Thursday, April 4, 2013

Shadow Box Display Tutorial

As promised from yesterday's Sneak Peek, I have a fun tutorial for you today! I have my first Spring show this weekend and I'm working on new displays. It seems each season I have so many new items that I have to reconfigure my displays and set up. Displaying post earrings is one thing that I've found to be tricky. I normally put my earrings on folded cards and hang them on a display. Well, the posts tend to poke through the card backs when I'm transporting them. So I created a new display for them :)

I started with a shadow box I've had around for a couple of years. I bought these thinking I was going to make scrapbooks out of them and just never got around to it. It was high time I put it to use.

I cut a sheet of wood with my laser to fit the bottom half of the box. I took into account for the dividers and cut holes for the posts to go through.

I then painted it to match the rest of the box. I like the look of the bare wood, but with my earrings also being wood, I wanted to make sure they stood out.

Finally I glued the cut wood to my shadow box to complete my new display. I left the top three compartments uncovered for other items like cuff links and rings. Both the rings and cuff links are new items I'll have at this show, so I'm glad to have my display worked out for them as well!

I printed some price tags that I'll attach to the display so I don't have to individually mark each item...another bonus. I'll be sure to get a picture of the display in use this weekend :)

19 comments:

  1. What a clever idea! I hope you have fun and do well at the show!

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  2. Brilliant idea, Edi! The display looks great! Best of luck with your show :)

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  3. Great idea, and I like that you can carry it around like a little suitcase. Hope you have fun at the show this weekend.

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  4. Nice! My displays need some help, too. I don't currently have many post earrings, but I'm starting to have a necklace problem! I've been mentally designing some sort of display for them, but I haven't had the chance to execute the plan. Having a laser cutter sure must help the building process along!

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  5. It turned out to be a very cute display! Hope it brings you many customers at your show!!

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  6. Love it. I've always had trouble displaying my earrings, too, I think because they're the smallest things on the table. I did finally break down and purchase a "real" earring holder, and I'm glad I did. I like this idea, though! On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard was this to make?

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  7. brilliant! I'm always looking for ways to display earrings ... and still haven't quite found the right one. This is a great idea!

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  8. ... and I just pinned you to my pinterest for 'jewelry displays'

    http://pinterest.com/antiquitytravel/jewelry-display/

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  9. Genius! This display is perfect for those post earrings. I love how it looks. You did a great job.
    ~Kim

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  10. Awesome idea! It really shows off the earring studs!

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  11. Really cute! I agree that the white helps the wooden earrings stand out. I can't wait to see how it looks in your booth. Best of luck this weekend!

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  12. Well now that's very clever Edi! A lot of people want to pick things up and hold them so have a few on cards so they can do that rather than trying to take apart your display. Be sure to take a mirror since some like to see what jewelry looks like on!

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  13. Genius idea! I can't wait to see the photos of the display set up at the show! Good luck!

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  14. Looks really sharp! Great idea!

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  15. I really like this idea! Might have to try a version of it for myself, thanks for sharing! New follower from the Etsy Blog Team :)

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  16. looks like a good arrangement! Good luck with the show. {:-D

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  17. Great idea; and it looks great too. Why can't I come up with something good like that?!

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  18. Very clever display, Edi, plus it's additional advertising for what you can do. Wouldn't it be fun(ny) if another jewelry seller approached you to make a display like this for herself?!

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