A wall of jewelry, displayed on invisible necks!
How'd I do it? I think you're gonna love this. It's a crazy easy eco-craft project, starting with some plastic cups (not easily recyclable) that were destined for the trash.
The DIY takes about 30 seconds. Half a minute, people! Just think how quickly you could fill up a wall with phantom throats.
Here's all you do. A couple of inches from the rim, trim nearly all the way around. Before you cut it completely off the cup, jog your scissors to leave a little tab attached, like so:
Then just bend the tab up and affix it to the wall with a clear thumbtack.
That's it!
At first I thought my invisible necks would be a bit flimsy, so I started with one necklace each...
But it turns out they are surprisingly sturdy. I piled on more weight and they didn't even flinch. I might go for three per neck...wish me luck.
This is a big deal for me, as I'm deeply in the throes of creating a new craft studio in a loft room of my desert Southwest adobe fixer house. I sorely needed an unobtrusive way to show off lots of necklaces. The recycled element is just a wonderful bonus.
I'm having a great time finding ways to repurpose these iced coffee cups. To see what else I've come up with, check out these earrings:
And these awesomely fancy fleurs:
I may not be done yet...got some more ideas up my sleeve that I hope to share soon. See ya!
How awesome is this idea.. so beautiful..
ReplyDeleteI think this idea can be adopted with soda cans for hanging some other things with weight..isn't it?
thanks for sharing :)
Oh, I love this idea. I have tons of necklaces I've made, that are all tangled in a drawer, and I also have a large blank wall in my craft room that I've been struggling with ides to decorate; I wanted it to be unique and display things I've made.. This would be a perfect for that. Fantastic ideas you have always, but this one seems just tailor made for me.
ReplyDeleteWow, perfect timing, Diane - so glad you are going to give it a try! I know, isn't the blank wall intimidating sometimes? Because you don't want to clutter it, but you want it to be pretty...and useful...and easy...oy. Thanks for the sweet comment!
Deletegenius- I'm converting my necklace display ASAP- Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome recycling idea! You are a genius!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic idea - Whenever I pass by a Starbucks I think of your earrings, now I might think of this display too :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliantly awesome idea Mich! - they look super cool hanging on the wall like that!
ReplyDeleteOK fine Miss Smarty Pants. Now I have another reason to give the SBux people more money! Featuring when my link party opens up tonight
ReplyDeleteI like that this puts less strain on a necklace compared to hanging on a hook. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteLove the invisible display idea - the necklaces then become the focus! Clever!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pearl!!! That was exactly my thought!
DeleteUpcycling at it's best - great project!
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