The Curious Case of Bags of Buttons

Speaking of those lil' bitty button bags we talked about yesterday... while we conquered the problem of the little plastic bag itself, we didn't address the buttons inside. But never fear my friends, Everyday Alternative has a solution for that too!

Problem #2 The Buttons

What to do, what to do with all those extra buttons? First, make sure you're not going to need them anymore. We kept 4 or 5 distinguishable buttons ..just in case.

Solution ...All-in-One Jewelry Storage System

We are total jewelry hags. We love the stuff. We're lucky that our husband is not only great at picking out jewelry on special occasions, but also very supportive of our habit. (phew!)

At the current time, however, we live in a very small space and so all our necklaces are crammed into this foot-tall, box shape, clear necklace storage thing. While it serves the purpose of storing the jewelry, it makes finding anything a nightmare of tangled necklaces. Plus, we often find ourselves just grabbing the easiest thing to grab and not really wearing what we want... or being able to see it for that matter.

So, we took all those extra buttons and super-glued them to an extra hanger we already had lying around. We made sure to glue the biggest buttons so that they left a "ledge" for hanging, along the long, straight (bottom) part of the hanger. Smaller buttons turned out to be perfect for hanging bracelets and poking earrings through. And it sure makes picking out jewelry in the mornings a whole lot easier...plus we can really see what we have.

Here's what it looked like while we were working on it:


And voila! Here's the end result:

Total time: Maybe 30 minutes, but let the glue dry over night before placing jewelry on it.

Alternative Options: More buttons, possibly using a hot glue gun, different sized buttons, more hangers

Let us know what you think if you try this out.