Beautifying Jewellery Boxes

Why should jewellery boxes be bland and boring when they store such beauty inside? Here are some ideas to spruce up your jewellery boxes.
Try the Harry Potter themed “Monster Book”. This box will look like the book that tried to bite off Harry's hand. A wooden box with hinges will work best for this. Try to get artificial fur from stores. Use strong glue to paste the fur on the lid and at the bottom of the box. Leave some hanging over the edges. To add the teeth, take some cardboard, cut them in the shape of teeth and paint them white or yellow. You can make around eight. Paste four on the front of the box and align the rest on the top half. This way the monster book will open its 'mouth' every time your box is opened! Use red fabric or paper to cut out a tongue. For the eyes you can use identical marbles or beads to be glued on the lid.
Other than themed ideas, you can opt for simple designs. If your box is made of wood or cardboard, paint by first applying a base coat, ideally white. Acrylic paint will make your boxes bright and colourful, giving it a professional look. You could do the bottom half of the box with a solid colour and paint designs on only the top half or you could do designs all throughout.
Instead of painting the box, you could also cover it up with coloured paper. Tape the paper on and paste glitter, sequins and ribbons. Jewellery boxes are also great gift items so you could also write the name of the recipient, tie ribbons into bows and stick them on as well. Get the coloured paper from stationery shops or you could even use some wrapping paper.
A great technique is covering the box with fabric. Ironing the fabric beforehand to get rid of creases is recommended, so it will look neat when on the box. White adhesive/Fevicol glue works perfectly to attach the fabric on the box. Use the glue in meagre amounts, otherwise it will be visible through the fabric and look all blotchy. Put glue on the box and smoothen it out using a ruler, paste your fabric and wait for it to dry. Beads go great with fabric. Stick beads of different sizes and colours on the lid to make creative designs. You could sew the beads on as well, but remember to have done that before pasting the fabric on. We all probably have some sea shells from trips to beaches. This is a time to put those shells to good use. Using Superglue, paste a large shell and/or several small ones to further beautify your box. Experiment with different types of fabric, the felt ones look very pretty.