Pyrography Ottoman bling box

Simple circles on the woodburned box for my Ottoman Empire Turkish costume elements.

Simple circles on the woodburned box for my Ottoman Empire Turkish costume elements.

Right now I don’t have much that could go in an Ottoman-themed box to accompany my Ottoman-inspired costumes (16th century) but since I was on a wood burning (pyrography) kick I thought I’d do one for this costume as well. Continue reading

Pyrography Egyptian Bling Box

pyrography bling box with an image of Egyptian Goddess Ma'at on the top, and Anubis and Bastet on the front. Pictured here with some of my Egyptian costume jewelry on top of the blue overdress from my costume.

pyrography bling box with an image of Egyptian Goddess Ma’at on the top, and Anubis and Bastet on the front.

Like a lot of my other bling boxes (except the Viking ones!) I don’t have a LOT of accessories to store in these wood burned boxes.. yet –  but for my work-in-progress Egyptian costume, I do already have a few necklaces (one glass, one stone). I also have some Egyptian Faience beads which I can store in the bling box as well… ready for when I want to string them up. Continue reading

Byzantine textile inspired bling box

The top of this wood burned box was based on a 11th century textile.

The top of this wood burned box was based on a 11th century textile.

I really wanted to continue with pyrography (wood burning) after my first round of wood-burned bling boxes. My intention was to make one for each of the costumes I currently have to hold small things like jewellery, belts, etc. for each of my costumes… but then possibly for other little things I need to tuck away. Continue reading