Mon 27 Nov 2006
On a shelf in our bedroom, I have a little collection of jewellery boxes.
My jewellery tends to be on the cheap (and/or home-made) kind but every now and then, I get something in a box - either a proper padded ring or earring box, or just a fancy cardboard one.
Given the cheapness of the items (and my laziness), I rarely use the boxes after I’ve got them (as I’ve got a proper jewellery box and a tray to fling cheap bracelets into) but as always, I’m reluctant to throw the little boxes away.
Any suggestions for reuses that would take advantage of the padding? Or do any charities collect them for reuse?
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Cadan ap Tomos
November 27th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
I’ll have them! I use them for displaying coins etc. E-mail me on cdhaptomos@hotmail.com if you have any left.
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Lauren
December 2nd, 2006 at 8:58 pm
This sounds horrible, but I was trying to come up with an obvious way to recycle these and thought… well, they’re heavy little buggers, what do you do with heavy little things? Put a bunch of them in a sock and make a weapon! : D
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Lauren
December 2nd, 2006 at 9:00 pm
Oh Lordy, that comment above was meant for the batteries post. Sorry.
I have recycled ring boxes to keep my boardgame pieces in. Dice and other small pieces fit beautifully.
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louisa
December 4th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Hehe, I was amused by the idea of making them into weapons for a theme-obsessed super villian, the Duelling Duke of Jewel perhaps… : )
-louisa
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Raintree writer
December 6th, 2006 at 4:17 am
Use them to put small presents in when you can’t find a box or it didn’t come with one! I save all my little boxes and then put holiday presents in them!
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Aspen
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Paint them and maybe decorate them with little things like old postage stamps or photographs and reuse them as gift boxes. Since they’ve been decorated there is no need to wrap the present and waste paper.
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Sianee
March 28th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
I have a lot of old jewellary but it is not precious metals but the sort of stuff you get from markets and bourtiques, cheap and colourful. Earrings, necklaces, bracelets and fittings etc. Are they of any use to anyone who likes to make their own jewellary before I chuck it out. Sianee.
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seraglia
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Hello if it’s not too late I’d love all you bits and bobs. I’m more than happy to pay postage and if you like, make something new in return..
best,
Lucy
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Delusion
June 30th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Could they be returned to the store? Surely most of these boxes are in good nick.
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Katz
August 15th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
You can offer them to antique shops or second-hand clothes and charity shops. They get jewellery to sell quite often, but very few pieces come in boxes, and people like their items nicely wrapped..
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mormonsim
May 17th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Use them to make suitcases for Barbie dolls. Paint em that gaudy pink color, and there you go.
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