Earring Stand - How To Make One + Where To Buy One

If you store your earrings in a drawer or jewelry box, please keep reading. By now, you have found that many of your earrings are getting lost, broken, or damaged from being put away in a box. Or perhaps you enjoy looking at your earrings each day in order to make the best and most stylish decisions. In this case an earring stand is the best option for you.

Where to Purchase Your Earring Stand

Typically, searching for a stand will take you to a local jeweler, antique shop, or household items store. These places will carry some but may be limited on the types and brands. Another option is department stores or flea markets. These are likely to have options you may not have seen before or considered.

Some of the best places to purchase earring stands online is through places like Amazon or Ebay, because they offer several different brands and designs. Should your tastes be more specific, you can start there or you can choose specific locations like the following:

• Taylor Gifts

  • The offer a folding acrylic earring rack/stand that holds up to 128 pairs of earrings. This is an amazing amount for such a small amount of space being taken up by this 10” x 17” x 1” stand. It is not limited to the type of earring either and provides for most types including gauged. When not in use it can be folded and stored away in a drawer or closet shelf. It is priced at $15 before shipping, which should not be much considering it is light and small.

• Fire Mountain Gems and Beads

  • This is an online retailer that focuses most of their sales to those who make and sell their own jewelery, but this is a great option. Not only will prices be cheaper, because they expect you will by in bulk, but it will involve several options and consider mos any type of earring. Also, they do not penalize you for not buying in bulk. It is important to mention that an earring stand is listed as an earring display.

    • As of now, you would have nearly a hundred different options to choose from with prices ranging between $2 for an opaque black solid lucite earring display the size of a sheet of paper and $82 for a revolving display rack made of lucite and chrome nearly two feet tall.

• Etsy

  • This option is great for those who want custom or unique options handmade for them by designers. Keep in mind that custom does not have to mean pricey, but it can mean you will spend more money if you have more demands. Just to give you an idea of what you would find see the following:

    • Picture frame Earring Stand

      • This is made using a Thrift Store frame and can serve as both artwork and function as an earring stand . It is sold for $8 and shipping will depend on your location, but you will see your options once you select the item you want.

    • At the hight end you will find designer pieces made to fit your genre of choice. For this purpose, a Steampunk Jewelry Stand is chosen. It fits an industrial theme and will hold both earrings and other jewelry. This custom one of a kind design is $175.

    • There are many others that fall between the low and high market prices. Their prices will vary between a couple dollars and several hundred, but keep in mind that individuals are making these and they are not mass produced by a larger company.

Make Your Own Earring Stand

CD Spindle

When making your own earring stand, there are many options simply laying around your home, which makes the task just a little easily accomplished. One super simple project is to used a leftover cd rack; the one leftover from using all your blank CDs. It is basically a plastic base with a spindle in the middle. The other supplies you need are:

• A hole punch or small drill

• The protector CD included with your blank CDs.

  • This protector CD is a clear piece of plastic in the shape of a CD.

  • An old unusable CD will work as well.

• Glue

  • Super Glue or Gorilla Glue because some earrings can be quite heavy.

• Toothpick

• Wax Paper

Once you have all your supplies, you are ready to begin. Use the following list to start, remember that you can modify the project to suit your own needs.

1. Using either the drill or the hole punch create holes around the rim of the used CD or plastic protector CD. Go all the way around and remember to leave space for wear and for the size of the earring you will be hanging from it. You do not want delicate earrings rubbing up against rough or jagged ones. If you are drilling and using the used CD drill on the label size to prevent bits of plastic from flying around, possibly injuring you.

2. Take the glue and squire or a little on the wax paper.

3. Utilizing the Toothpick, get a little glue on it and run it around the top of the spindle then on the inner ring of your CD; this is the center hold of the CD.

4. Before the glue dries, hold the CD onto the top of the spindle where you applied the glue. It should create a large enough space between the bottom of the spindle and the CD for earrings to hang undisturbed. When you feel it is secure you can let go.

5. Let this dry overnight, before moving any further with these directions.

6. Once you have let 24 hours go by you should be able to use it. Some people choose to decorate it at this point, which possibly means leaving it to dry again if you use paint.

7. Hang your earrings and you are done.

Cardboard Earring Stand

Fold a piece of cardboard into a triangle. The easies way to manage this, is to take it from an old square box.

• Pick a side of the box that is clear of labels or writing and cut to the right and left of it with a box cutter. You will be left with a rectangle that has two folds.

• Now pick fold/bend it once more in half, length-wise if dealing with a rectangle. You should now have three folds, all going the same direction.

• Bend into a triangle shape where two of the fold, that form the base, overlap.

• You will then glue or staple the overlapping pieces together.

• At this point you can decorate.

• Lastly, poke holes for your earrings. With stud earrings you should be able to poke holes used them alone and their backs will secure them on the cardboard. Other earrings that are less strong will require you to use an alternate object to make the hole.

Modern Art Earring Stand or Rack

All this requires is an old picture frame of any size and a sheet or piece of clothing fill the hole where the picture should be. The idea is that the cloth or sheet piece will fill the hole and allow you to push your earrings through it to hang. The only difficult part is making the cloth stay. Follow these steps for best results.

• Cut a picture frame shape out of cardboard or foam board. It should be big enough to fit into a frame and not be too small.

• Pull your fabric across the frame snuggly securing it with glue or stapes. Remember the edges can be hidden by the real frame or decoration.

• Now glue the fabric cover cardboard into the frame or snap it in place should it come with holders.

• You should decorate it now and let it dry before you hang your earrings on it.

Whether or not you make your own earring standor purchase on, the most important part is that they are more than helpful. Many earrings get lost and others damaged in drawers or cases. If you are a collector, then consider that a stand is simply protecting your investment. Everyone wants to take care of the items that matter to them most.