Nolan's Treasure Box

My son and daughter have watched and even helped me make a ton of jewelry boxes.  With every jewelry box refurbished my kids have asked to have one of their own.  I have promised that someday I would refurbish a box special for each of them. Finally, I made good on my promise.

Here's Nolan's Treasure box...

Yes, I said treasure box.  In Nolan's words, "Mom, we can call mine a treasure box because I'm not a girl. I don't like fancy make up and rings. I'm a boy so mine can have boy stuff."

Nolan picked out the paper and color scheme. As you can see from the pictures below he even did most of the work. The paper doesn't lay perfectly, nor is the box in perfect condition.  Truth be told I would be mortified if anyone associated this Treasure Box with me/my work.  However, my Son created it (with a little help from me). He is dang proud of his treasure box and I am dang proud of him.  Therefore I will claim this treasure box as a Nolan/Dana Douglas Original Design.

Nolan has filled his treasure box with a plethora of Squinkies and Garbage Guys. Occasionally a race car, Lego guy, or random what-cha-ma-jigger will make it's way into the treasure box.

Nolan is happy.  I'm happy because his dresser is less cluttered.  All is right with the world.

I will also be blogging about my daughter's jewelry box. It's pink, sparkly and filled with trinkets galore (every girl's dream). 

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New Listings!

Tonight, at 7:00 CST, I will be listing six new refurbished jewelry boxes.  These boxes will be listed on HDV

Here's a sneak peak at five of those six jewelry boxes. Unfortunately I haven't taken the listing photos yet so you get the very first sneak peek fresh from my worktable.

These jewelry boxes will be listed tonight on HDV at 7:00 CST.

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Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day! I hope your day is filled with happiness and love.

The below jewelry box was listed in HDV just last week.  The box sold immediately. In fact I had several offers on this particular piece.

 Sarah, the women who purchased this jewelry box, bought it for her 9 year old daughter as a Valentine's gift.  This morning I was sent a few pictures that made me beyond happy... so happy I had to share them with you.

A special THANK YOU to Sarah for sharing these photos.  I hope your daughter enjoys her jewelry box for years and years to come. 

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3 down and 3 to go

Tuesday night I listed six new jewelry boxes. Thus far three have sold but there are still three remaining. In the mean time I am busy creating new jewelry boxes to be listed this Wednesday, February 15th.

Here's what has sold thus far:

 

The above is one of my favorites.  A mom bought this jewelry box for her 8 year old daughter.

 This blue and white polka dot jewelry box found a home in Wyoming.

 

Finally the bright number above sold and will be given as a birthday gift for a 9 year old girl. 

As mentioned there are still three jewelry boxes available from this week (see pic below) and more to be listed on Wednesday, February 15th. 

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New Listings!

I have created six new jewelry boxes.  Those boxes will be listed in HDV tonight around 7:00 CST. 

Here's a taste of what will be listed. Please note: there are one or two jewelry boxes, not shown in pic below, that will also be listed tonight. 

Check out HDV TONIGHT around 7:00 pm CST.

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The Sophia

My daughter is six years old and fortunate enough to have many amazing little girlfriends. There have been a lot of birthday parties in the past couple months. Lucky for me these girls love getting custom jewelry boxes and have even come to expect it from my daughter. 

This particular jewelry box was for a very special little girl named Sophia. Sophia has an extremely kind and loving heart. Sophia is a fashionista, a decorator and a hostess extraordinaire. Because of her amazing sense of style, I knew Sophia would appreciate the opportunity to help design her jewelery box. 

I provided Sophia with a array of paper samples. She narrowed the pile down to her 5 favorites....from there I went ahead and created "The Sophia".

Below is a picture of Sophia opening her gift while the rest of the girls gather around. I was told she loved her gift. Words cannot express how happy this makes me. 

 

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Custom Jewelry Box - before and after

This custom jewelry box was done for my very good friend, Kari.  Kari had purchased the jewelry box years ago.  She loved the functionality of the jewelry box but knew it was in desperate need of an update.  Together Kari and I decided on a color scheme and paper design that appealed to her.

Here is the before and After shot:

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