Phase 1 complete on my wife's birthday gift

Hi all.

So I decided to give my wife the vintage dragonfly necklace that I picked up at the thrift shop the other day, for her birthday!

See post if you missed it
https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@fat-elvis/treasure-hunt-some-silver-aquired

Now I know what you're thinking...

The ladies are thinking, "what! junk store jewelry for her birthday? Are you mad?"

And the dudes are thinking, "brilliant! Why waste money on over priced jewelry!"

Well, you're both right, it would be a bit daft to just hand over the necklace, because if it's not in a jewelry store box, she'd know right away I got it for a deal, or free, or something like that!

So I'm gonna use some of my modest skills and make a nice box for it.

So here we go... 1 block of African Zebrawood.

Cut some slices

Fitted with sanding and glued together. Made a walnut lid for it as well.

A lot of hand sanding later...

Then some Old English oil

So there's phase 1. I'll be lining it with red felt, and will make it hinge open, somehow.

Not a bad evening of progress though, so I'm happy. Not free though, the Zebrawood cost me about $15.00! Spendy stuff!

Anyway, stay tuned for phase 2, same fat time, same fat channel...

Cheers everyone