Vintage Earring Holder

Well, I finally made something that I've wanted to make for.ever.  I was sick of digging through my awkward basket of earrings and getting frustrated not finding matches (#firstworldproblems, right?).

Anyway, here it is!

Supplies: Picture frame (I got a nicely stained wooden one with a little design from Walmart for $3), paint, cheap paint brush, napkins (for the vintage look), picture hanging wire*, hot glue, cute earrings.

*I claim no knowledge as to what these supplies actually are called...

Paint the picture frame--I chose white:

In case you wanted to know what kind of paint and paint brush I used.
These cost me nothing since I bought them months ago!

Here's the picture frame painted white but with a little vintage look.

It was simple to give the frame a "vintage" look instead of a freshly painted look.  I just wiped some of the paint off with a napkin after I painted it.  When my roommate got home I did have to ask if it looked vintage or poorly painted.  Thankfully she answered the former.

I also really liked how you could see the design of the picture frame!


Then, take picture hanging wire and cut strands about the width of the picture frame and twist 2 together semi-loosely.

Here's a super-creepy selfie of halfway through twisting the wire.  It doesn't have to be perfect.
The more imperfections the better, right?

I made four strands of twisted wire (so needed 8 cut wires total).  After that it's time to hot glue to the picture frame.

Feel free to take weird pictures while you are waiting an extraordinarily long amount of time for the hot glue gun to warm up.  When it's been ten minutes and it's still not warm, turn the light switch on that controls the outlet it's plugged into.

I learned the less hot glue you use the faster it dries.
However, I go overboard on everything so I just. kept. laying. on. the. glue.

Here's the first string glued on.

Then, add your other strands.  Look at your earring collection to determine your spacing of the strands.  I wanted two rows for studs/short dangly earrings and two rows for bigger earrings.

Here's all four strands glued on.  Again, don't worry about perfection.  If the twisted wires are too tightly twisted or glued on, you won't be able to slide the earrings through the wires.

If you've gotten this far and turn the picture frame over and it doesn't look something like this, let me know because you probably messed up! :)

The. Best. Step.

Add your earrings!

Just slide them through the holes in the wires and set this on your dresser.  Game. Set. Match.  Earring Holder!

Project Cost:
Since I already owned the paint, paint brush, and glue gun the total cost of supplies was under $6.  The frame and picture wire were both about $3.  (I suppose the whole thing cost more since I have, over time, acquired all those great earrings!)

Project Time:
Under an hour.

Seriously. Just do this, it's great!

Plus, I'm going to get some dry-erase markers and turn the glass of the picture frame into a prayer intention board.  Waste free! :)

I'm crafting like it's my job!

Get ready for OnePlaneJane to be turned into craft-mania!  It's going to be great.  Maybe I'll throw in a ditty or two about my life.  We shall see.  We shall see.  Welp, back to crafting!  (Get excited, I'm about to have a place to display my earrings!)

My Baby Sister....

Is done with Sophomore year of school!  :(  What a mature and smart 14-year-old she is!

My Last Day of Work...

...until Monday!!


Well, this is the last official day of work for the Interns.  As I type this I remember we are required to be here through Sunday but my only real responsibilities that day include going to Mass and doing Welcome Ministry at Mass...sooooo, not really work.


But, it's been a great year.  I learn a lot!  Most of what I learned is about how to cook for large groups of people..but hey, you never know when I'm going to need to whip out that skill!  I also learned a lot about running retreats and things like that.  I think I could have a future in event planning.  I could be the person making sure everything is running on time and also the person in charge of the meal.  I suppose I shouldn't hope for these great jobs like "event coordinator, of blah blah blah" making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.  I'm more qualified for something along the lines of lunch lady!  :)  Or I just have to have 80 children.  Either way...


I finally got to see Libby yesterday when I went to her house to paint some coffee cups for mom.  Which means I finally got my birthday presents from Libby and Emma!  I liked 'em.  There was note pads, snap bracelet watches, ice cream cups, scarves, pro-life t-shrits, and high-heel wine stoppers...come to think of it, with the exception of the last gift everything would fit pretty well in a gift for a 5-year-old girl...oh well, I'll embrace my love of all things childish instead of being embarrassed.

"Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3

I Think Sad Sloth Applies to 'Ello Emma

ASM Meeting

I'm sitting at my first ASM meeting.  It started at 6:30pm.  I was into it until 8pm when we took a little break (someone made a motion for recess for 4 minutes so the newly elected chair could take over for the Chief Justice of Student Judiciary who was acting as chair until we elected a chair for the 19th Session of ASM).  HAHAH

I'm learning a ton.  I lost interest at 8pm.  It's 10:07.  My 24th Birthday is going to start at a student council meeting.

What. The. Heck.

My life is a joke...but I love it!

Christ is Risen From the Dead

!!!!  HAPPY EASTER TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

"O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam, which gained for us so great a Redeemer!"

It's so hard to post when surrounded by cute kids!

I just don't understand how Maggie does it! Today we went to the Chrism Mass in LaCrosse. They were so cute. The Bezzie fell asleep in Phil's arms during Mass and Joseph slept through Mass. Everyone except Phil slept the whole ride home. Oh, they're just so precious when they sleep. Anyway, tomorrow I'm going with mom to Appleton to drop off grandma and maybe do a little shopping. Thursday I'm headed back to Madison for the Triduum!

No. More. Cooking.

I literally should be a chef.  Or a lunch lady. Or a mom.

Yesterday I grocery shopped to cook two meals today.  This morning after prayer I started working on staff lunch (well, not right after prayer, I did some other stuff first).  But, I decorated a cake (you know, with hearts and snails) for one of the interns engagements (yay!).  Then, I made the taco bake with mashed potatoes and some black bean/corn salsa and cut up some oranges.  After eating staff lunch (where all the married/engaged people told the stories of their engagements...one's really funny, maybe I'll write about that another time) I had about an hour off.

I did some desk work in this hour and counted up some money.  Then, I returned to the kitchen (after a 15 minute rest on the couch in the basement) to cook homemade pizza for 100 people.  Of course, there was salad, cottage cheese, and berry crisp to go with it.  I personally did a lot of dough making.

A big shout out to Nick and Nico for helping with staff lunch and to the Hospitality Team for helping with dinner.  I have to keep this post short cause I'm about to head up to my apartment to sit on my balcony and drink wine with my friend, Sarah.

So, adios.  Tomorrow it's a little work, packing, Mass, seeing Libby's house and heading home for the week! Yay for babies--I mean family!

P.S.  If you see any openings for moms or lunch ladies, let me know!

I wish I had a life...

My life feels pretty boring right now (compared to house buying, baby having, etc.)

Actually, my life feels pretty boring compared to anything...

Wow, I need a life.

I don't really have a social life.

A couple weeks ago, James suggested I find friends who

1. aren't college undergrads or 
2. only talk about undergrads

How am I supposed to do this when I'm an indentured servant to the Church?

Ha, just kidding, I actually love what I'm doing!  I don't care if I only hang out with 18-year-olds.  Whatevs.