DIY Jewelry Box and Earring Holder

This month I was doing a little bit of organizing in my closet and I noticed I had a few of the Jewel Mint boxes sitting around. While I was thinking about what to do with them, I noticed that my earrings were being stored in several places and I wanted to consolidate them while making them easy to access.  A light bulb went off when I thought of converting the Jewel mint boxes into a stackable earring holder.

Here is my step by step process which did not take me very long at all.  If you have any spare boxes lying around and have a need for a jewelry box, this might be a fun DIY project for you.

I took one of the foam lining from the box...

And then cut it up into sections. I accounted for studs my longer earrings so I cut the foam into the following parts.  If you have more stud earrings you can do more of the thinner sections to create more rows. 

Next, I glued the sections onto a piece of fabric and made sure to space the foam sections so that I could tuck the excess fabric in to create a holder for the earrings.

I folded the excess fabric in on the sides tucked them in along the sides for the following result:

Here is how the earrings look inside the box.  Not too shabby right?

One thing I want to point out is that if you have a light colored fabric (like I did) the glue will seep through.  However, depending on the glue, when it dries, there might not be a change in the fabric color. I did not have a glue gun so ended up using the white glue I had at home.  Since we're using fabric...fabric glue probably would have been a better option.

This is a very easy project that you can finish very quickly. All you need is a box, fabric, foam and some glue.  You can also make personalized jewelry boxes your friends as a present too if you find pretty antique boxes or tins. 

What kind of DIY projects have you done recently?