First things first: I must thank my good friend Mary Pat who helped me make this possible! She pretty much came up with the idea and then we executed it together. Thanks Mary Pat! I needed a quick, easy, beautiful and CHEAP alternative to the horrible way my rings were being displayed previously. I had no idea this project would take such little time.
Here it is! Total cost to make this was about $18. I could have saved some money if I had shopped around, but I didn't know the non-JoAnn Fabric store was have a big sale, but oh well! It probably took about 2-3 hours to do, but we were sort of watching a movie
I used all fabric from the remnants bin at JoAnn Fabrics, then found a sheet of 1 inch high density foam about 30 inches long (or so) by about 10 inches. This was not enough foam, but I think it was all they had, so I had to run out to get some more today at a different store.
The silky fabric is sort of tan with purple brocade ($4) and the green fabric ($2) is cotton. I stretched the cotton sort of like you would with canvas for painting. The frame of this is a cork board, which was only $3.99. It's 11"x17" and had a "The Board Dudes" logo on it that I wanted to cover. To put it all together I used a staple gun with 1/4" staples.
Shockingly, no one got hurt during this project and we only messed up once.
If enough people want to know how to make one of these, I can post instructions. :) Thanks for looking!
<3 Carolyn
wow, cool! i should make one of those, probably a small version since i don't have many rings and don't plan to make many. thanks for posting this!
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