How To Make a Linen Covered Jewelry Board

You guys, my Noonday Collection launch party was on Saturday night and we had a BLAST!

Sixteen lovely friends came over to celebrate the start of my new business and learn what Noonday is all about. I had a blast sharing the artisans stories and how they have impacted me. Plus, four friends signed on to host parties themselves! It’s going to be a busy next couple months, that’s for sure!!

It’s certainly not hard to sell when the jewelry is this gorgeous!!! I made some treats out of the Jerusalem and Plenty cookbooks as well — some hummus, baba ganoush and roasted sweet potatoes with lemongrass and ginger creme fraiche. Yum!

Love the Ruth necklace and Ruth’s story that goes along with it. My friends loved hearing all about Jalia and Daniel and the fabulous group of artisans they now have working for them at their headquarters in Uganda!

And of course the sseko sandals. These rarely leave my feet. There’s over twenty different ways to wear them but I think this braided style is my favorite. These are made by high school graduates in Uganda saving money for college. The sandal base is 100% leather so superrrrrrr comfy {think Rainbows but cushier}.

The Inca Steps was my number one best selling item at the party! Photos just don’t do it justice. I bought one for my bestie, Ashley, as a bridal shower hostess gift and she loves hers, too! Our founder, Jessica, just visited with Nancy and Carlos {the couple who make this gorgeous necklace} last week in Ecuador! It’s made from sustainably harvested tagua seeds. Each seed takes three months to become a bead! So cool.

Oh, and that’s the embira seed bracelet peaking out at the bottom! That’s also made by Jalia and Daniel’s group in Uganda. I love the pretty heather gray color of the seeds mixed with colorful paper beads. It’s one bracelet that looks and feels like six! Picture a big bracelet slinky. 🙂

My friends also really loved Clementine’s laptop case, made by hand in Rwanda. I showcased some of the artisan’s stories in these frames that I got from the clearance bin at Michaels last week! Such a steal. {yummy sweet potato wedges in the background!!}

Pretty bracelets on beautiful wooden trays made by Miguel at his home studio in Guatemala! His daughter, Alicia, is able to go to school now because of the money Miguel makes by making these gorgeous trays.

Now back to the jewelry board.

I threw together this totally simple linen jewelry board to storyline some of my favorite Noonday pieces and create some height in my display. After I made it, I thought how cute this would be in a bedroom {probably in a smaller form — this is a very large board!} and thought y’all might like to know how I did it! Like I said, totally simple and even a craft phobic person like myself can create this. Seriously, if I can do it, anyone can do it!

Here’s what you’ll need:

1 cork board, size of choice. {this is 23 x 35″}

1 staple gun + staples

1 box of clear push pins

1 yard linen…or burlap!

1 small easel {I got this at Michaels for five dollars with a 50% off coupon}

To make the jewelry board, cover your board with linen loosely…

Then flip over and staple using the staple gun. Be sure to pull taut!

Ta-dah! Just prop it up on the easel and you’re done! Stick little clear push pins in and dangle your jewels to your hearts content. I also got some cool knobs from Anthropologie and made Adam drill them in for me after these photos were taken. They look really neat! I’ll have to take some updated shots during my next show!

Hope you guys now go and create all the linen jewelry boards to your hearts content. I’m going to make a smaller one for my personal jewelry in my bedroom — this was really just to showcase Noonday at trunk shows.

Cool, huh? It looks even better with the Anthro knobs on there!

**If you’re interested in Noonday and want to learn more, I always recommend reading this blog post. It sums up our company perfectly. We’re not a charity and don’t believe in handouts — instead, we believe that job creation is the most sustainable approach to alleviating poverty long term. When you buy a pretty Noonday necklace or bracelet, you’re becoming part of that story.