Casey & Curran's Wedding Treasure Chest.....

George & I finished Casey & Curran's Wedding Treasure Chest.  We bent wood to put on the top, but it wasn't working as well as we hoped, so we opted for leather straps instead.  (The wood was putting too much stress on the slats that ran across the top of the curved chest.)

We put on brass fittings, tacks and a brass lock.  We got a frame and put Casey & Curran's wedding invitation on the front of the chest.  The chest is larger then one might expect, because we hoped that they could put their wedding album and keepsakes in this chest, after their marriage ceremony.  

Congratulations Casey & Curran!!

Something old:

(Leather straps)

Something New:  

(Picture frame and brass fittings)

Something Borrowed:

(Our old brass lock)

Something Blue:

(Blue in the wedding invitation)

Top front view

Wedding Card Chest

Our granddaughter, Casey, is getting married to Curran soon.  She called the other evening and asked Grandpa to make her a chest for gift cards.  They thought about having a "money tree" at their wedding, but it's hard to write a "thank you" for money, if it's just hanging on a tree. 
What happens to the wedding cards???  Besides "it's the thought that counts." 

So George looked online at treasure chests, wedding card boxes, wedding card pseudo cakes and decided upon a design.  Today he started Casey & Curran's wedding card chest.  It's looking good, Grandpa!

The wedding chest is 21" long x 14" wide.  The bottom of the box is about 10" high with the curved part resting on top - about 5 or 6" tall.  George needs to stain or paint it and put hardware on it.  We'll let Casey help us with her ideas of how she & Curran want us to finish it up.  

George sanded the rounded top smooth, so you don't feel the individual boards.  This is made of solid wood, no plywood.

Below you can see the card slot on the left hand side of the top.

Better picture of the card slot:

We need to fill the pneumatic brad holes.