1 00:00:02,043 --> 00:00:04,043 Hi, I'm Courtney from Creativebug. 2 00:00:04,043 --> 00:00:07,802 I'm going to show you how to make a really simple and stylish jewelry holder 3 00:00:07,802 --> 00:00:10,882 using a wooden plaque, some decorative paper, 4 00:00:10,882 --> 00:00:14,823 Mod Podge, and some paint, and a little bit of accent hardware. 5 00:00:14,823 --> 00:00:17,573 To start this project, you're going to need some kind of wooden plaque. 6 00:00:17,573 --> 00:00:19,611 And these come in all shapes and sizes. 7 00:00:19,611 --> 00:00:23,481 I'm using a medium size with this really sweet beveled edge. 8 00:00:23,481 --> 00:00:26,620 I particularly love these, and they're great for this project. 9 00:00:27,111 --> 00:00:30,181 You'll also need some decorative paper, any text weight. 10 00:00:30,181 --> 00:00:32,180 Scrapbooking paper works really well. 11 00:00:32,180 --> 00:00:35,701 You just want to make sure it's not cardstock. It's a little bit harder to work with if it's that stiff. 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,570 You'll need a hammer, a pencil and ruler, some acrylic craft paint— 13 00:00:40,570 --> 00:00:42,820 and you want something that coordinates with your decorative paper 14 00:00:42,820 --> 00:00:44,820 because we're going to be painting the edge of this in the end— 15 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:49,581 some hardware for both the front and the back of your jewelry holder. 16 00:00:49,581 --> 00:00:51,820 We'll be putting some hooks along the front 17 00:00:51,820 --> 00:00:55,051 and some hanging hardware on the back so you can place this on the wall. 18 00:00:55,051 --> 00:00:58,091 You'll also need a little dish for your paint and a one-inch foam brush, 19 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:03,381 a pair of scissors, and then we'll be doing our decoupage with Mod Podge and another brush. 20 00:01:03,933 --> 00:01:06,311 Because this shape is rather unusual 21 00:01:06,311 --> 00:01:09,111 and because there's a beveled edge, there's no way to really trace this. 22 00:01:09,790 --> 00:01:11,870 So we're going to do the next best thing 23 00:01:11,870 --> 00:01:14,861 which is just to lay our pattern over top of this. 24 00:01:14,861 --> 00:01:17,751 And if it has a directional print, 25 00:01:17,751 --> 00:01:19,751 you want to think about what is going to be the top. 26 00:01:19,751 --> 00:01:22,561 I'm going to hang my piece this way with hooks this way. 27 00:01:22,561 --> 00:01:24,960 This doesn't really have a direction. It's an all over print. 28 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,751 But if you were using a directional print, let's say with birds flying in one direction 29 00:01:28,751 --> 00:01:30,751 or flowers or something, 30 00:01:30,751 --> 00:01:33,391 you'd want to make sure that you know how you're going to hang this. 31 00:01:33,391 --> 00:01:37,620 You could hang it vertically, and you'd want to make sure your directional print runs this way. 32 00:01:38,171 --> 00:01:40,870 I'm going to hang mine horizontally, placing hooks here 33 00:01:40,870 --> 00:01:42,971 and the jewelry's going to hang down from here. 34 00:01:42,971 --> 00:01:44,971 So this is fine for me. 35 00:01:44,971 --> 00:01:47,370 And then I'm just going to run my fingers 36 00:01:47,370 --> 00:01:49,460 along the edge, 37 00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:53,311 and it's going to make a mark or a little indentation. 38 00:01:53,311 --> 00:01:56,781 We're going to be cutting on the line that we're creating here 39 00:01:56,781 --> 00:02:01,290 just by pressing down all the way around. 40 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:04,081 I'm doing this firmly so I get a really crisp edge to cut along. 41 00:02:08,112 --> 00:02:11,281 That's good. You can see it's left a really clean impression, 42 00:02:11,281 --> 00:02:14,221 and we're going to use that to cut. 43 00:02:14,221 --> 00:02:18,830 You want to keep your cutting as perfect as you can. 44 00:02:18,830 --> 00:02:22,020 If you make a little mistake, it's going to be OK 45 00:02:22,020 --> 00:02:24,311 because we're going to paint the edge later. 46 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:27,790 You can always correct with paint. 47 00:02:27,790 --> 00:02:30,590 And let's just see how it fits. 48 00:02:30,590 --> 00:02:32,590 And that looks pretty good. 49 00:02:32,590 --> 00:02:35,930 We're going to glue this on using our Mod Podge. 50 00:02:35,930 --> 00:02:38,539 If you haven't used Mod Podge before, 51 00:02:38,539 --> 00:02:42,270 you can use it as both a glue and as a top coat which is what we're going to do. 52 00:02:43,165 --> 00:02:47,009 I'm just going to brush on a nice even amount. 53 00:02:47,009 --> 00:02:50,319 You don't want it to be puddling or really goopy, 54 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:53,400 but you do want to make sure that you get really even coverage 55 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,409 and that the whole surface is covered with glue. 56 00:02:59,937 --> 00:03:02,110 So lay this down carefully. 57 00:03:02,110 --> 00:03:04,509 You can kind of slide it into place. 58 00:03:07,292 --> 00:03:11,651 And then you want to press gently but thoroughly from the center out. 59 00:03:11,651 --> 00:03:13,921 You don't want any air bubbles in here. 60 00:03:13,921 --> 00:03:18,002 You could even use something like a library card or a credit card to help you burnish 61 00:03:18,002 --> 00:03:20,002 or you can just use your hands. 62 00:03:20,002 --> 00:03:24,741 We're going to do another coat on top just to seal this in. 63 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:29,252 Make sure you go all the way right to the edge. It even is OK to go over the edge a little. 64 00:03:29,252 --> 00:03:32,132 We're going to be painting over that, and this dries clear. 65 00:03:32,132 --> 00:03:35,782 It's good to seal this in completely. 66 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:39,677 That way you can kind of wipe it off if it got dusty 67 00:03:39,677 --> 00:03:42,858 or if you accidentally get some paint on it later when we're painting. 68 00:03:42,858 --> 00:03:44,858 And remember it does dry clear. 69 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:46,858 The Mod Podge also comes in different finishes. 70 00:03:46,858 --> 00:03:49,418 So you could do a matte finish, a satin finish, 71 00:03:49,418 --> 00:03:52,948 or a glossy finish. I'm using a matte finish. 72 00:03:52,948 --> 00:03:55,358 That looks well-covered. I'm going to let this dry for a few minutes. 73 00:03:55,358 --> 00:03:59,978 You can tell when it's dry because it goes from being slightly white and opaque to transparent. 74 00:03:59,978 --> 00:04:02,747 You'll want to touch it though because it could be at a tacky stage 75 00:04:02,747 --> 00:04:05,027 and look like it's dry because it's clear. 76 00:04:05,027 --> 00:04:07,867 We'll wait until it's completely dry, and then we'll paint the edges. 77 00:04:07,867 --> 00:04:13,187 I'm going to mix a light gray with a bit of black 78 00:04:13,187 --> 00:04:15,527 just because I want more of a charcoal gray color. 79 00:04:15,975 --> 00:04:18,278 You can use any acrylic craft paint for this. 80 00:04:18,278 --> 00:04:21,937 And I like using the foam brush because it gives me a nice crisp edge 81 00:04:21,937 --> 00:04:24,687 on that beveled edge. Too much black. 82 00:04:26,906 --> 00:04:29,137 I placed a little bit of scratch paper here 83 00:04:29,137 --> 00:04:31,487 just so that I don't accidentally paint the table. 84 00:04:31,487 --> 00:04:33,538 But I'm just going to start by lifting this up 85 00:04:33,538 --> 00:04:35,538 and painting along the edge. 86 00:04:35,538 --> 00:04:41,478 That foam brush allows you to paint right up to where we decoupaged on our decorative paper. 87 00:04:42,062 --> 00:04:46,504 Just want to make sure that you get in all the little crevices and cracks. 88 00:04:46,504 --> 00:04:49,814 If you get paint on the front like that, because we've Mod Podged it, 89 00:04:49,814 --> 00:04:53,694 you can just wipe it away. Get right up to that edge with your foam brush. 90 00:04:56,269 --> 00:04:59,814 If you miscut something, 91 00:04:59,814 --> 00:05:04,213 like your decorative paper, you could bring the edge slightly onto the front. 92 00:05:04,663 --> 00:05:06,663 But once everything's glued and painted, 93 00:05:06,663 --> 00:05:11,059 you're really not going to see a tiny hair of raw wood. 94 00:05:11,059 --> 00:05:13,199 Your eye's just not going to see it, so don't overthink it. 95 00:05:13,499 --> 00:05:17,269 This is a pretty easy craft. 96 00:05:19,206 --> 00:05:21,488 Just give it a second look and make sure you got everything. 97 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:25,009 You could always put a second coat on it if you think it needs it. 98 00:05:25,009 --> 00:05:28,649 You want to let this dry completely before you add any hardware. 99 00:05:28,649 --> 00:05:32,459 It's usually around five minutes depending on how thickly you painted that border. 100 00:05:32,459 --> 00:05:36,959 Mine's dry, and you want to make sure that you add the backing hardware 101 00:05:36,959 --> 00:05:40,038 before you add the hardware on the front for hanging your jewelry. 102 00:05:40,038 --> 00:05:43,819 Otherwise, this is going to be really hard to hammer if you've got hooks coming out of the front. 103 00:05:44,476 --> 00:05:47,389 So if I flip this guy over, I've already measured this. 104 00:05:47,389 --> 00:05:49,968 I know this is nine and a half inches wide and I made a center mark. 105 00:05:49,968 --> 00:05:53,838 And I want to mount my hardware along that center line. 106 00:05:53,838 --> 00:05:57,569 I'm using a saw tooth bracket. You can use any kind of picture-hanging hardware. 107 00:05:57,569 --> 00:06:01,329 You want to make sure that your nail or pin that's attaching this 108 00:06:01,329 --> 00:06:04,158 is not deeper than your panel is. 109 00:06:04,158 --> 00:06:06,218 But this one is perfect. 110 00:06:06,218 --> 00:06:10,059 So I'm going to just eyeball where it goes, 111 00:06:10,059 --> 00:06:13,449 and I can just press this in to start and then I'm going to hammer it in all the way. 112 00:06:16,622 --> 00:06:18,622 Now we're going to measure and mark the front. 113 00:06:18,622 --> 00:06:22,238 You want to determine the size of hooks and how many. 114 00:06:22,238 --> 00:06:24,548 Remember you'll have jewelry hanging from this 115 00:06:24,548 --> 00:06:28,608 so it wouldn't make sense to have two hooks right on top of one another 116 00:06:28,608 --> 00:06:31,569 unless the only thing you were hanging were rings. 117 00:06:31,569 --> 00:06:35,439 You could stagger your pieces so that you have lines of necklaces 118 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:37,439 coming in at different lengths. 119 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:41,149 Or you could just do something simple and clean along the top here 120 00:06:41,149 --> 00:06:43,338 which is what I'm going to do, just a row of hooks. 121 00:06:43,338 --> 00:06:46,309 I think I'm going to do three because I like to have odd numbers. 122 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:51,129 I know from outer edge to outer edge is nine and a half, 123 00:06:51,129 --> 00:06:54,629 and half of that is going to be four and three-quarters. 124 00:06:54,629 --> 00:06:57,059 So I can just make a little mark there. 125 00:06:57,059 --> 00:07:00,528 And I could place that hook and then eyeball the others or I can measure it out. 126 00:07:00,528 --> 00:07:04,869 I think I'm going to place the hook and then see where I want to put the rest. 127 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:08,348 These are super-easy. 128 00:07:08,348 --> 00:07:11,949 They just screw in. 129 00:07:11,949 --> 00:07:15,259 You don't need any tools. 130 00:07:15,259 --> 00:07:17,968 Try to get it as level as possible. 131 00:07:17,968 --> 00:07:20,379 You want to make sure the opening of your hook 132 00:07:20,379 --> 00:07:22,869 matches where your hanging hardware is. 133 00:07:22,869 --> 00:07:25,228 It's not going to do you any good if your hooks are upside-down. 134 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:29,588 Place my other two— I'm just going to eyeball this. 135 00:07:29,588 --> 00:07:34,228 You could place them lower or higher. 136 00:07:34,228 --> 00:07:37,079 I think I'm just going to do them all in a line here. 137 00:07:38,187 --> 00:07:40,187 And that's totally ready to hang. 138 00:07:40,187 --> 00:07:42,187 I really like to cluster these. 139 00:07:42,187 --> 00:07:47,218 So you can buy and make similar jewelry hangers in other sizes 140 00:07:47,218 --> 00:07:50,528 and create an entire vignette perfect for any little vanity 141 00:07:50,528 --> 00:07:54,319 or table or any nook or corner of your room. 142 00:07:54,319 --> 00:07:57,749 All you have left to do is add some jewelry.