last summer, after second shooting a couple weddings with my friend Sarah, we had a conversation about alternatives to the standard ring pillow. So when it came time to find something to house our rings in for the wedding, I knew I wanted something really unique.
I thought about painting a box myself… Or purchasing something customized with our names/date on it. I thought about fashioning something out of a small slab of birch tree (I just think birch bark is magical), or maybe a little bird house… All sorts of creative and unique ideas passed through my head…
And then, as if someone placed the idea into my head on purpose, I thought of my Grandmother’s cricket boxes.
cricket boxes via instagram
When I was little, I vividly remember these little brass boxes sitting on my Gram’s bureau. I was always drawn to them, and even though it was apparent they were special to her, she never hesitated to let me play with them. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I remember cramming playdough through those little holes and making “worms.”
So I had my Mom pull them out of storage, and I set off on a mission to fashion the larger of the two boxes into some sort of ring box. I really had no idea how I was going to accomplish that, but I went to the craft store, and spent $7 on supplies: some thick foamy stuff, 1/4 yard of blue velvet, and some glue-gun sticks.
The plan was fairly simple and consisted of one step: WING IT! I cut a piece of foam. I stuffed it in. I exacto-knifed an incision across the top (might have pretended to be a surgeon while doing so), and shoved the fabric in. Done. I didn’t even need the glue, and the end result is so exactly what I wanted that I might have swirled around my craft room, and high-fived myself.
the end result...
It might sound cheesy to say (then again, I do love cheese) but I feel like this idea, and the fact that it really was so simple to execute was all her doing. More than anything, I love that something of hers will be part of our day…
So that’s that. The rings have a home, and I am a happy girl.
DONE.
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K.Mel in CA - Watching ants is fascinating. Great photos!