A Hot Mess = A Shelf Makeover!

Have you ever decorated something years ago (okay, only a few years

ago!) and then woke up one day, looked at it and thought to yourself...

just what is that HOT MESS going on with that doo-dad?  In other

words, just what the heck was I thinking???

Well I am about to give you a lesson in the "what was I thinking"

category.  Take a look at that shelf above.  Three or so years ago,

I thought that it was the bomb!  Now to me it just looks like a bomb

went off and exploded CRAP all over my shelf!  (*_*)  I've had this

shabby shelf for years.  I talked an antique store owner into selling it

to me one day and I've loved it ever since.  It has a nice cream

background with very well worn pink paint underneath.

Now take a serious look at that monstrosity...everything under the sun is

on that shelf!  There is a tray at the top, postcards, little birds, Austrian

china, Marie Antoinette books, flowers, pin baskets, altered art frames,

little bobble heads...you name it, it's on there!  I took one look at it one

day and decided that enough was really enough!  There is definitely

something in the air with me these days; clutter is driving me nuts!

So...absolutely EVERYTHING came off of that shelf.  Look at it now,

it's so bare and clean looking...a blank slate you might say.

Here is the finished result and I am quite happy with it.  I added mostly

silver framed photographs, some tarnished silver and only a few little

accessories here and there.  You might recognize the lovely postcards

on the top shelf...they are from Georgianna Lane of Georgianna Lane

Photography.  I think that it looks so much better!  I am still not sure

about the vintage pink show ribbons on either side.  I might remove them

yet.  They are really neat old ribbons that I purchased on Etsy.  I think

that the pink and white color scheme was the ENTIRE reason that I

purchased them, okay, I know it was!  They are vintage cat show

ribbons from the 1960's and I thought that they were really pretty.

Now it's on to my next project...my laundry room!  The shelves in there

are overflowing with all sorts of bits and pieces.  It's probably time for

another donation trip to the thrift store!

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Stacy~

Final Jewelry Cabinet Reveal

This is a follow-up post to my last post on my jewelry cabinet.  I was able to

get down to one of my favorite stores the other day to pick up the last few

pieces that I needed to finish off my project.  I love the look of this now...

nothing cluttered on the top.  It looks so much better don't you think?!

TA-DAAA!  Here it is, it's all finished.  Now everything has a place!

All of my necklaces are hung up so I can see them...

My bracelets all have places to hang, my rings are all in place and I

bought a cute little black metal chandelier that holds long earrings...

All of my pearl necklaces are now hidden away in a drawer...

Hoop earrings and other bits and pieces are tucked into another drawer.

There is another tray under this one that holds my smaller earrings.

The finished product!

I love the outside of this piece and now I'm equally happy with the inside.

It's so much better to have something pretty, yet practical, instead of

having a piece that houses a bunch of STUFF that I never look at!

I hope you've enjoyed my little project.

Thanks for stopping by...

~Stacy~

The Crown Jewels - A Work In Progress!

Today I'm going to share with you a little project that I have been working

on this weekend.  My jewelry (hence the title of my post!) has been slowly

and surely taking over my bedroom.  I have things on the top of my dresser,

on my secretary, in drawers and everywhere else!  I mean seriously, look at

that mess in the above photo.  If you are like me, if you can't see it, you

don't wear it.  I have limited space in our bedroom and just didn't know what

my solution was going to be.  Then it hit me...bazinga!  (*_*)

My lovely old secretary in our bedroom has been holding all sorts of treasures,

but there was one problem with it...I never, and I mean never, opened the

doors so you couldn't even see all of the STUFF inside anyway...why not turn

it into my jewelry cabinet?  Okay, a big jewelry cabinet, but a place to store

my jewelry just the same.  I love all of my little treasures inside, but they were

starting to bug me...I never saw them, so what would be the difference?

Everything came out and it is now sitting in a big box!

Here is the travesty that is on the top of my dresser!

Geez...what is all of that stuff?

Here is a little book that came out of the secretary.  My cousin was selling

one like this in her Etsy shop and it had sold, so I searched Ebay and found

one just like it and bought it.  I love it...I just had to share it with you...

Now that it's all cleaned out, I started to put my things inside.  I have some

really nice black velvet jewelry holders for necklaces and bracelets.  They

were purchased at "Happy Super Asian Store"...actually, the name of the store

is "Asian City", but that is just my nickname for it.  If you were to ever go

there you would quickly figure out why it is both HAPPY and SUPER!  (*_*)

I could do an entire post on that store...it is kind of a danger zone with me!

I have quite a few long necklaces so I simply doubled up the chains, hung

them on the necklace holder and stood it up inside the top shelf.  Kind of

a lot of bling going on there isn't there!  Don't worry...you will notice a theme

when you see more pictures!  I think I am a "bling" girl.  I never really

noticed it until I saw my stuff all together like this!  My goodness!

I love these bracelet holders.  They look so elegant, they can hold

alot and they are very inexpensive...under $5 each.

In case you were getting any ideas of repelling down the side of my house

and robbing my "crown jewels"...I'll put that idea out of your head right now.

Most of my pieces are total costume jewelry and cost less than $5 and $10.

See...I told you, it's not worth it, darn it!  (*_*)

I do need to get a few more holders like a black velvet ring holder, a few

earring holders to get my earrings off the shelf, another velvet necklace

holder for the top right hand side and maybe another holder for more

bracelets.  I didn't know I had so many silly bracelets!

At least things are starting to get organized!  It will look abit better once I

get it all done.  Those vintage pink satin boxes hold my pearl necklaces and

other bits and pieces that I wear.

It looks so pretty when the doors are shut.  None of that stuff will be sitting

there on the top...maybe just a nice bouquet of fresh roses...that's it!

Well there's a beautiful shot...an unmade bed in the background!  Let's just

pretend that it's supposed to look really "shabby"...you know, the unmade look!

Anyway...my dresser is almost cleared off with the exception of that necklace

holder on the left hand side there.  I'll have to find another home for that.  It

all looks so much better without so much clutter!  I'll be sure to do a follow up

post when it's completely done.  Thanks for stopping by...

~Stacy~