A cigar box purse is unique, personal, and with a soupçon of old world charm.
Make your own cigar box purse.
Making a cigar box purse is simple and fun. It’s a true statement about yourself. It’s absolutely unique – no one else will have the identical purse. It’s a great gift for someone that has everything – or appears to have everything.
Directions:
Buy a simple wooden box (lightweight wood), or find a real cigar box. There are still cigar stores as smoking cigars is very much in fashion.
Find some pictures or photos you like, or create a painting on paper, or other flat work of art.
You will need the hardware – handle, hinges, clasp and corners, in a matching metal. You can find this online.
Choose a color of paint that matches the pictures or art and the hardware. Use warm colors and metal together, or cold colors and metal together. Use red and blue with gold-tone or brass, black or white with silver-tone or chromes.
Get a clear or tinted lacquer, depending on the look you want.
Now for the easy part:
Paint the box and let dry.
Glue on the picture or art and let dry.
Add a few coats of lacquer, you may want to use spray rather than a brush, and let dry.
Attach all of the hardware.
Complete!
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