DIY: Cigar Box Upcycled Ring Holder!

 DIY: Cigar Box Upcycled Ring Holder! Turn a box into a perfect ring storage jewelry box.  Velvet lined and rows for lots and lots of rings! Great gift idea for a teen or tween!  You will need a small box to decorate! Plaid has the perfect Cigar Box.  It's just barely over 8 inches square.  It hinges and opens all the way wide. It is a shallow box but perfect as a ring holder.  Step one, paint the entire box. We used white milk paint from Plaid.  Next you will need 8 sheets of felt. You will also need some black velvet, the width of the box, but slightly longer in length.  Take the felt and a hot glue gun and roll each piece up in a tight roll.  8 rolls fit perfectly in the box, they just need a slight trimming on the side.  Just cut the rolls to fit right inside the box.  Now take them out of the box and add a stripe of hot glue on the bottom of the roll and stick it inside the box.  Lea...

Wire Wrapped Double Stacked Button Rings!

 Wire Wrapped Double Stacked Button Rings!  More bling! Just like these ring I did earlier in the year...  Only this time, with stacked buttons!   You'll need wire, plastic buttons, and a ring sizer/mandrel Here's the directions for the single layered rings:  (again, more vivid instructions on this post ) For the double, just start them the same, 1/2 size bigger than you want the finished product to be. Slide on both buttons at the same time! Twist the wires at the top...leaving about 2 inches left to wrap around the ring.  Curl the wire around the button and around the ring loops about 3-4 times.  Cute right? Faceted plastic buttons are available at craft stores.  Here's a fancy one my sister did! She wire wrapped the entire band. If you want to do that, size your ring about 2.5 sizes bigger than  you need the finished product because the wrapping will cut out additional finger s...

Vintage Frame Ring Display! #tbt

A fabulous tutorial on repurposing/upcycling Vintage Frames into Ring Display cases! Gorgeous right?  I just loved to see ALL my rings in one place! Start with some empty frames. I've been fortunate enough to pick up frames at yard sales  and thrift stores for under dollars...so essentially these can be pretty cheap! Paint, glaze, style anyway you like! You will need old towels...the thicker the better...but it doesn't really matter. And some black velvet. (you could use whatever material you have sitting around, but I think velvet helps  the rings to stay in place a little better--plus it looks so sophisticated!) You will need a piece of cardboard to fit a little larger than the opening of the frame. I used cereal box type cardboard...kind of flimsy. Now, measurements will be different based on your  frame size and the thickness of the towel. My frame's opening is 5 by 7. (it can hold about 20-22 rings)   But start by rollin...