Necklace Organizer - Where To Get 'Em + How To Make Your Own

One of the easiest ways to keep your jewelry in its best shape or to know where it all is all the time, it to keep it organized. Not letting the word organize scare you, understand that with the right organizers any sorting can be very easy no matter its previous mess or state. When you begin sorting your jewelry, you will begin to find that your necklaces are some of the most difficult pieces to deal with. They wrap around each other, connect to other pieces, and can end up in endless knots. You never want this to happen to your necklaces. So, this article will give you a starting point for getting together a necklace organizer.

Keep in mind that even if a necklace organizer is not key to you and your jewelry, it can be a way to display your pieces for everyone to see. This is great if you have specific designer, antique, or hand made necklaces. Plus it will work in a storefront, a shop, or in your own bedroom or home.

The Best Places to Buy an Organizer

One of the first places to find a necklace organizer is to search the jewelry and gift sections of jewelers, department stores, and antique shops. You are right, this is a great starting point, but as you know these types of stores are limited on the brands they can and do offer. In fact you may only see ten or less options available. If you need another local shopping option one of the better places to check out are the flea markets, yard sales, and estate sales, which will give you some of the lowest prices available most of the time. Keep an open mind, as you will find ones that can double as both organizer  and/or earring and ring holder.

If you are the type that shops from the comfort of you home, then online presents a wider array of choices to shop. Many begin with the bigger online markets like Amazon, Ebay, and Overstock, due to their options of many brands and designs. They are not limited by being contracts with certain brands and will have users who have anything from unique homemade creations to mass market and antique necklace organizers. They are not usually an easy shop if you have something specific in mind or want a custom option. Below are a few other options you can search through to find a necklace organizer that will suit your needs:

• Gems on Display

  • Another basic necklace organizer  built in a similar wire design with a few embellishments can be found here. It is made with the retailer or salesman in mind because prices are low for bulk buys. However, you can buy by the piece and not be penalized. A single necklace organizer  is $13 without shipping and handling costs.

• Art Fire

  • Priced at $10.95 before any shipping or handling costs, this necklace organizer  is made in the very popular revolving style, built of a metal base. The spinner tip wire display stand has 12 display arms that are do not limit the amount of necklaces you can hold on them, but instead encourage you to put as many as you feel comfortable. You will need to pay attention to balance with a unit like this, because its stand has three legs. The shipping is the same price as the item, but when purchased with another item will fall to $4 if you are within the United States.

• Pottery Barn

  • Known for unique items, this company offers a Vintage Metal necklace organizer  that resembles some of the older style candle holders at its base. The rest is brass pole plated with nickel and two parallel bars, slightly offset to hang your necklaces from. It is a simple yet stylish item priced at $39 before shipping and handling. The bonus on this item is that as of this article it is in the free shipping category and from experience will stay in that category, because it is the only one offered on this site.

• Etsy

  • Customized options are one of the most unique routes available for purchase. Etsy is one of the better places online to get handmade necklace organizer s just for your own use. Most of the time they offer options to choose from or you can contact a designer directly for more customization. Here are a few custom examples:

    • Large Wire Jewelry Tree Stand by ClaudinesLimited out of Central Florida. Thie wire tree look alike is about $85 and can be made to accommodate hundreds of pieces of jewelry, not just necklaces.

    • Hand forged steel necklace organizer  made by HammerOnSteel in Massachusetts. This particular one is made to look like a tree, but has additions metal rings for hanging your necklaces and other jewelry. It has a sturdy base and the can be customized further upon request. However, the price as it stands is $85.

Make Your Own

There are times that what you find in your shopping search is just not cutting it or being what you need for your own necklace collection, the next option is to make one. Don't worry. Making your own necklace organizerdoes not mean you have to learn to forge metal or mold plastic. It can be really simple and require very little effort on your part. See the following options for some homemade and handmade directions.

• Single Display and Organizer

  • This is like the ones you see in the store where it resembles a neck and how the necklace would lay. It is a great option if you are photographing your necklace or simply want to display that one unique, fascinating, or special piece for everyone to see.

  • Items Needed:

    • Card Stock Paper

    • Pencil

    • Scissors

    • Hole Punch

    • Screen

  • Directions:

    • The first step is simple and requires you finding a template online for the design. It can be downloaded easily at Stella and Hodge Blogspot or a simple search for DIY necklace organizer on a search engine will produce several options.

    • Once you have your designed traced on the card stock paper it is simple cutting it out and punching out holes to help maintain its shape.

    • You will fold at the predetermined lines and then tie the sides together with a string to give it its final shape.

    • It can then be decorated to suit a certain design or your needs.

• Cork Board Organizer

  • A design like this can easily be hung on any wall and displayed in any location. Plus it is easily designed and decorated to fit into a design plan of the room.

  • Items Needed:

    • Cork Board

    • Newspaper

    • Paint or Spray Paint

    • Picture Frame (Optional)

    • Thumb Tacks

  • Directions

    • This one can become complicated the more you do to decorate it, but idea is the cork board is your base that will be painted and then the thumb tacks will be what you will hang your necklaces from.

    • The picture frame is there to give you an added design element that can be used or not. It can even be replaced by felt or fabric cut and glued to the cork board.

    • One of the best parts is that the cork board either comes in squares or in a roll so you can easily determine the size you can use with little to no cutting or sizing.

    • Remember that you can still decorate it however you wish and painting is just a simple way to make it fit into your design

• Picture Frame Organization

  • One of the more simple ways to create a necklace organizer is to use an old or even new picture frame. If you buy one or have one, you will know it possibly comes with other pieces and parts, but all you need is the frame.

  • Other Items Needed:

    • Large Gauge Screen

    • Stapler or Glue

  • Directions:

    • Your best option is staple the screen to the back of the frame, but you can glue it with a heavy duty glue.

    • Let it stand overnight and it should be ready to use the next day.

    • You can also decorate this or paint it, but it is recommend to do so after you have already put it all together. You can avoid damaging your paint or design.

Any number of theses choices could fit into your home or shop. Shopping around and viewing all the options is one of the best ways to make sure you have the best necklace organizerfor you.