jewellery de-cluttered... and pretty

My necklaces have been driving me crazy for some time.  I have lots of them, I like to see them and I wear most of them.  I am not working outside of home at the moment, but when working I wear necklaces and earrings to co-ordinate with my clothing.  I like to make some and have a talented friend who also likes to make jewellery.  This presents a storage problem.  I thought I had it solved, but it never quite worked. 

Here is the before pic.  I had two necklace stands; one sturdy short one, which whilst functional certainly wasn't pretty. One tall one which was made for my daughter by a lovely friend.  (Daughter didn't use it after a short while so i happily claimed it.)  It is pretty and a good height for my long necklaces but not sturdy or stable - (probably becasue it wasn't meant to hold so many necklaces!)  Hence when i was finding it would fall over at the least provocation causing the necklaces to tangle.  Since i would be trying to access it in the mornings on my way off to work i would usually be in a rush and tangle delays were not fun. 
what to do?

solution - cover an old pinboard with pretty fabric, push some push-pins in and hang necklaces.  woohoo!! A pretty, functional and happy necklace holder - guaranteed to give me a smile.  It will hang on my wall very soon so teen 2 won't have to hold it up forever :)  

the nicest part is teen1 made it for me after I told her what i was planning on doing.  she did an amazing job of it.  She even cut out the leaves from left-over fabric [which my dear friend had dyed, printed and then made a doona cover for me. (the same talented chic who made the necklace stand and many of my neckaces)] and appliqued them on (it took me ages to get all the goop off my new iron). - what a sentence!
Now I had better show off the doona cover which this matches... oops I just went looking for the pics and they are in my pre-digital days.  I will take its pic on my bed in the morning and post it for you then (since hubby is in bed and will growl if I try it now).  but I can show you the co-ordinating wall hanging that she also made for me.  It is all made by hand: dyed, painted, made, embroidered, beaded, quilted... and loved. 

I love gum blossom's and miss my ornamental red flowering gum from the middle of the front yard at our old house. 

Oh and while I was at it I did a cull of necklaces that I don't wear any more - that took three out of my collection (and two of them were gifts which I had never liked since they just weren't my style).