Give Your Jewellery Some Love

Skill Level: Intermediate

Show off your sparkles with this creative, heart-shaped jewellery holder.

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1. Cut Wood to Size

Use your jigsaw to cut the 25x75mm wood into 6 pieces, each 405mm in length, and one at 355mm (the shorter piece will be used as your back fastening piece).

Step 2. Trace Half of Heart

Line up pieces of wood. Draw half of a heart into one side of the pieces, as seen in the image below. (After you cut the first 3 pieces you’ll flip them and trace them onto the remaining 3 pieces so that your project is symmetrical.)

Step 3. Cut Tracings

Secure wood to work bench, cut tracings with your jigsaw. For smaller pieces, you may want to use clamps for ease and accuracy.

Step 4. Re-Trace & Cut

Flip the pieces you cut and trace them onto the remaining 405mm slat of wood, and cut with a jigsaw.

Step 5. Sand All Pieces

Using your sander, sand all edges until they are soft and line up with each other.

Step 6. Drill Pilot Holes

a) Using your drill and a 3.2mm drill bit, drill 6 pilot holes that are spread evenly apart in the 355mm piece of wood. This is the piece you will use to connect the 6 vertical pieces.

b) Next, drill 1 pilot hole in each of the vertical pieces.

Step 7. Paint/Stain

Now that you have sanded and cut pilot holes in your heart, paint or stain the pieces any colour that you want. We painted and stained every other piece.

Leave to dry! (Follow instructions on paint or stain bottle for the appropriate length of time.)