Beautiful boxes - Cheryl Owen

A collection of 50 designs for making your own boxes which use readily available materials and various techniques including decoupage, quilting, patchwork, stencilling and rubber stamping.;The projects include: Victorian-style wooden box, decorated with shells in a star pattern; Mexican-style wooden box painted bright blue with repousse design, studded with brass escutcheon pins; broken mirror mosaic box with red velvet lining; large wooden trunk covered in soft leather or painted, studded with brass upholstery tacks for an "armoured" effect; small wooden box covered with blue and white china shards finely grouted; brightly coloured pencil box; small round box with Victorian-style quilting on the lid; wooden sailor's box with a rope trim and handle; Mexican "day of the dead" box; wooden toy box; decoupage with stamps and envelopes; art postcards; Victorian-style floral posies; seed box; pressed flowers; Shaker-style box; pin cushion; small square jewel box; papier mache box in the shape of a cat; basket box; metal box made of aluminium foil and covered with repousse designs; pressed leaves and leaf skeletons; box for seaside holiday mementoes; nightlight holder; Swedish-style folk art; patchwork-style box in star or diamond shapes and box decorated with feathers.