings. The beads/pearls also keep the earrings separated and  in place, so they don't all slide to the middle. The drop and post earrings poke perfectly through the canvas.

I decided to add glass beads around the edge with got glue for two reasons. One and most importantly, to hide the ugly plastic blue hoop and 2nd reason was to weight it down so it doesn't go flying every time I hit it, which is often as it's right beside my clothes.

Inserted a ribbon into the tightening device on the hoop so I could hang it somewhere..

Attached it to my ceiling with a coffee mug hook (think that's what they are called)

And two years later, it's still hanging!  Now, if I could just put my earring BACK on it right after wearing them, I'd be a lot happier!!

Next project, how to organize bags, totes, purses and all the other miscellaneous junk my closet collects.  Please disregard the upper left hand corner of the above pic!!