Turning Ug into Ug-ade: Personalizing Your Ring Display

SooooOOOOooooo. Here’s the story. While I’m prepping for Renegade Craft Fair, I realize that the berry basket I usually put my strawberry rings in is in L.A. (from Anime Expo). I either need to buy a new berry basket or come up with something different.

The berry basket is cool…cuz…you know…berry rings go in the berry basket … but I notice that they don’t always sit perfectly in there and sort of start to pile up on each other. I like the idea of using a regular ring display with the little slots that the rings go in, but they are usually pretty boring. You can find lots of tutorials via Google search for DIYing your own ring display from scratch, but I don’t have a lot of time to spare. Craft fair is inΒ  3 days and I have a million other things to do.

So, I decide to buy a regular black velvet ring display from Michael’s, some Martha Stewart green glitter paint (I think green will set off the strawberries nicely), and invoke all the awesomeness of your fancy velvet Elvis paintings.

The color I choose is a nice, bright, yellowy springy green called PERIDOT, which, by the way, is my birth stone, and I always thought it was ugly and the worst birthstone ever.

This should have been a clue for what’s to come…

 

 

HIDEOSITY!!!!! I don’t know. I mean. It’s not horrible, but it’s just not what I had been envisioning in my head. I thought it would be really beautiful and cute and glamorous, but it’s more like, gross, ugly, tacky, and weird. Like the Hulk disco-barfed on a street gutter.

At this point, I realize, I can’t stop now. I NEED TO PUT MORE STUFF ON IT. Embrace that tackiness, make it weirder, make it uglier. Enter: green elastic ruffle trim I just happen to have because I love ugly things.

You’re probably like, “UH, by the way, it’s still ugly.”

I DON’T CARE. For some reason, the ruffle trim saves the whole project for me. I was going to also add a pearl trim and some bows, but, I decide to stop here, while I’m happy with it, and just let the rings stand out.

I’m really pleased with how it turned out now. I’m a happy camper.

If I were smart, I would have first painted the velvet with a regular green fabric paint and THEN gone over it with the green glitter paint. However, what you’re looking at only took two coats (just one bottle) of glitter paint, so, this paint is pretty good, and now I can go do the other eleventybillion things on my to-do list.

*high-fives Martha Stewart*

29 Comments on “Turning Ug into Ug-ade: Personalizing Your Ring Display”

  • kukubee

    says:

    Dude! This is amazing. I’ve been super curious about the Martha Stewart Glitter Paint and the surfaces you can use it on. This is freakin’ fantastic. I also think the ribbon trim totally makes it! Your rings look fab displayed this way. I love coming up with new ideas for craft show displays! Pretty satisfying when it all works out, right?! (Especially on a deadline!)

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Thank you! I AM PRAYING the rest of the booth works out!

  • Katie

    says:

    “Like the Hulk disco-barfed on a street gutter” MWAHAHAHAHAHA! I think its cute πŸ™‚

  • Martha never fails to please lol! I love the display – even without the lil squggly trim – i think it looks like wizard of oz grass (emerald city and all) but it totally rox now!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Grassyness and veggieness was definitely a goal! πŸ˜‰

  • Cara

    says:

    I seriously love this and plan to tacky-up some ring/earring display stands myself! The colour really does suit the strawberries πŸ™‚

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      I always wanted to an excuse to try this glitter pain. it probably should go on EVERYTHING.

  • Rini Sapphire

    says:

    You’re really funny, in case you didn’t know πŸ™‚

    After you put the glitter paint on the box, it reminded me of an English Maze Garden (which I think is cool) so when you added the green elastic ruffle, it made it look more grass-like. Seriously, I think you did well πŸ˜€ I hope the craft fair goes really well for you, too!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Thanks, Rini!

      OH actually you are right! It does have a very labyrinthy look!!!

  • Pumpkin

    says:

    I love it! I think it looks like glamor grass. It looks like cute crochet strawberries growing outside in the wild. I don’t know if that is what you were going for or not but it looks adorable!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      It’s definitely what I was going for YAY!!!! I’ll be kinda screwed if I ever put different rings in there…but….for now I am pumped!

  • NICOLE

    says:

    Thats my birthstone too! I always thought it was it wasn’t pretty either, I got used to it now but, I liked December’s stone

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      I like July’s!

  • Caz

    says:

    I totally think its cute and anything with glitter is ok by me πŸ™‚

  • I LIKE it! And I’m a Peridot baby too. πŸ™‚ We have birthdays coming!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      omg old old IM SO OLD.

  • Angela

    says:

    I don’t know what you’re saying, I think your ring display is super cool and matched perfectly with your beautiful rings! By the way I’m doing the same thing ALL the time. If something isn’t turning out as I thought it would I put even more stuff until I’m satisfied (or not) hahahaha

  • I love how it looks, it’s like a patch of sparkly grass!

  • AHHHH, That’s so cute! Awesome!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Thanks, dude!!!!

  • Sarah

    says:

    I think it looks awesome. Goes perfect with the rings!

  • ooperhapsoo

    says:

    I personally looooove it and thinks it’s beautiful!!!

  • Ionic

    says:

    it looks like the rings are growing out of the display. A strawberry patch if you will

  • Danielle

    says:

    It looks great! The ruffley part was definitely a stroke of genius. It looks so cute with the rings. Looking forward to seeing it (and you!) at RCF! πŸ˜€

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      YAY!!!! Look forward to seeing you too!!!! At long last!

  • Nicole

    says:

    I think it’s cute! I bet IRL the glitter makes it even cuter.

  • Tamara

    says:

    Hahaha omg this is actually really amazing and I wish my life had more green glitter in it now!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      I am thinking about painting my mailing label printer with this stuff…!

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