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Making the Ring and Box

1/15/2022

 
I needed a ring for Naomi, but had no idea how to make one.  Until I remembered that I had several sheets of thin metal, and one was a gold colour. So I cut a thin strip of the gold metal foil, and curved it to make a ring.  I left it overlapping in the back so it would be adjustable. Then I looked through my collection of doll jewelry, and found one tiny vintage doll earring. It had a fancy setting just the right size, and it had a pale green stone - which was the perfect colour, since Naomi's wedding gown would be pale green and white. So I cut off the loop, and glued the setting onto the tiny metal ring.....
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Then I wanted something to hold the ring.  I'd been given the beautiful little gold box as a gift, and thought it would be perfect. But I needed to make a nice velvet interior, with a place to hold the ring. So I cut out several small cardboard circles.

The inner lid of the box only needed one layer of cardboard, but the  bottom needed to be 'higher', so I cut several cardboard circles, punched holes in the middle with my hole punch, and glued them on top of each other.

Then I cut out two circles of wine velour, and lightly glued them on top of the cardboard. I used a dowel to poke the velour down into the hole so there would be a place to insert the ring....
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Then I gathered the velour and glued it down on the wrong side....
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...then inserted the velour-covered cardboard into the gold box...
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And Baron had his gift....
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Teena
1/15/2022 12:14:45 pm

Just so cleverly done! Perfect how it all came together. :)

Donna
1/15/2022 07:33:27 pm

I wondered how you created the velvet linings for the box. They look so nice. Thanks for sharing how you did it!

Dorothy
1/15/2022 08:16:23 pm

I am sure that we were ooohing and aaahing with Naomi as she opened the box and saw the lovely ring. I wondered from where it came. Duh on me, I should have realized that you created it.

The box is perfect to hold a gift from any time period.


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    Martha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes.
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