A Treasure Box to Treasure Forever....

A little Boys treasure Box..:)

I have been real busy Making Last minute Christmas gifts and Signs These past 3 weeks and I was asked by my wonderful neighbor who I just love so very much and would do anything for if I could Make Her Grandson a Birthday Present for the 19th of December...

 I have a real Problem with saying NO,  so I told her YES no problem...

So I thought I would Share with you all this Cute and Easy Treasure Box I made For LUKE!

These make wonderful Gifts and can be treasured for years to come...

The Size of the box I'm making measures 15"w x 10"d x 5 1/2"h

First I cut 4 sides out of 1/2" birch 

Long pieces were 15" x 5 1/2"

short pieces were 9" x 5 1/2"

Using My Finish Nailer I Glued and Nailed all the sides together...

Then I cut the Bottom out of a Piece of Luan 

10" x 15"

and Brad nailed it to the bottom

Then I sanded and Rounded off the edges..

I then measured for the width of the hinges and Marked it off..

Then Using a chisel and a sharp X-ACTO knife I notched some groves in the wood and punched the small pieces out and then Cleaned it up with my Sharp X-ACTO knife

Look How Nicely that Fits in there :)

I then Cut a piece of 3/4" birch 10" x 15" for the lid and Painted the Box and Lid a solid Black

Once I had my Box and Lid painted It was time for the Graphics for the top of the Box..

My Neighbor told me that her Grandson Loved Panthers so I Came Up with a real cool Design and then transferred it onto My Silhoutte program...

Once I got the design to size I then Cut it out with some Vinyl

and applied it to the black painted lid...

Since the design of the panther was going to be Black and White... I needed to figure out how to break up the Black background with the body of the Black panther,

so I used an old paint brush and in an outward motion dry brushed some blue paint away from the vinyl, I then decided that it still needed something more so I dry brushed some white over top of the blue which gave it a 2 tone affect....

It's starting to take affect... don't ya think?..:)

Once the shadowing around the edges was finished... I then Peeled off the detailed pieces of the vinyl to reveal the black paint underneath.. Using a stencil brush I painted the revealed areas with at least 3 coats of white to cover the blackened areas...

Once Dried I peeled away the remanding vinyl to reveal the image I was looking for.

So what do ya think????

I think LUKE's Gonna Love it..;)

Now For his Name...

That looks about right Just there..;)

I painted his name Blue and then Gave it a wisk of White in an upward motion to give it a shaded affect

Almost done!

And there you have it... that wasn't hard at all...

Now that it is all painted it's time to put all the Hardware on...

I used some Brass Decorative Corners to Jazz up the Lid 

A decorative Brass Hasp so Luke can Lock his treasures Up tight

and some Brass hinges for the back...

Once the Box was done I needed to make a tray for inside so that he could have a hidden compartment underneath...

I made a tray 2 1/2" deep just a little smaller than the inside dimensions of the Box and Cut 2 long and 2 short strips of wood 1" thick...

The long strips were used for a ledge to stop the tray from falling to the bottom of the box

The Short strips were used for handles on the tray...

I painted the ledges inside of the box Black and painted the Tray Black and Blue and White.

And Here it is the finished product...

Ready to deliver to a very happy Young  boy on his Birthday..:)

I hope He likes it...

well I'm pretty sure he will since my 2 Twin 8 year old girls are trying to keep it for them selves LOL!

The Tray fits perrrrfectly.:)

OOOOOOOO!

I LOVE IT!!!!

Hope you do Too ♥

This Is the Box that I made For Luke's Brother Isaac...

Thank you for Visiting ....

Hope you come back to see more Fun Projects.

Cheers!

Please feel free to comment... I read every comment you leave.:)

TheTable I Made For Thanksgiving

I have always wanted a Bigger Table

 and I have seen so many pictures in Magazines of beautiful Long banquet tables

Decorated Up for the Holidays and imagined 

~HOW WONDERFUL THAT WOULD LOOK IN MY HOME~ 

So a couple of years ago I attempted to make a table and I got it finished Just in time for 

My Twin Girls 6th ~BIRTHDAY~

It also Came in Handy for ~CHRISTMAS~ that year.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE...

Keep reading and you'll see It's Transformation...

Yes I know you are all saying It looked nice and all

 but I wasn't happy with it's sturdiness so I retired it into the Garage until 

I figured out a solution and replaced it with the smaller table I had there before...

Well this year 2012 I decided I wanted to tackle the long table again since we were having quite a few people (FAMILY & FRIENDS) over this Year for 

~THANKSGIVING~

So The Table came out of retirement so come join me in the Transformation of this table

So Here is what I started with the FIRST TIME ROUND

 The top of the table was made with four 8ft x 10" boards cut down to 80"

The boards are actual size 9 1/4" so the width of the table came out to 37" wide

The underneath of the table was joined with 4" boards

Screwed to keep all the boards together

You could use a BISCUIT CUTTER and biscuits in this process too,

or you could also Dowel pin them together.

I did it this way and it is just as effective

The Frame as you see in the 1st picture has the legs attached to the inside of the frame... I think this is where I may have gone wrong on my First attempt so I took the frame apart and re did it.

Starting with the legs I sanded them down since I had painted them black and did not prime them the first time "NAUGHTY ME"

UGH! 1 DOWN 3 MORE TO GO!!!!

LOOK AT ALL THOSE LAYERS OF PAINT!!!

WELL THIS WILL HAVE TO DO SINCE I AM GOING TO PAINT THEM AGAIN AND I AM NOT GOING TO TRY AND GET THE PAINT OUT OF THE CRACKS!!!

The legs Were then reattached to the Frame... This time I attached them on the outside of the frame instead of the inside of the frame and used my trusty KREG JIG to attach them.

I ♥ MY KREG!!!!

Once I had the legs attached I used some FREE scrap wood that I had Lying around....My Friends Bring me FREE wood all the time I just love it and I have loads of it.:))))

So I cut it to size and then attached it to the outside of the frame to give it more stability and also I wanted to make the frame SKIRT wider...

~SHE NO LONGER HAS A MINI SKIRT LOL!~

So here IT is Ready to paint!!!

I RECRUITED MY GIRLS TO HELP ME PRIME & PAINT... 

The Chairs and the base of the Table.

WHAT GOOD LITTLE HELPERS THEY ARE..♥ :^)

And here is the 

BEFORE AND AFTER PIC

of the Chair

Isn't she PRETTY?

Now that the Table and Chairs are painted I needed some more seating so I decided to make a BENCH! for the other side of the table since sometimes it hard to get in out  because it is up against the WALL....

So I started with some more Scraps of wood that I had lying around...

and made a base

I cut 3 pieces of 1 1/2 "thick x 9" wide to the length of 16" for the legs and cut a V in the bottom with my Jig Saw for some decorative appeal...

I then cut two 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" thick boards to 27" length and drilled Pocket holes in each end of each board and attached them to the leg centers

Then I primed and painted them an Off White

Next for the seat and once again using recycled scrap wood I took TWO 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" thick and cut them down to 60" .....

I joined them together by drilling pocket holes YES YOU  GUESSED IT!!!!

With My KREG JIG♥♥

and then drilled them together using 3" wood screws...

To keep the boards straight at the ends I added a 2" board in the opposite direction..

I then filled in any holes with wood putty and sanded

and then I stained the seat with Early American Stain and then added a clear coat once it had dried for a day....

The Top was attached to the base with screws and WOLLA!!!!

The Bench was Done

So Now that the Table, Bench and Chairs are all done It's Time to decorate the Room..

I have to warn you though
~I'M NOT A DECORATOR~
But I play one in my home LOL!

So Here We Go!

I started with some 25 cent Candle holders that I picked up at the local resale store and some scrap pieces of 1 1/2" thick wood that I cut into 2" x 2" squares

I Primed and painted all the pieces an Off White..

Then with the candle holders all I did was sand some of the white paint off to show the wood color in places..

Then I added some Cool Gourds and Pumpkins and TADA!!

~A COOL CENTER PIECE!~

I then went and made the letters on my Silhouette

and Cut them out on Black Vinyl

Before sticking the Letters on the blocks I sanded around the edge of each block.

Once all the letters were on I used some of the Early American stain and rubbed it over the entire block and wiped off the excess to give it an aged look..

I then sprayed it with a clear coat and let dry..

DON'T THEY LOOK PRETTY??

I had this Base to a singer sewing machine in the basement and thought it would make an awesome table base so I painted it Off White and made a top out of a piece of Birch that I had left over from another Project I worked on.. I gave it a coat of stain and Clear coat and it fits PERFECT right in this little corner of the room

HMMMM! That Empty Glass container Needs some CANDY CORN!

I will put that on my list for the Grocery Store..:)

 

I had this BELIEVE sign that I had cut out with my scroll saw from another piece of wood I had and gave it a coat of Off White paint.. then added some gourds a pumpkin and Candle holder I had left over to finish this area off.

An extra Chair to sit while talking on the Telephone!

 Well the sitting part is TRUE!

PHONE is just for looks..:)

And the Finished Room!

All ready to be filled with Family I am Very Thankful To Have

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

EVERYONE.

I am thankful you all Came to Visit

Please feel free to leave a comment on your way out

I read EVERY COMMENT YOU LEAVE..:)

CHEERS!