wedding gift letterbox

[Eddie Coyle]

Has anyone carved one before? Need some ideas or photos, whats best wood to use? cheers

[simsimo]

Very useful post for me....this is exactly what I'm gonna do and I also need some inspiration!

[Eddie Coyle]

iv looked on google but theres not many " inspirational" one's.

[Dan Earp]

Just looked on internet.

But what are they into?

Maybe base it around that

[Eddie Coyle]

they want it made out of a tree trunk or log?

[Dan Earp]

Whats their hobbys or jobs?

Maybe strip 3/4 of the bark off and carve ivy humming birds etc as an enchanted forest !!

[Gnome]

Trick is not to make them look like you keep someones ashes in them. I went through a few designs but wasn't happy with them, very easy to make something naff IME. I ended up turning a wee box to keep all the cards in. Drilled a few holes to thread some ribbon to secure the lid and to seal the box so as not to open it. Had great intentions of pyrography on the outside but by the time the big day arrived I had more important things to do. All that wedding stuff has ended up in a big cardboard box at the moment so I will probably have to get round to finishing it before the first anniversary. One more thing on my to do list after I said I DO.

 

Had a few requests to do this sort of thing and turned them down. Don't need the hassle after doing my own.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tree+trunk+post+box&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-gbGB488GB488&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=705&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=997oVP69IoPtUq2XgsAI&ved=0CCAQsAQ for some ideas. Cut lid off first then hollow out rest. fix lid back on.

Edited February 21, 2015 by Gnome

[Eddie Coyle]

thanks, thats the kinda thing there after. i just need to find ways of making it look more interesting.

[BEVS]

There is many constructions of letters. Ask Google. And dont forget for flowers like that etc.