Check out the jewelry box can be a few techniques. To do this, you will need to blank boxes made of wood or cardboard (they are sold in art stores, as well as the foundation, you can take a beautiful iron or cardboard box of chocolates or cosmetic accessories). All other items are dependent on the chosen technology.
Decoupage.
Decoupage technique is quite old and came to us from Europe. It allows people who are not endowed with special artistic skills to decorate things paintings. For this technique, except the blank boxes you will need: fine sandpaper, beautiful cloth with a pattern, a special varnish for decoupage, scissors, paints, accessories.
Sand the surface, if it is glossy, cover it with paint. Also there is a special paint that cracks, exposing the previous layer, creates the effect of antiquity. This paint can also be purchased at art supply stores. Then select your favorite cloth. Cut out the pattern. Separate the uppermost layer of napkins and place it on the box. With a special varnish glue napkin. When the application is dry, you can lightly sanding the edges. This will give the effect of antiquity and make an atonement for the transition between the surface of the box and figure.
Plastic.
Plastic - a new material, malleable as clay and strong enough when dry. Plastic is self-hardening and firing. Self-hardening plastic molding after staying in air polymerizes within 10-12 hours, it is very durable and ready for painting. Plastic firing has many colors, effects, easily connected with each other are baked, typically in an oven at a temperature of from 130 to 150 C for an hour. After that it becomes strong and ready for painting, although it may remain in its original form. To decorate the box plasticity, you will also need storage, plastic, stacks, toothpicks, foil.
If the workpiece surface gloss, pre-treat it with alcohol, it will help to remove excess fat and plastic would be better to stick to the surface. After that stuck to the entire surface of plastics boxes. Then you can make a carved pattern, prodavlivaya or cutting his stack and toothpicks or make a pattern surround. For example, a blind flower or lizard - Mistress of Copper Mountain and arrange them on the top cover. Once the pattern is ready to leave for the complete drying of the plastics, if the self-hardening or bake it in an oven. Paint the box. Cover it with a special paint for plastic, allow to dry.
Acrylic paints.
In order from the usual boxes to make a beautiful box, sometimes quite simple acrylic paints. Acryl after drying is not erased and is not washed off with water. Select a picture in a book or online, is possible if you have artistic ability, it will even be any paintings by famous artists. Razrisuy box and let it dry. After drying, you can cover it with varnish, paint for durability and overall strength.