Cigar Boxes #1

For Christmas last year, I decided to be creative and personal, making altered cigar boxes for each of my family members. This proved to be a huge challenge and I stressed about most of them...making sure they were perfect, specific to the person, etc. My reason for sharing them is not to show off, oh no no, quite the opposite. It's to show that they weren't as difficult as they appeared to be. Yes, they were a lot of work, and I started in September, but I pulled it off and there were only a few redos...

Box #1: My sister


This was one of the least personal boxes I made and it was unintentional. Being the first one, I was hoping to get somewhat personal but just have a general theme. Obviously, in this case, Alice in Wonderland. I knew she liked Alice AND peacock feathers so I went with that theme.

I used peacock and turquoise paper, then printed a quote on kraft paper; used a black lace trim, some Alice cutouts, and glued a peacock feather down. The key on the front was something that my sister had in a donation box that ended up at my garage sale. It's all about salvaging. ;)


















 
For the inside, I added a Queen of Hearts card and various papers. I found a clock hand and a Tim Holtz mini jar to which I attached a "Drink Me" tag that I inked.

I covered the bottom with paper as well, then painted and glued wooden feet to give it some height.

I'm not the kind of crafter who is going to post every item/brand/store I may have used in my projects. I may in the future, but since I'm posting past projects at this point, I don't remember what I used!! I know the apothecary paper was Graphic 45, one of my favorites. ;)