Cigar Box Handbags

[pomba gira]

OK I just found a tobacco shop that sells beautiful wooden cigar boxes for $3 each. Which is 3x as much as Josh's usual shop charges (.50 cardboard, $1.00 wood), but these are the really gorgeous high-end ones so I think it's worth it. I was thinking "these are the kind of thing people make handbags out of and sell for decent $$"... so, why not? Does anyone have experience doing this? What are the basic materials needed? I've seen cigar box handbags covered in fabric and also decoupaged or painted... I would prolly want to go with the latter. I want to at least try 2 or 3 and see if they sell, so any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

[freydis]

This girl on ebay seems to do well, i'd go look at hers....

[Brenda Starrr]

I used to make those. Ask JaneDead about "the pillbox" sometime. It's funny.

The only advice I have is that you make sure that you coat it very well once you're done. The first few that I made may not have been my best ones....

[tweetspie]

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[sass_in_the_pants]

http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=556

Cigar Box Purse Tutorial

You can also go to my second favorite website (second to DGN of course) which is craftster.org and search for cigar box purses - lots of people have lots of tips and pics.

So, go craft! Craft like your life depends on it!!!