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My niece and nephew (who are twins) recently celebrated their first communion. I hadn’t intended to make them a gift at first but everybody else had already gotten them the good stuff :) . I had come across a cross recently that I thought would make a good scroll cut design and so I decided to make them each a box. It is only building grade cedar not the aromatic. I stained the one on the left with an aged maple gel stain and the other I used a dark walnut stain and finished with about 3 coats of gloss polyurethane. Not my best attempt at a box but they still turned out pretty decent if I say so myself considering my time restraints at the time.
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WayneC
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posted 445 days ago
They look great. I bet the twins really liked them.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 444 days ago
great boxes—and he scrollwork—oh yah. Love that design . Very nice indeed
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CharlieM1958
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posted 444 days ago
Those look really nice!
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jockmike2
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posted 444 days ago
Absolutely beautiful Greg, you did a great job. Keep up the good work. jockmike
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mot
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posted 444 days ago
Wonderful!
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Don
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posted 415 days ago
Greg, I keep a pretty keen eye out for boxes, because I just love small wooden boxes – but somehow I missed these to little beauties.
Nice work, Mate!
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trifern
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posted 42 days ago
Very cool boxes.
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