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<\/a>The bodies of the boxes are miter-joined Maple with Oak keys on the side edges.\u00a0 The lids are a miter-joined Oak frame with 1\/8″ laser-cut plywood set in a slot in the frame.<\/p>\nThe box on the left is laser-cut all the way through.\u00a0 It features my aunt and uncle’s name around a monogrammed initial, and is intended to be a potpourri box (I included a bag of potpourri to drive that point home).\u00a0 The box on the right is etched with just my aunt’s name, and is intended to be just a keepsake or jewelry box.<\/p>\n
Lessons Learned:<\/strong>
\nI should have used a darker contrasting wood for the keys, like Walnut or Purple Heart.\u00a0 I was hoping the Oak wood would absorb more of the darker stain.\u00a0 Also, some of the filigree work on the potpourri lid is alarmingly thin.\u00a0 A couple small pieces broke off, and I had to break off the mirrored pieces to retain a symmetrical look.\u00a0 The filigrees look like they just touch the lid frame, but they extend to a sturdy rectangular piece that runs around the entire inside of the slot it fits in, so the majority of it is surprisingly sturdy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At thanksgiving, I drew my Aunt Gloria’s name out of the bowl for our family’s secret-santa.\u00a0 Decided on making a pair of small boxes. The bodies of the boxes are miter-joined Maple with Oak keys on the side edges.\u00a0 The lids are a miter-joined Oak frame with 1\/8″ laser-cut plywood set in a slot in … Continue reading Christmas Boxes for Aunt Gloria<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,2,6,3,4],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-box","tag-gift","tag-laser","tag-wood","tag-xmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>The bodies of the boxes are miter-joined Maple with Oak keys on the side edges.\u00a0 The lids are a miter-joined Oak frame with 1\/8″ laser-cut plywood set in a slot in the frame.<\/p>\n