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Do they make blue pearls….?

I made something crafty. I KNOW!  I was shocked too! I have A LOT of jewelry.  It’s embarrassing, really.  And it usually sat in this terribly useless pile of tangled mess at the bottom of a jewelry box.  I never wore it, because I couldn’t find it and didn’t even remember what was there. Then I saw this post by Stephanie a while ago, but utterly failed at making it.  I mostly gave up at that point, but still had the vague idea in my head that I should really do something about that mess. It takes a long time for me to get from ‘I really should’ to ‘actually doing’ something.  A very long time.  Hence why the trim in our house is still unfinished. But amazingly, I actually did something this weekend and I made a cool display/organizer for my jewelry. I know it’s awesome. (I also know the ribbon is crooked.  But a nice person wouldn’t point that out.) I thought, going into making it, that I would kill 2 birds with it.  I have a TON of scarves from Afghanistan.  I thought I could use one of them to make this.  But when it came down to it, I just couldn’t staple something that pretty to corkboard.  So I used this scarf from the dollar store.  Stapled to a corkboard with dollarstore ribbon stapled on top and decorative tacks used to hold the necklaces.  I know, I know, you are amazed at my ingenuity! It also made me think about all my jewelry.  Let me just start by saying I’m okay with…