Good morning, fellow smokers, friends, and fans!
As promised in the last post, This one is sharing some of what I'll be doing with my recent haul of cigar boxes.
Yes, I had to buy some for the shadow boxes, because I mostly get 5-10 packs, rather than boxes, so I can have a good variety of my favourite sticks and still pay bills and buy groceries. Most of the boxes will be great for the shadow boxes, but also, a couple lend themselves more to other items, as my imagination "saw" them in looking over the various boxes.
Here are the ones for shadow boxes. Though I have to say part of me wants to craft a giant, fake cigar to put that giant "band" from the outside of the Ashton box around! Like maybe out of clay as a sort of statue or something, but I don't know that anyone would want that, so probably, it will just be affixed into the box to be a backdrop for the bands, or I might use it in one of the ashtray, cup holder, and accessory trays. Speaking of which...
This will be a tray with built in resin astray on one side, a drink holder, suitable for a good sized rocks glass, coffee mug, etc on the other, and the centre area free for lighter, matches, cutter, punch, chocolate, etc. There will be some bands and most likely some gold leaf, and maybe a bit of tobacco leaf and/or Spanish cedar curls encased in the layer of clear resin protecting the the entire tray, making it safe from spills, wayward ash, or whatever, and easy to clean.
It will be up for auction and there will be a post announcing it on here and on FaceBook and FL when it's completed.
Also, both of those ashtray shape designs are available in pretty much ANY colour combination you can think of, including metallics, chromed, and "chameleon" colour shifting ones, translucent or opaque, or just crystal clear, with or without embellishments suspended inside like the one below.
The rocks in there are pearlescent, UV/blue light reactive, by the way. Just wanted to experiment and see how it turned out. I like it.
Pretty much anything can be embedded in them. Coins, gold, silver, or copper leaf, cigar bands, ash, tobacco leaf, other dried foliage or flowers, charms, crystals, tiny figurines... literally anything as long as it won't be damaged by the heat of curing. These designs are also available in concrete, which can also be coloured, but not quite as vibrantly. I'll have a shopping cart available for them eventually, but, for now, if you want to order something, you can use the contact form. Most of them are going to run you about $20.00-$25.00 USD, including Priority 2-3 day insured shipping. No real limit on the number of colours at that price, but certain custom embedded items may cost a little more, if they cost ME more or are hard to get. More designs are in the works, and will also be available in all the aforementioned types!
Anyway... Moving on.
This here box is going to be a lighted curio box/shelf.
The inside at the back will have the lights and cigar bands embedded, and the rest of the cubby and the tray shelf formed by the lid can be used to store or display things. The "tray" will also be layered with resin and some to be determined decorations. It could be mounted to a wall (heavy duty clear gel double stick adhesive included) to use as a shelf, or on a table to use to set ashtray and accessories on, or use the tray portion as a coaster, or really however you want to use it! This will be another auction item, most likely. Though, if someone contacts me before I make it, wanting to have it done custom for them and buy it outright, I suppose that can be done too. Same as the shadow boxes not already specifically slated for auction yet.
I still haven't decided what this box will become, but am surely open to suggestions or special requests!
Stay tuned for more!
Smokey Kisses,
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~ Khaos
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