A young girl likes a little bling. So I thought Justice might like to have a place to keep her jewelry. In keeping with making as much as possible for this room design for free, I decided to make a jewelry tree. It was an easy project that will eliminate clutter and keep Justice's jewelry tangle free.
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| A jewelry tree fit for a princess! |
Of course Pop Pop was there too. We took a 2x2 and cut it to the length we wanted. A piece of scrap wood was routed around the edges to create a base. We then joined the two using a nail gun and wood glue. Holes were drilled in two places to fit our choice of dowel rod. We put glue into the opening and ran the dowel through and nailed from the outside to make the dowel solid. To keep necklaces and bracelets from falling off the end I added large beads to the end. Then I took the jewelry tree outside to paint. We had some shiny gold spray paint on hand. Two good coats were plenty. The bling on top was a rhinestone flower found abandoned in a parking lot. I hot glued it to the top to add some sparkle. A little glitz and glam for Justice!
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| Bling! |
What to do with her rings? Off hand I told my father I might pick up a bowl from the dollar store and paint it gold to match. He decided to give something else a try. We would build a bowl. What?
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| Wood scraps that came in handy |
Yep! Laying around the workshop are circle cut wood pieces. We cut them out to create dog bowl caddies. Pop Pop used one as a base and using the router cut out the insides of two other pieces. When smoothed out with sanders and glued together they make a very nice bowl. The base had a little hole in it from the original cut. I cut a piece of dowel rod off and glued it into the hole. Then we added beads to the bottom with screws to make feet. I carried it outside and sprayed it down with the same gold paint as the jewelry tree.
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| This is actually a bowl we made later. It gives a good idea of how the rings are stacked. |
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| Ring bowl made with love! |
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| Matching set |
After creating that awesome bowl Pop Pop wanted to try out some other bowls. Using the circle scraps we had already. We made a smaller bowl. Once it was complete it was kind of small for a bowl. It dawned on me that it might make a great coaster. So that's what we decided to do with it. Using spray adhesive I applied felt to the inside and bottom. We made three. One for each child. We are hoping that it will help to keep their furniture ring free.
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| Wood coaster |
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