DIY Custom Coffin Trinket Box

Originally posted on Crafty Amino, a crafter community app! Link here

Hello! And welcome to my first DIY tutorial! First these cute under 8" coffin boxes come out during October at Michael's stores. They used to be bigger but over the years they have gotten smaller.

Items needed: wooden coffin box acrylic paint paint brushes beads/jewelry water glass glue or e6200 glue

{ONE}Make sure to work in an area you dont mind getting paint or glue on. Or have a plastic/canvas drop. I sometimes work ontop of a blank canvas. Have a cup of water to let your brushes soak after done painting ready.

{TWO} apply paint to your blank wooden Coffin. 3-4 layers to get a vibrant color since the wood soaks it up and will darken the color a bit. These boxes dont take long to dry so you can work pretty fast.

{THREE} once the first color is done in and add your accent color inside, you can do one side or all of it, its up to you! As well as a secondary darker accent to make the edges darker for another pop of color. Clean brushes. Also begin any extra color to the outside while your inside drys.

{FOUR} let it dry a bit before adding designs inside the box.

{FIVE} play with placement of beads & adornments first on the outside. Then I suggest take a picture incase you bump it and it scatters. Once you are happy with it begin to glue it down. Make sure you are in a well vented area, these glues have a strong odor.

{SIX} let it dry at least for 10 mins! Then begin adorning the inside. If you want to leave it as is then you are done!

Congrats on your first Coffin Trinket Box! I hope you enjoyed!

Added existing items to the Etsy shop

I have decided to turn off the storeenvy shop for now.
I am slowly moving items from storenvy into Etsy.
10 designs have been placed!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JewelLeen

And 21 more to go! + the 10 new designs!
I still have lots of ideas for my little shop! 

I keep hoping to make more sales but summer is coming and sales will slow even more. But I will need to find toy bloggers to review my toys since it was well received at tinygeese.com!

Other New Designs

Besides Halloween Designs I am also making other toy designs to sell at the 

Gingerbread Village Holiday Market 

@ St. Elizabeth Ann Senton Church! 

Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 

6646 Addicks-Satsuma Rd., Houston 77084

Bunnies! the jeweled bunny has been claimed by my daughter.

and as well as doggies, I need more practice at making dogs...

These Two are listed on the JewelLeen Etsy Shop

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Last Laugh

Please check out my friend's magazine she has made! Issue 7! 

there is a "+ A reader's offer from Jewel Leen / Aileen Revils"

http://issuu.com/sarahbarker/docs/lastlaugh_007

I have been featured 4 times for photography, 

graphic design, a blurb about Jewel Leen 

& now there is an offer for Last Laugh Readers!

if you would like to be considered for feature artwork 

check out the magazine for the email link!!!