Making Hand Painted Jewelry Boxes

A unique and personal gift to give at holidays and big occasions is hand painted jewelry boxes.  It will be a satisfying experience for you as the creator of the gift, as well as providing years of enjoyment for the receiver of the present. 

Hand made gifts are really two gifts in one package.  The 1st is obviously the physical gift, while the second is the thoughtfulness behind the particular creation of the gift.  The gift can be specially tailored to the tastes and interests of the receiver, making it really an individual expression.  Even for those that may not be particularly cunning or resourceful, painting a jewelry box can be an easy and fun project which has pretty results. 

The box itself can be purchased in coarse form from a natural wood creating store or from a craft store.  All of the development of the jewellery box will be complete, with only some light sanding required before the painting may start.  Another choice would be to scout around at yard sales, estate sales or even Goodwill stores for old jewellery boxes that have unique traits or features and then turning them into artistic endeavors from your own hands.  Hand painted jewellery boxes can be easily transformed from used, knackered accessories into new and exciting gifts. 

You may say that you are not so great at creative painting, but even that aspect is no problem.  Craft stores and department stores will be offering templates and stencils in numerous patterns that you can use to transfer images onto the jewellery box ; making it actually a completely unique item.  This is very favorable when a certain theme is a favorite of the individual that is to receive the gift ; animals, flowers, shapes, symmetrical figures or other sorts of patterns can be chosen to match the interests.  To complete the hand painted jewellery boxes fashioned in this manner, you’ll simply apply the paint to the preformatted picture.  Of course, if you want to exhibit your creative proficiency, you can always use freehand strategies to paint the box. 

Designing hand painted jewelry boxes can be a thoughtful and unique present that has special meaning to both the giver and the receiver.  It’ll take just a few hours of your time in making the present, yet will be offering years of pleasure and use for the person sufficiently lucky to receive it.

Posted by crexland   @   14 November 2009

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