Use What You Have - Earring Display

by Maryanne Murphy
(Atlanta, Ga)

I don't do many events so for the few I do, I do not want to invest a lot of time and money. BUT, I still want a display to attractively feature my work.

More time, creativity, and money needs to be spent on your display if your business is based on doing events and shows, but mine is 95% internet based.

I needed an earring display and was about to borrow a staple gun, purchase some screening and rip apart a frame I had. I do like the effect this type of display for earrings creates and have seen it used many times in displays featured on Rena's sites.

Then I thought of the actual time and money in gas this was going to take me. The staple gun & hardware store were 5 miles away. And I would have to purchase the screening. I would need to block at least an hour and a half of time in my already crammed day to accomplish the task. Everything ALWAYS takes a longer amount of time then you think.

So necessity being the mother of invention I did another scan around the house. Sure enough, sitting in the corner of the living room on the floor (because I hadn't decided where to put it) was the perfect display for my purposes.

Now, this won't work for those of you who offer a lot of earrings, but it was just the right size and price $0, for me. AND I was able to pre-load the display, price the items, and put it into a plastic garbage bag with another piece for easy transport.

I don't know what you call these things, but I love mine and paid about $7.00 for it a few years ago. The neutral covered fabric has ribbon strung snugly across it making it easy but secure to slip my french ear-wires into. I was able to write the prices on stickers that actually stuck onto the fabric and didn't fall off. It also fit very nicely with the other display items I created.

So next time you need something for a display, take a real critical look at what you have already. I'm glad I did!

Maryanne Murphy
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