Friday Fix-Jewelry Organizing

I like jewelery A LOT!  I have a ton of it that I have purchased, made, or recieved in swaps.  I had to find a way to organize it all so that things weren't tangled and I could easily see what I have. 

So I hung a curtain rod on the wall in my bedroom and hung all my necklaces on it.

Underneath the rod is my bookshelf which has a jewelry box which holds bracelets and some of my earrings.  Next to the jewelry box is an earring display that I made.  If you look closely you can see it on the lower right hand corner of the picture below. 

I am starting to run out of room on the rod.  I don't know if this means I need to scale back on the jewelry or get another rod!

Awards

Megan over at coffehouse awarded me with the Stylish Blogger Award!!  Thank you so much Megan!!!! It's so nice to find another reader that I didn't even know about :)  Did I mention that I am so jealous of your job??? 

I was given this award in January (so flattered to have gotten it twice!) that I am going to link back that post for you so you can learn a few things about me and see the blogs that I passed this on to. 

1X1 Works of Art

 Ahhh Inchies.  They are a pretty low stress item to make but can also be rather daunting.  All of a sudden that blank 1X1 inch canvas can seem huge!  It can also be hard to translate an idea into such a small space. 

I haven't made any inchies in such a long time and when an inchie swap came around I just couldn't resist.  Besides I really needed to add to my collection so that I can finally get going on my inchie wall art.

I had two partners in the swap and decided to make set of four based on some of their likes.  After some stalking I decided on

Trees...

Swear Words  

Birds 

Mario Bros. 

Owls 

Bugs 

And Sea Creatures 

As always I have some favorites and some were harder to do than others.  Overall I am happy with each set and hope that their new owners are too!

Zippered Wristlets

As I get better with my sewing machine I am wanting to try more things.  I really want to make a purse at some point but figured I should start a little smaller :)  I wanted a wristlet to wear while I chaperoned one of the kids field trips so that I didn't have to carry my purse all around.  I used a tutorial for a pleated pouch on Skip to My Lou and just added a wrist strap.  The bags are fully lined and have a zipper closure.  The red and yellow is the first one I did and I of course like the second attempt much better!