Erin came to me one day with a request – to help her make a rustic necklace holder. I had some pallet wood, and picked a suitably rustic board, replete with some cutoff nails and some bark inclusions.

We went and picked out some branches and twigs from the yard that would be used to hold the necklaces themselves. We chose a few that we liked and figured out where they should go, drilling appropriate holes to receive them. We cut the bark at the base of each branch where it would be glued, sizing it to fit into the drilled-out holes.

Before glueing, some light sanding and a little bit of finish and voila: