Decorating Wooden Boxes

My Wedding Box

I didn't want to use a guest signature book, no one fills them out completely and then it sits on a shelf. So I created my own box and my own forms. I used acrylic paint, spray glue, and hot glue. With the forms I created, I recorded the gifts received, and the thank you cards were sent out.

I used stiff board as the base, cutting folder style tabs, glued decorative paper to it

and painted & glued wooden letters to the tabs.

I over sized the tabs, so they would be easy to flip thru.

I have since trimmed them down so the box will now close.

 

Antique Style Recipe Box           

I mixed a bit of dark stain into the poly-acrylic
and used it over the picture to antique the picture

I used a dark stain for the bottomand only poly-acrylic on the lid 

I rough tore antique style paperand glue it to stiff board I cut out to size

I used chalkboard self stick tabs

Lego Box

I covered a wooden box with Lego Base Plate. It cuts easily with an box cutter knife. I used Gorilla Glue to adhere it to the box and I used very little. I used a brick to make sure it didn't lift off the surface. To remove residue Gorilla Glue, you can just cut it off.

I painted the corners to match the base plate,and the inside black. I used acrylic paint.

 Small  Box

I printed a picture in reverse, decoupage the picture and the painted box top. After it dried, I placed water on the paperback, and rubbed off the backing. I rubbed off some of the picture to create an illusion of age.