The girls knew Joseph was making them something for Christmas. When they asked him what he was doing he replied, “Making doll coffins.”
He ended up making ten of these jewelry boxes. One for each of our six daughters (although only three got them for Christmas), one for me, and one for each of our unmarried sisters. The other girls will get theirs when they actually have jewelry to store in them – meaning when they get their ears pierced.
He was going to line the insides with velvet but I thought the wood was too pretty to cover up. I love how the lid slides open. It makes it harder for the littlies to get into my earrings.
And as a side note, I thought I’d share how I keep all my earrings together in pairs.
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The buttons are a cute idea to organize your earrings. I keep mine in an old egg carton, lol.
My grandpa used to make doll furniture (dressers & closets) for all the granddaughters to use for their Barbie accessories. When we got older, they transformed into jewelry boxes. The drawers were great for earrings, bracelets, etc and the necklaces hung in the closets.
Those boxes are beautiful. I want me a coffin like that when it’s my turn. Just a little bigger. 😉
Buttons are a great idea!
Very nice indeed! And being handmade from dad makes them all the more special! They are great!
beautiful boxes!
Clever button idea
Love the button idea!! I’m going to go take care of all the girls earrings (mine included) right now!!
Wow! Your husband is an artist. They look beautiful. I keep my earrings in an ice cube tray. Not quite as fancy!
I love the button idea.
Those are really cool boxes!
I am laughing at the brilliance of your earring buttons! I’m pulling out my button box today =).
You are so lucky to have such a talented man. Those boxes are lovely and beautifully crafted.
Doll coffins! That sounds like something my dad would say 🙂
Lovely boxes though!
I like the button idea, too bad I don’t have pierced ears and they won’t work for clip-ons 🙂
Those boxes are beautiful. What a neat thing. I love the button idea. It would of come in handy when my oh so sweet husband accidently pushed my jewlery box off the shelf in the closet. He picked it all up for me but you should of seen the mess of earrings and necklaces. I think I will start using buttons.
The button idea is completely brilliant! I’m going to borrow that one myself.
The boxes are gorgeous.
Those boxes are beautiful, and your button idea is pure genius!