Displaying Earrings | Sorting Beads | Saving Broken Beads
Common household items such as postcards and muffin tins can come in handy.
1 postcard display
To display earrings, cut postcards and poke two holes in each piece for the earring wires. If you plan to sell the earrings, write the price on the bottom of the card. The price can be cut off if the earrings are given as a gift.
- Ami Coulliard, Milwaukee, WI |
2 muffin tins
Use a muffin tin to sort beads. With a dozen ups, a tin is perfect for projects that require many different beads. To make cleanup easier, put paper liners in the tins first, then simply pour the beads back into their containers.
- C.C. Lilly, via e-mail |
3 conversation piece
I sometimes break beads when I use a bead reamer. Also, when I buy beads in bulk, some strands have broken beads. Instead of wasting these beautiful pieces, I display them in a crystal goblet. The goblet makes a colorful conversation piece.
- Naomi Kuritzky Regan, Bellevue, WA |