Use for storage for small items, photos or special keepsakes, or use as gift boxes. Some have used them to hold their kitty’s cremains and remembrances.
I choose a variety of papier-mâché boxes from the craft store, vintage cardboard cigar boxes I find at yard sales and even new wooden cigar boxes, and any other container that will bear decorating and further use, envisioning the art I’ll print and decoupage to it and the colors I’ll paint it, and spend a few days creating and embellishing, under feline supervision, of course.
I use soy-based acrylic paints and print my artwork on acid-free matte-finish paper with archival waterproof inks and adhere the print to the box. Box insides are unfinished.
The boxes are handmade in their country of origin and may vary slightly in size and shape or have slight imperfections, but each one is an original and I often make a particular design only once.
This gallery displays all of my keepsake boxes.
Gallery of Cigar Box Keepsake Boxes
I have an exciting new group shown above in the featured photo!
Where most of my keepsake boxes have been made from very well-loved vintage cigar boxes, most of these boxes are quite new and are made of light-weight wood instead of cardboard. The boxes themselves still have the same wonderful traditional decoration, patterns and bling that I love to work with.
Below are galleries of the designs available. Click or tap on the title to open the product in a new tab/window to find out more about it.
Feline Keepsake Boxes
Out of Stock Feline Keepsake Boxes
I also carry the styles and designs below. The ordering information is available for ones I can make up if you order, or I plan to make more of them soon. The cigar box keepsakes have no ordering information because each of them is unique but I want to have the design out there because I will use it again on another cigar box. In other cases the blank boxes are no longer available or have changed significantly so I may not make that size/style again, but I want the design available
Nature & Wildlife Keepsake Boxes
Legacy Reviews
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Boxes are beautifully made 06/27/2023
By Janine
These keepsake boxes are beautifully made. I originally bought one for a gift, but now I don’t know which to keep for myself and which to give to my friend. They are both gorgeous. I can tell a lot of thought and time went into making them. The boxes were carefully packaged to protect them during shipping.
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