Being a girl that loves earrings i never used them that much... and why? Because they were always tangled! It was awful to wake up in the morning wish to chose something quickly and get out of the house... so i thought about a cheap and easy way to do my own earring holder.

I got some wood that i was from the local carpenter... he was going to throw it away so it was free!
I went to a cheap store and got a lot of those nails with a loop... and then i just coated all my wood with some watery black paint, so that the wood grain could still be seen afterwards.

To connect all of it i used some regular nails and fishing cord.

And this was the final result!

Cheap because it costs less then 5 euros and it can hold 84 earrings if you put them separated or 168 if you put the pairs together... right now I have it almost complet.. and is so easy to find the right pair ! :)

Hope you like it, kisses !

Today I decided to go to my local fair, today was the day of old things like used clothes, antiques and furniture. I went there with the purpose of find things i could use to my crafts and today, things to add to my jewellery collection.

I bought four old coins, one that was made in my year of birth ( the one with hole and hearts).
I bought two old keys to use has pendents.
And three new rings with the tags still on....

The costs were:
Keys:  25 cent a piece
Rings: 1.5€ a piece
Coins: 50 cent a piece.

So.... for only 7€ i got three rings and 6 beautiful pendents. The coins have yet to get a hole, when i do it, i will show how do they look, and tell you how hard was to do it.

So i think i will keep doing things like this, reusing materials that are really cheap, and really... how has something like this?

So, lesson learnt when i want new jewellery I will go to my local fair first.

Tip of the day: When I got the coins they were really dirty and black, so the man that sold them said i could clean them with mustard, and it works!!!! So if you buy something like coins or keys like this, if you want to polish tem a bit, just do that, rub a bit of mustard with an old tooth brush and than water.