Silhouette Angelika: Jewelry Stand

Ahh a TBT post about one of my first projects with the Silhouette. I was just itching to cut everything I could get my hands on... I was organizing my jewelry, and I wanted to create a pretty display for all of my jewelry. I hate jewelry boxes, because if I don't see it, I wont wear it. And it creates one jumbled mess of necklaces and who wants to deal with that in the morning? I came up with a design that I've been happy with ever since: a 4 sided cork stand on a lazy susan.

The lazy susan allows me to see all the sides, which is super convenient. I also have a couple of trays for rings and perfume bottles, and a bento box style tray for chunky necklaces and bracelets.

The stand itself was super simple to make. I took 2 12x12 cork tiles from the dollar store and cut them in half, then glued them to 6x12 pieces of cardboard. Then I glued them all together in a square. I glued a 6x6 piece of cardboard to the bottom and then put an 8 inch tall riser inside, so the top is a shallow tray as well. If it was cut in half, it would look like this:

So you have a little shelf on the inside. You can even make that a secret compartment! I just store my hair clips in there ;).

So after you make the bare bones stand, you want to pretty it up. I cut strips of brown cardstock to put around the bottom, double sided scallops (with a dashed cut line down the middle for easy folding), and fish scale scallops for the tops. I did two sides with thin ones glued flat down and two with an offset to make them thicker.

I put dots of hot glue on the back of the thicker fish scales and let it dry before adhering it to the stand, so they aren't flat down; that way I can hook my hook earrings on them. I then stuck in a bunch of clear push pins to hang necklaces from.