One for my Daughter

Sorry Don,
I never got around to make a comment on this beautiful jewelry box. Precision joinery, and detail as usual, & I love the wood.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Unfortunately, the color shown in the photo’s is a little off and I was unable to correct it. The color in the lower left photo is the most accurate.

Dick, thanks for your kind comment.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

it is beautiful indeed… so many little places to put things.
very intricate work!! lovely

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very nice work! You should make some to sell. You’d make a fortune! I hope my niece doesn’t see it or she’ll want to know why I didn’t make her one like yours. Very very well done, Don.

-- Jesus is Lord!

For a guy who can make toilet paper defy the law of gravity, I believe you can get that color right. LOL

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

I especially like the dove tail on the front tops and sides. well crafted and beautiful

-- All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

I wish I owned this box, it is wonderful with all those dividers.

I found an old silverware box at the goodwill a few years ago. It had never been used. It has two drawers at the bottom, both different sizes and than the top opens. I gutted the whole thing and made a padded liner for the top part. The insides of the drawers when gutted were not damaged so I was able to just line them with black felt. I saw a jewelry box that looked just like my box at a jewelry store that was about 1/5 the size selling for $100. The top part has places to put knifes in the lid, I just use that to insert and hang my earrings by the wires. My box doesn’t have any drawer dividers. My box is hardly as nice as yours but it works pretty good. I bought my box for around $15. It has a metal plate on the lid for engraving just like the little one in the jewelry store I was. It still has it’s blue film over it since the box was never used. It has one small scratch on the box but that’s it. I don’t know what kind of wood it is, it is made to look like dark cherry. One the both sides of the box are handles for lifting and carrying about.

So next time you see a silverware box with drawers maybe you can recycle it too.

Diane

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Don Great looking box. Sorry I didn’t post on it when it first came up.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

this is wonderful Don. I missed this one back in December. You are a very talented woodworker, and a nice guy to “boot”. (that is a Kansas expression, meaning “to go along with it”, not that you are a “trunk” as our English friends would think, nor a person to “kick”).

appreciate you,
Mark

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

Thanks so much friends, I appreciate these comments more than you can imagine, coming from such skilled woodworkers. It’s enough to keep me going for a month. LOL

Mark, I am familiar with the term; thank you for your compliment.

Kind regards,

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Don, you are a master craftsman! Very nice work. Watch out for those kangaroos over there ;^D

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

nice box … have two grown daughters and three grand daughters. this has got me thinking

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Ohmigoodness, Don- what a masterpiece. Thanks for showcasing this.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Don! WOW! I missed this one. What a great box!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Skipping through the shuffle buttons and I find this fantastic woodworking art piece.

Thanks for sharing this with us a long while ago Don. Great workmanship in this.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Hi Don,

Beautifully designed and workmanship of the highest quality.

A project to be most proud of.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Don
I don’t know how, but I missed it too, found it when your profile came up on the home page. I have heard that you give these away to your good “friends” (Now let’s not start that again) I’m getting back into the box making mood when I see such great craftsmanshoip. Your daughter will think of you everytime she opens it, maybe that’s the whole idea.

-- DocK, WV

Nice looking box. Where you been ? Hope your knee is better.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

A great looking box Don. I’m sure your daughter loves it!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Terrific box. You are the box master. Got to check out your link on that beautiful figure.

-- Jason, AL

Hi Don,

Am I glad this came back up on my list. This is a gorgeous box. I am sure that your daughter loved it.

Thanks for the post and for the story behind it.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Wow so intense, nice work

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug

best box I’ve seen in a log while kindest regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease