I HEART jewelry
This time next week I will be hosting a give-away for one of my all-time favorite products….get excited! Until then, I thought I’d share another love of mine: organization. I’m not so much of a 409 cleaner, but more of a everything has its place cleaner. If things look organized, I feel pretty good about life in general. Since having 2 kids and losing all sight of feeling organized, we have also moved to the UK and lost much square footage while simultaneously adding to our toy collection. Not a great combination. Oh, and we don’t have real full-time jobs, so going out and buying awesome shelves and organizational tools is not exactly an option. So, re-purposing containers and spaces has become my new hobby. :)
My most recent frustration was my jewelry. You need to know that I have always been a jewelry girl. I actually don;t have a ton of “nice” jewelry, nor do I really care about diamonds, etc. Crazy, I know. Maybe it’s because I love BIG earrings and we will never, ever, ever have the cash flow to buy a pair of diamonds that would suit my preferences (and if we ever do have that kind of money and choose to spend it on jewelry, you have my permission to punch me). Anyway, I love big, colorful, funky jewelry and one of the best jobs I had was selling jewelry while Josh was in seminary. I didn’t have to fake it- I really loved the whole thing! Well, when we moved overseas, I had to part with quite a bit of my bobbles. We simply couldn’t afford the weight of the jewelry as part of our baggage…so sad. I chose a few (maybe a lot to most of you) of my favorites and I have also found some great deals here to the point that I had quite a collection again….I was tempted to buy a jewelry box and decided it wasn’t a good use of money (especially since I have a beautiful one in storage in TX). Yet, all the pieces were constantly tangled to the point that I wasn’t wearing most of it and just kind of sighed every time I saw the knotted mess.
We have this funny wardrobe in our room with a random rack in a tiny shelving area. Hmmm…I detangled and hung all the necklaces on the useless rack…and then sorted out the rest.
I am quite pleased with how it all worked out- plus I only used what I already had!
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