Isn't it wonderful when you just have to craft something because you cannot wait to see it finished? The museum room is starting to have pieces to display. First one: a jewelry box that used to belong to an Egyptian queen!
Remember that old jewelry box that I repurposed into a Tarot cards box? Well, it has been repurposed again into a jewelry box! I removed the golden sun charm from the lid, and painted it again for a new decoration. Hubby lent me the paints - I had to use a mix of two colors to match the box's brown:
Then, I used an scarab charm to decorate the lid. I wanted it to be yellow gold, like most jewels were in the Ancient Egypt. I simply painted the scarab with a golden paint, let it dry, and affixed it to the lid:
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| Before and after painting |
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| I even added a red jewel to the center of the piece! |
Then I decorated the sides with scenes taken from Egyptian papyrus, depicting scenes from the Book of Dead.
And the most fun part: to add the jewels inside! Naturally, they are pieces from Bindels, except the Ankh, which I already had. A nice pair of lotus earrings, a bracelet and a charm piece! I love them!
I hope to be able to do the table in which everything Egyptian will be displayed this weekend.
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