Showing posts with label gift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gift. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Leather Watch Case With Lighting Part 1

I've recently got bitten by the watch bug :) Haven't worn a watch since my childhood but after I got me a Casio watch for work I got obesessed with them and ordered some unusual ones on Ebay. Needless to say I need to get a home for my future watch collection. What better way then to make a watch case yourself.
I used a wine gift box, it's about a foot long, 4 inches high. It has a piece of wood that slides to close the box. I glued this in place cause I need the top to be closed. I then cut the box length wise to make the bottom part of the case, about 2 inches high. I then cut the remaining part again to get a thin top. Then a window was cut out through which we will be able to see the watches. Faux leather was then glued to the lid to create a nice look that is associated with watches and jewelry. On the inside of the lid there's just enough room for a strip of led lights, which I will show in the next post.

Wine box cut in pieces

Case and lid with window

Starting to glue leather to lid


Saturday, November 10, 2012

Epoxy Resin Pendant

Just made a pendant for the first time for a friend. I made a crude drawing of a cat's face on paper and mixed 5 minute epoxy and poured it on top, let it dry, cut out around the resin and then same thing on the backside added with a piece of brass wire, and there you go. Instant pendant with drawing. Might have to change to slow setting epoxy to get rid of all those bubbles that come from mixing the 2 components but would drag the process to over 48 hours, if you have any ideas let me know? (apart from using vacuum that is)