I was never a Girl Scout.
If I had been, perhaps my dresser, closet, floor – uh, let’s stop there – would not so easily reach a state of total (creative) disarray? Perhaps.
I am, however, a girl. And a bargain scout. And a fashion scout. And a scout of all things vintage, retro, and awesome.
So when I spotted the random sweetness of this Girl Scout sign at my fave Hunt & Gather (for mere pocket change – $7), I knew it belonged on top of my dresser.
However, there wasn’t much room on top of my dresser.
Because being a scout means I love options: Finding them. Wearing them. Displaying them. Piling them up until they outgrow all my hooks and create a tangled mess of bedazzled possibilities.
So, this weekend – after bouncing the vague concept around in my mind for at least a month – I finally pulled out the hammer, tapped in a few nails,
and, voila…
fully accessible options and possibilities.
By now I was on a roll, so I grabbed my glue gun and whipped up a trio of magnetic blossoms – based on an idea I had seen at a junk fair (mini pastry tins + circles of fabric + buttons + magnets). I used them to hold a few more necklaces on my metal cabinet.
Then I tossed a couple of strands of bling onto this vintage dry-cleaning hanger (which, by the way, somehow found its way to Minnesota from the New Jersey city of my birth)…
..left a few of the heavier pieces right where they had been, on the good old-fashioned closet doorknob…
…and, wow.
Do you see that?
It’s the top of my dresser. Hasn’t been spotted in months.
Maybe one of these can count as my official Jewelry Cleanup badge?
xo
P.S. I’ll post a few more pics of my ongoing bedroom refresh coming soon… Which I’m saying out loud mostly so that I will continue this project. (Because you should see the other half of my room right now.) Stay tuned.
P.P.S. I know. That’s alotta pink.
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