Found Stick Jewelry Hanger

by Julia Fabens

Hi! It is almost the time of year to start thinking about Christmas presents, so I wanted so share an easy project that I made for my sister last year. She has lots of cool jewelry so I wanted to give her something that she could use to display it, as well as be decoration for her room at school. She likes natural, casual things, so I thought a cool stick might work well. This is what I came up with!

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Materials

Sturdy stick – should be at least an inch in diameter

Hand saw

Sand paper, hand sander or sanding belt

Gold paint

Cup hooks

16 x 3/16″ brass screw eyes

15 x 1/2″ cup hooks

2 x 1 1/2″ cup hooks

D-ring picture hanger

I found the stick at Sam’s grandmother’s farm. I was on the lookout for a fairly large one that I could cut down to exactly the size I wanted. I had not been planning to use one with a fork, but once I saw it I loved it; I think it looks more sculptural.

Once I got it back to my Dad’s shop, I sawed the ends at an angle, sanded off the rough edges and painted them gold. I screwed the eye hooks in pairs on the upright section of the stick, with the idea that those could hold earrings. I screwed the half-inch hooks along the horizontal part of the stick so that necklaces could hang straight down. Finally, I added the two 1.5-inch hooks at the end to hold bracelets and bangles.

(PS – how smart is she to use a curler to keep her necklace from getting tangled???) To hang the stick, I used my dad’s belt sander (you could also use sand paper or a hand sander) to flatten the back of one section at the top of the upright part of the stick, and screwed in the d-ring to hang it.

And there you go – a really cool present that anyone can make, as long as you can find yourself a stick. We had Christmas in Florida last year, so I brought a (blurry…) photo of it to give her – here it is with some of my stuff.

Happy stick hunting!

Julia

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Carmi Polendey - Lorenzo on May 20, 2017

I am struck! Will make onw, absolutely!

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Carolyn on May 22, 2017

Very nice - like this idea. Love nature and bringing the outdoors "in". Can leave natural or even spray paint branches.

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