Finished my last DIY project just in time, just a day before 2013 which is also my cousin’s birthday! It’s a wooden jewelry box for my cousin’s birthday. I’m quite satisfied with the result, so I would like to blog about it. Here’s a short tutorial!
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| These are the things you need |
1. Enamel paint to paint the box. I’m using white because I like white, and I THINK my cousin likes white too. Hahaha!! I got this from Mr DIY for RM18.
2. A wooden box. I got this untreated ready-made wooden box from Art.Friend in Gardens for RM13.50. I think this is quite expensive laa but I have no idea where else I can get a box like this.
3. A piece of sand paper. There are many types of sand paper, I bought the rough type cuz the surface of the box is quite rough. I got this from Mr DIY too, for RM0.50
4. A pair of glove. You can skip this if you don’t mind getting your hands dirty. Lol. I got this from Mr DIY for RM0.80
5. Brushes. Both are from Mr DIY too, big brush RM0.80 and small brush is RM1.20. I wonder why the smaller one is more expensive than the big one and yes, I got most of the equipments from Mr DIY because things are cheap there.
Let’s start!
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| Mark your work station with newspaper. |
This is my territory!! Hahaha! Cover work station with newspaper because it’s gonna get messy and dirty, well unless you don’t mind the paint dropping everywhere la. :P
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| Sand the box. |
1. Apply a thin layer of paint on the surface
2. Dry it
3. Sand it again
4. Paint it
5. Dry it
6. Repeat step 4 and 5 until you are satisfied with your work.
It’s time to be creative! I’m gonna glitter the letters (my cousin’s name) and hang them inside the box. Then I will put felt fabric and foam paper inside like this:
• A bottle of clear nail polish
• Glitters (I’m using gold because it matches white and red)
• A4 paper
1. Cut out the letters from A4 paper
2. Paint it with clear nail polish
3. Pour/ sprinkle glitters over the letter
4. Let it dry
5. Apply another layer of clear nail polish as coating
6. Dry it.
7. Repeat step 5 and 6 until you’re certain that the glitters won’t drop.
Same steps applied to Glitter Love but instead of using A4 paper, I use foam paper. 
Now, hang the letters and stick the love on the surface… and we are done!
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| Pretty? |
I hope my cousin likes it laaa. I’ve been cracking my head thinking of what I should get for her since early November, so one day I went to Art.Friend and the moment I saw this wooden box, I knew what I will do to it. My right brain just can’t stop being creative. Hahaha! (P.Yan, you know what I mean) There are a lot more ideas pop-up but due to time constraint I had to forgo them.
So there you go, a short tutorial on painting and decorating a jewelry box. Have fun and be creative yo!
xoxo
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