After adding two more necklaces to my collection yesterday (thank you buy one, get one free sales), I decided I needed to get them out of the jewlery box I’ve used since I was 13 years old. The drawers were getting crowded and they were getting tangled up in each other.
I knew necklace holders were a thing that existed, but I’ve only ever seen them in the store when I had no interest in them. Rather than chase an object I wasn’t sure I’d find easily (they’re not something I see every day), I did some Googling and YouTubing last night to get ideas on how to make one that worked for me. I saw several different kinds and they all gave me ideas for my own.
I made the pictured necklace holder in less than an hour on Sunday afternoon. I think it took me longer to pick up the supplies. Fussier crafters may take a little longer, but it really was a quick and easy thing to do.
Here are the supplies I used:
- Framed bulletin board
- Fabric
- Ribbon (optional)
- Chain
- S-hooks
I went to the hardware store first so I could pick up the chain and S-hooks. Then I went to Sprawl Mart (hey, it’s near my house!) and picked up a bulletin board, some pre-cut fabric and some ribbon. I ended up needing two pieces of fabric because one pre-cut piece didn’t cover my whole bulletin board and I didn’t want to make a third stop at the fabric store. Slacker crafters unite!
When I got home, I found my staple gun and brought my supplies upstairs to my bedroom. I laid the first piece of fabric out and placed the bulletin board over top. I folded the edges over and stapled them to the back of the frame. I did the same with the second piece. A better crafter would probably have sewed the two pieces together first (and maybe even ironed the fabric), but being a slacker crafter, I used the ribbon to cover the overlap of the two pieces of fabric. I stapled the ribbon to the bulletin board. When I realized that the tape holding the ribbon to the spool left a mark, I put another piece of ribbon on over top so the mark would be covered. Stapled that on.
Finally, I attached the chain using – you guessed it – the staple gun. I missed the chain link on the first go, but that turned into a happy accident. It allowed me to bend the staple around to create a hook which will allow for chain adjustment as the collection grows. I repeated the happy accident technique on the other side.
Once the chain was attached, I hung one end of the S-hooks through the chain links and hung the necklace from the other end. Using S-hooks and chain rather than just attaching the necklace to a wire or ribbon allows the necklaces to hang neatly – no sliding to the middle and no drooping.
I’m thrilled with the results I got from such a small amount of work. The holder is sitting on a bookshelf in my bedroom. You could also put it on the wall, but I like mine where it is.
An alternative to chain would be to use furniture tacks and put them on the bulletin board and hang necklaces from them. My research taught me that furniture tacks would work better than regular ones because they are longer and heavier. Another quick Googling showed me that you can get some really pretty tacks that would look great with the right fabric.
Hope this helps any fellow necklace lovers out. Spend a little extra time and it would make a great gift for someone else. (You shouldn’t slack on gifts.)
