I got my ears pierced the summer before 6th grade. It was a big deal since my mom didn’t have pierced ears. I can still remember the earrings I got: they were gold with a center that looked like a pearl. That was more than 30 years ago. A girl collects a lot of earrings. And unlike clothes, they don’t take up a lot of space, you don’t change size, and there’s no reason not to keep most of them. I have culled some out of over the years, giving them to my daughter or to charity. But I still have a lot. My storage solution for earrings is very inexpensive. Buy cheap plastic divided boxes – the kind used for fishing tackle. Take the lids off. Glue them together and put them in a drawer. Presto.

If you don’t have 30 years worth of earrings, you could keep one pair in each compartment. I have a few pairs in each, but find it works well and makes it easy to find what I’m looking for.