DIY Book Jewelry Box for the Bookworms

DIY Book Jewelry Box from Sincerely, Kinsey

If you love reading books as much as you love wearing jewelry then you might find this DIY Book Jewelry Box interesting. Instead of putting your jewelry pieces on the usual boxes or necklace display, this book jewelry box offers an eccentric but pretty case for your jewelries. Created by a blogger named Amy of Eat Sleep Decorate, this jewelry box is made from an old book that was designed with an inner compartment to place your jewelry. Old-fashioned and unique, this one-of-a-kind jewelry box and how it is made is what we’ll feature for today’s article

The Book Jewelry Box is an original idea of Kinsey Mhire and posted on her blog, Sincerely, Kinsey. Her blog focuses on wonderful DIY ideas, fashion and photography. You can check her blog out at SincerelyKinsey.com.

But for now, let’s focus on how you can make this cute book jewelry box.

Things you need:

• old book
• exacto knife
• mod podge
• small paint brush
• pencil
• glue gun
• silk flowers/designs of your choice

Steps:

Steps on Creating the DIY Book Jewelry Box from Sincerely, Kinsey

1. Open the old book and draw a rectangle leaving a 1/2 inch border all the way around
2. Using the exacto knife carefully cut a rectangle usin the lines you already drawn. You might repeat this process multiple times, depending on how thick the papers are.
3. Once you've cut through the first layer, flip the pages and repeat the same process until you've cut all the way though. You don't have to worry if the pages don't line up perfectly, this gives you project a more vintage look.
4. After you've cut through all the layers, apply the mod podge every few pages on the inside and outside of all the pages, gluing them together firmly.
5. Once it is completely dry, using your glue some fake flowers or the designs you picked to the top of the book.
6. After everything's dry up, you can now store your jewelry inside your own book jewelry box.

Credits to: http://www.sincerelykinsey.com
                 http://eatsleepdecorate.blogspot.com

5 Easy Ideas on How to Display Your Necklaces at Home

Let’s admit many of us girls have a vast collection of necklaces at home which we often times toss around anywhere we want after using it. Such actions cause these necklaces to either be lost or break. To avoid this you should at least have one necklace display on your room but if you don’t have any time to buy it then check out these 5 awesome ideas on how you can display your necklaces at home.

Framed Necklace Wall Holder

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Transform the old frame into a necklace holder by using some war or branch where you can put your necklaces on. Then display it on your room or living room. It's simple and unique at the same time.

Branch Necklace Holder

Image from www.gadorawilder.com

Wild and old-fashioned but this puts a different air to your usual design. Put them on your wall then place your necklaces in its branches and now you got a necklace holder. To do this you need the following things: 1 long straight branch, several smaller spindly branches, hand-held pruners, utility knife, sand paper, stain, copper wire/sinew (pictured), clamps and wood glue. Check out its DIY tutorial here: http://gadorawilder.com/2010/05/05/do-it-yourself-twig-jewelry-display/

Vintage Rake Necklace Display from Twig Home

Image from www.bedifferentactnormal.com

This necklace organizer takes the word "unique" into a whole new level. Using an old rake, you can place each of your necklaces to its hook and put the rake on your wall.

Porcelain Squirrel Necklace Hanger

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This one’s simple; all you need is to find a squirrel porcelain then glue them to your wall. Once stuck, you can place two to five of your necklaces to its tail or head and use it as a hook.

Old Wood Necklace Hanger

Image from www.forme-foryou.com

Want a vintage looking necklace hanger? Find a rectangular-shaped plywood, scrub it and clean it then attached picture hangers onto its back, drilled holes into the front, and screwed hooks into it. Then viola! You now got your unique old wood necklace display hanger.