Crafts- Earring Holder

This holder can be used to display your favourite earrings.

Things you will need-

• Wooden ice cream sticks (9)
• Glue
• Acrylic paint
• Paintbrush
• Varnish (optional)
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Craft knife

This is another super easy project, you can either buy some new ice cream sticks (available from craft stores) or save up and wash sticks from ice creams you eat. 

Lay out your ice cream sticks in the same pattern as in the photo below. You want two vertical sticks at the back with five horizontal sticks laid down over the top of them. Once you are happy with the configuration glue the sticks in place.

Using your ruler and pencil measure out and mark the midpoint of one of the remaining sticks. Carefully cut the stick in half using a craft knife. If you don't feel comfortable using a craft knife for this a very strong pair of scissors should also work.

Place the remaining two sticks in the same pattern as the photo below and glue them in place. This forms the back support piece. 

Once the front and back pieces are dry you can then paint them. I watered down my acrylic paint so that I would be staining the wood rather than coating it completely and covering up the wood texture. When the paint is fully dry you can then glue the back and front pieces together at a roughly 70-80 degree angle depending on which position you prefer. To hold the structure in place while the glue is drying you can use objects such as glass jars or tea mugs to prop it up in place. 

Once the glue is fully dry you can then varnish your earring holder if you want. I haven't bothered doing this with mine as it isn't going to take much abuse being a stationary display object. You could also use this holder to hang bracelets over the top or if you vary the design and remove the top horizontal ice cream stick you can stack rings on the vertical sticks on either side of the top of the holder.

All of the above earrings are available in my Etsy shop- LostintheDay