Latest project: Jewelry box makeover.

So. This little white box has been with me for forever, I got it when I was a very young girl (Probably when I still was in the phase where I wanted to be a princess. Or thereabouts) and I think it originally came with a mirror attatched, but I am not sure if I ever had a mirror too it, if it broke, or if I just didnt get any.

Anyway, It's been with me a long time and when I was younger (slightly older than the princess stage) I tried repairing it with color and nails, since the hinges were coming off, but as I didn't really see the difference between the whites, I repaired it with a white that had a slightly more yellow-tone to it. Hm.

I saw it and I thought that I needed to freshen it up a bit, since I still do wear and owe some jewelry and I do not want to keep them in a carton box where they currently are, seeing as it does not seem worthy for some of the heirloom jewlery.

So I started off to Sandpaper the white away and then two things hit me. 1) I need new hinges and 2) What to do with the pink velvet inside? It is really nice and it smells of nostalgia, but it is pretty discoloured by unidentifiable stains as well as some spots from pens and the like. So what to do? I could probably get over some cheap velvet at the local fabric-store anyway. And I think that would be best. Should I also keep the white-pink color scheme? I think I actually will. Since it is a nice piece of my childhood and instead of reconditioning it, I could restore it to what it somewhat used to look like. Yeah. Here are some pictures of what I've done so far (click if you wish to see a larger picture).