How to Make an Earring Holder

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name's Rachel and I'm the owner of austinstylewatch.com street fashion site, and I'm also a free-lance fashion reporter. Today we're going to talk about how to make an earring holder. Now, earring holders can run the gamut from simple to complex. You can get 'em store bought, at the mall, or you can do like we're going to do today, and make your own. Really, all you need to do is just have something you can hook the earrings through, stab them through, pin 'em in the back. So this isn't a real complex device, and you can make it in a lot of different ways. Today I'm going to show you two. The first way I'm going to show you, and this is pretty much pre-made, there's ways you can jazz it up if you want. All this is is a grated container, you get these at office supply stores. Turn it up on end, and you can stick your earring right on the outside, there. Clip earrings right through on the other side. And, if you want to, you can even buy a basket like this, screw your earrings in it this way, and, put your goodies and your bathroom supplies in there. Another way people kind of jazz up this project is by buying a kitchen utensil called a 'grease strainer', and basically, all it is is this metal material, this mesh, and it's in a circular piece. They can hang it on the wall by the handle, stick their earrings in there. Same principle. But I think using these bins is just a little bit more useful, 'cause you can store stuff in it as well. The second technique we're going to talk about doesn't use the metal mesh, but it kind of uses a more a fabric mesh. So, what we're going to do is take a pair of pantyhose, I think it's nice to use colored ones, 'cause it makes the project a little more decorative. Take your pantyhose, and what I'm using today is a crochet loop, that you would use for, like, embroidery, crochet, sewing products. You would stick your fabric through there and do your embroidery. So I'm going to take the embroidery hoop, and, wrap the nylon around it. And then you're going to want to pull it taut, so that you have a firm surface in there. Then you can just kind of tie it off and clip it in the back, so that all you have left is a hoop. And then just hang that on your wall. And in order to put your earring on it, you just stab it through there, and it hangs. And it's kind of a subtle little feature you can use decoratively, so, whether you use the grate, or use the nylon, this has been how to make an earring holder."