These little boxes were hand painted by me, I keep little pieces of jewellery in them, earrings and a favourite charm bracelet. The boxes themselves come from a store called John Lewis, big as my hand, made of papier -mache. I had been looking up lots of French Rococo at the time I made these two. Pre-revolution swags on hand painted wallpaper inspired the blue one and painted ceilings and Victorian valentines the yellow one. I've made others, and they'll appear soon.... Does anyone remember an American magazine of the late 80's and early 90's called "Victoria". My mother collected quite a few and I love trawling through them for ideas. I always loved Christmas and they made a big deal of it the way it should be. sugar cookies, etc. Goodness even E.R always had beautiful big Christmas episodes. Later I became a big fan of The West Wing and love those Christmas episodes... Umm I guess you can tell that I am planning some festive boxes. Maybe on a bigger scale with bigger boxes.
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