I have many, many crystals. Like over 150. BUT – only around 50 different kinds. I have been buying in bulk fairly cheap. The idea was to sell the extras to get my money back. Weellll, I haven’t gotten that far yet. 🙂 Even after I do get rid of a bunch of them, I will need some way to store them so that I can still enjoy them.
Enter small shadow boxes. The crystals will still be visible, but dust free and cat safe. Though my cats are pretty good about leaving stuff on my end table alone, anywhere else is fair game. And I want to set these out so others can enjoy them as well. Right now they are stored in boxes and plastic tubs and I have to go digging when I want something that isn’t out already. That’s kinda pointless, right? They are there to be used and enjoyed. Not tucked out of sight.
So, I took some of my birthday cheer last spring and bought some boxes. Three are shadow boxes and 2 are square windowed boxes to hold the larger massage stones. I have finally gotten around to painting them. Here’s the first one:
Plain shadow box for $5.
I decided to paint the inside with pearlized white paint.
This box decided to be green. I lined the bottom of the sections with white felt to reduce the knocking around sounds.
I decorated with papers. After gluing the papers on I covered the outside of the box with two coats of varnish.
Long side 2.
Back short end.
Front short end.
Loaded with crystals. Starting with the lower left corner and going around the outside they are as follows: Malachite – Lapis Lazuli – Tree Agate – Rough Septarian – Rough Black Amber – Fuchsite – Rough Yellow Jasper – Small Agate Geodes. Now the center boxes left to right: Moss Agate – Shiva Lingam – Desert Jasper
Two more boxes to finish up. And I definitely need to pass along my extras. How many Tree Agates does one person need? 😀
Critters and Chaos 