Quilled jewelry box.

I've always wanted to try the beehive technique but for some reason I was very hesitant about it. 

I finally decided that enough was enough and tried it. The flower on this box is my first try with the beehive technique. 

I must admit I did view a couple of tutorials first though. And when I went over the steps in my head (yeah.... I tend to do that) the turning parts got me a bit frustrated. 

I created mine without turning the strip. I don't know if there's already a tutorial that already exists, but I am planning on doing one my way. 

I'm just in love with this filigree lace effect. I'd love me some beehive lace earrings. That's the next plan. 

See you soon. 

Xoxo

Karen. 

Quilled jewelry box

Quilling has a lot of uses. It's used to decorate birthday cards and wedding invites. It adorns photo frames and magazine stands, tea-light votives and wall art, Christmas deco and filigree eggs. There's also a wide variety of quilled and light weight paper jewelry. 

Quilling has a lot of uses especially around the house. Here I have made a three dimensional quilled jewelry box using only the 'Tight coils'. 

The top and bottles of the box are flat and the sides are built up from the edges of the bottom by overlapping each coil on each row. 

I used the square border buddy to create a handle and decorated it with a little strip of rhinestones. 

For the deco I've used one large quilled flower in dark blue to match the blue in the box. I've also added three purple three dimensional punchcraft flowers for a little pop of colour. Again all the flower centers have rhinestones to match the ones on the handle. 

Here's the top view of my quilled jewelry box. If you do try one, I'd love to see a photo of it. 

You can find my tutorial on the 'Tight coil' here

Xoxo

Karen.