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Mod Podged Jewelry Box and earring holder

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I bet you will never guess where I picked up this cute little unfinished wood box! That’s right, Dollar Tree! I loved the screening on the top. Right away I had a plan… a Jewelry Box and I could use that mesh for an earring holder.


What you need:

  • Wooden jewelry box
  • Coordinating papers. Mine was two sided.
  • Paint in a coordinating color
  • Mod Podge
  • Screwdriver to remove and reattach the hardware


All of the boxes with the screening on top had a messed up lock. No worries, we will just take it off. I may try to find a replacement closure at some point, but for now the box stays closed on its own, so I may just leave it.


Step 1: Remove the hardware from the box. This includes 2 hinges, and the front lock.

Step 2. Paint anywhere you will not be using Mod Podge. I painted the inside of the lid, and the insides of the bottom.

Step 3. Measure and cut your paper to fit the sides and inside bottom. Take care to make sure your lid piece matches up with the corresponding side on the bottom. You’ll see what I mean in the finished picture. (Scroll down if you need.)

Step 4: Mod Podge your papers on to the sides. Trim any bits that stick over with an Exacto knife.

Step 5: I used my laser to cut the top piece, but you could use a Cricut machine with Sure Cuts a Lot to do it digitally. You could also just put the paper down and trace so you know where to cut.

Step 6: After you get all the paper on, coat everything with a last coat of Mod Podge to seal it up nice.

Step 7. Let your jewelry box dry a nice long time.

Step 8. Reattach your hinges on the box. In my case, I asked the hubs to do it. He has a lot more patience for things like that. You want the lid to sit nice and flat so you might have to do some tweaking here and there.

Step 9: Put some earrings in your jewelry box and your done! I Love, love, LOVE it!

Oh and do you like the earrings? I’ll be having a tutorial for those coming up later this week. You just might be surprised by what they are and how easy they are to make!

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Comments

  5. Super cute box!!! Hey Ashley, it’s Julie from It’s Sew Stinkin’ Cute and I am awarding you the Versatile Blogger Award. Please view my site to view the details of the award and pass it along to your newest finds and favorite blogs. Congrats!!!

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  6. Great idea & I love the colors you chose (I’m a little biased since I have that same paper on the wall in my craft room – hehe). Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday!

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  9. That is fantastic. I bet it would make cute graduation gift for a niece graduating from high school too!

    Thanks for linking up to the Mad Skills party!

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  14. You are so creative! I always enjoy your dollar store projects. This turned out so cute! Thanks for linking it to Hoo’s got talent!

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  15. What?! The Dollar Tree what a find! I love this you did a great job would love to try it myself if I could find a similar box, they don’t get much fancier than tupperware with the snappy lids at my dollar tree 🙁

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  22. I have a jewerly box similar to that, and I might have to give it a try.. I love it.

    Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday at Life As Lori. Please join me next week for another great party.

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