Here’s a super simple project to help organize your jewelry while bringing in a little bit of nature. The coolest part about these little hangers is that you’re able to customize them exactly to your liking. You can make as many or few as you’d like, and you’re able to space them according to your jewelry collection. When I say this project is super simple, I genuinely mean it. You can go from nothing to completely finished in under 30 minutes!

The most important pieces are the driftwood branches. You can find these on your own or buy them on etsy. You can opt to stain the driftwood, but I prefer the natural look. The only pieces of hardware required are nails and two kinds of brass hooks, which you may already have in your toolbox at home. If not, here’s a link to purchase a mini hook set on amazon. This set comes with 20 of each of the required hooks.

You’ll be using 6 – 10 eye hooks (the ones that look like little loops) for the tops of the branches, and 20 – 40 cup hooks, aka C hooks, for the bottom of the branches. I already had a bunch of C hooks from other crafts, but if you don’t have a bunch of extra C hooks handy, here’s a link to purchase more.

This project, as simple as it is, requires you to have a pretty solid vision or mental image of what you’re hoping to have in the end. That being said, take a long hard look at my finished project and try to put it into context for you. Think about how much jewelry you have, and how many hangers you’d like to have to organize everything.

As always, I like to start every project with a comprehensive overview. Here’s a super basic outline of the project:

Lay out all equipment and materials.
Measure and find ideal orientation of branches.
Mark, then screw in eye hooks to tops of branches.
Mark, then screw in C hooks to bottoms of branches.
Connect eye hooks with twine, making branches hangable.
Hang your finished branches one at a time.
Add jewelry.
Take a step back and soak in your awesome new driftwood jewelry hangers.
Adjust if necessary.

I bought my driftwood branches from a seller on Etsy. (I’m slightly embarrassed because I live in Florida… I could’ve easily gone to the beach and found my own but I kept forgetting to do so.) I started by laying out all my equipment, then began assembly.

Assembly seemed to fly by! Honestly, visualization of the overall project is the most time intensive step of the process. Be sure to continuously lay the branches on a flat surface so you could keep track of how the hangers will look once they’re actually hanging on the wall.

As you can see from the above images, the C hooks don’t have to be in a completely straight line. Because these are natural branches, the height and width of the branches will vary. Use a measuring tape to make sure you’re keeping C hooks evenly spaced. Keep track of how your finished product will look on the wall by continuously putting your branches on a flat surface.

Once all hooks are in, use twine to string the two eye hooks together. Cut off any excess twine to keep your look nice and clean. This is the final step before hanging!

Woohoo! Now that we’re fully assembled it’s time to get to hanging these bad boys! How you arrange these on your walls is completely up to you and the space you’re hanging them in. It may be helpful to have a buddy hold up the hangers on the wall so you can take a step back to visualize. I also found it helpful to hang a few pieces of jewelry on the C hooks to make sure I was leaving enough room.

Once you find the right spots on the wall, hammer in your nails and hang your finished products! After your jewelry hanger is on a nail, spin the it around on the nail as many times as you can while making sure the hooks are still facing outwards. This will keep the hanger from shifting side to side when you’re adding or removing jewelry.

Voila, you’re done! I try to keep everything balanced, which helps keep the hangers nice and level. Try it out, and let me know what you think!

Driftwood Jewelry Hangers

Here's a quick, easy tutorial on how to make jewelry hangers from driftwood and basic hardware.

Prep Time20

Hang Time5

Total Time25

Keyword: diy, driftwood, homemade, jewelry, jewelry hanger, organizer

Author: Ronnie

Cost: $10

Equipment

Tape measure
Pencil
Pliers
Hammer
Nails

Materials

3-5 small driftwood branches 6 to 12 inches in length
6-10 small screw-in eye hooks
24-40 small screw-in C hooks
3-5 feet string or twine

Instructions

Assembling Driftwood Jewelry Hangers

Start by laying the branches on a flat surface. Notice the points that are coming in contact with the surface. Those parts are going to be coming in contact with the wall once you hang the jewelry hangers. You'll want to assemble the branches in a way that they're making the most amount of contact with the wall as possible. This will help balance the jewelry hangers as they are in use.
Once you know the orientation of how the branches are going to hang, we're first going to screw in the eye hooks to the top of the branches. The eye hooks should be equal distance from the edges of the branch to ensure hanger will be balanced. Pick two points about 1 inch away from the ends of either side of the top of the branches, and mark with a pencil. Applying slight pressure, screw in the eye hooks by hand to the marks you just made on the top of the branches. If your fingers start to hurt, you can use the pliers to help.
Laying branches flat, use measuring tape to find total length of branch. The number of C hooks you're going to use will depend on the size and shape of the branch. C hooks should be placed equal distance apart, between ¾ inches to a full inch depending on the branch.
Decide how many hooks you're going to use. Using tape measure and pencil, mark your branches where you're going to screw in C hooks.
Applying pressure, start to screw in C hooks by hand. Be careful to keep C hooks up-right and perpendicular to branch. Finish screwing in hooks with pliers.
Finish jewelry hangers by tying one piece of twine to both eye hooks on top of single branch, leaving minimal slack. You'll want to have enough slack to allow hangers to dangle, but not more than that. The more slack you have, the more the hangers can shift around on the wall once they're hanging.
Repeat this process with each branch.

Hanging Driftwood Jewelry Hangers

This part requires a lot of visualization. Think about what you're going to be hanging from each jewelry hanger, so you can leave enough space. It might make sense to hang a couple of your longer necklaces on C hooks to help you visualize where you're going to hang things. We're going to hang each hanger one at a time starting with the hangers you plan to hang the longest jewelry from.
Use your finger as an "imaginary nail" to dangle jewelry hanger on the wall. Make sure you're keeping in mind where you'd like other hangers to be. Mark with a pencil where you'd like nail to be placed, and where the jewelry hanger is going to dangle from.
Carefully hammer in nail, and hang jewelry hanger. If there is slack in the twine, spin jewelry hanger until you cannot any longer. Make sure to keep C hooks facing outwards.
Hang jewelry from hanger. Step back and admire your work while thinking about where it makes sense to hang other hangers.
Repeat hanging process until all jewelry hangers are on wall.

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