The wooden frame already had a really cool swirly design so I just took a little gold metallic spray paint and spritzed it lightly over the frame to give it some shine.
Then I wrapped my ribbon strands around the backing and wrapped fabric and centered them where I wanted them and stapled those down. I popped it into the frame.
After that I took a very small screw driver bit and drilled holes in the wood where I wanted the necklace hooks. I used a measuring tape to mark even spacing with a permanent marker. I also screwed holes for the ring bar. I spray painted the bars and left them to dry in the sun. I used the same metallic gold and also red to color the bars and left them to dry
Then there was lots and lots of screwing. That's what she said. :P I got the hooks that have the little screw attached. I only ended up with one little blister!
After those were secured I had to figure out how to secure the hooks for the bracelet bar. The frame backing was thin cardboard. I just found a random small piece of wood(that's what she said, again!) and screwed holes in it with the tiny bit. Then I lined up the hooks and poked one through the fabric and card board and screwed it into the wood. The second hook gave me trouble. I had to do it over and over because it kept going all crooked. Gosh! I got pretty angry with it and finally forced it to go in straight with my strengths.
After all the hooks were all secure I hung this beast on the wall, added the dry bars, and started the horrible process of untangling all my necklaces. NOOOOOO!!! I ended up giving half of them to my daughter. Turns out I still have a ton of little girly necklaces in the jewelry box that never made it out because of the tangled ball of doom. But after I was done it turned out looking awesome and matched my bathroom soo cutely.
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