I Can Be Crafty Too!!!!

So one day I decided that I'm sick of all my earring getting tangled up, so I head off to the store with my mom in search of an earring board to hang all mine up on. We looked everywhere and didn't have any idea where to find one, and I remembered that my friend Bethany had one. So I called her up. Turns out, her sister had made it for her. So this is the journey of me making my very own "Earring Board".



You begin with a picture frame and some cabinet knobs. I found my frame at Michaels in Tucson for $10, and my knobs at Wal-Mart for a couple of dollars. I painted the knobs, sanded them a little, then stained them. When I bought the frame it already had the "weathered" look, so I just stained it without doing anything to it first. I also pulled out the little black metal pieces that hold the glass in place.




While the stain was drying, I picked out the type of paper I wanted for the background. My mom let me look through her scrapbook paper and we decided to use two different types of paper. We also found some ribbon that was left over from Andrea and Chris's wedding to use, and my mom had the idea to use some of her paper flowers to add a little something to the ribbon.




Then of course, my mom (being the crafty one of the family) has the idea to stain the edges of a couple flowers and to put buttons in the middle. So we dug through her collection of buttons until we found some that we liked, then she had me sew thread in the middle of them. After that I got an ink pad and gently rubbed the flowers on it in a circular motion. Once all of that was done, I used a hot glue gun and glued the buttons onto the flowers.







After that, I taped the back of the paper together, then used a glue stick to put the ribbon on the front. Not only does it make it look cute, it also hides where the paper overlaps. Then I hot glued the flowers onto the ribbon.



Next I took some stretch wire that my dad picked up at the hardware store, measured and cut it, and used a staple gun to attach it to the back of the frame. Then I centered the paper how I wanted it, then stapled the paper to the back of the frame. I also cut out some poster board to cover the back of my paper, to help protect it from being punctured by something.





Once the paper and wire was in place, I measured out where I wanted my knobs to go, then my dad helped me drill the holes and attach them. Then I nailed in a bracket in the center of the frame on the back so I can hang it on the wall and now it's complete!