The "Perfect" Lace

I've blogged about finding a good jewelry holder before, the main reason behind that being the jumble of dangly earrings in my jewelry box... I'd seen an earring holder online awhile ago - using a frame with lace or a piece of screen, so I've been looking here and there for the "perfect" lace for this project. At the antique store last weekend I found it!!

For a frame, I used a clock of ours that broke last year. I would have tossed it because the clock mechanism was shot, but kept it because I loved the curved corners and color of the frame.

I was then going to take out the glass and either staple or tack the lace to the inside of the frame, but to make things easier, I just pushed the glass back in and it holds the lace nice and snug. Probably gives it more support too - some of my earrings are a bit heavy.

It was painful to cut away the extra antique lace (so beautiful!), but I'll save that piece for some other project.

So there you have it:

An easy fix and a pretty place to hang/display the earrings I wear often.

If it were going to hang on a white wall, I'd stick some colored paper between the lace and glass, but since I planned to hang it on our olive green wall, I left it without.

Some other goodies I found at that fabulous antique shop:
(Mom, you'd love it!)

Some adorable patterns in just the right sizes and an awesome little hat with a chinstrap (alas, it's a tad too small for Madsen...save it for the next boy, I guess!).

Next quest:

How to display my frilly, flowery headbands...

Any ideas?