A St. Valentine's Day gift for my beautiful bride. This is the 2nd Sue Mey candlestick from SSW&C issue 49, and a new birch plywood gift box for it to go in. The candlestick is 3/4 scale. The plan calls for a 2x2 blank, but the blank I had was 1.5x1.5 rosewood. It is a little under 4" tall. The legs were a chore - very thin, but the wood is strong. The box is 2.5x2.5x7 - room for a candle.
I changed the box design to remove the tabs from the upper edge of the box top and instead used a 2-layer top. The outer layer has the roses from Steve Good's mail holder scrolled into it. The inner layer is painted with red and green watercolor paint to color the roses and leaves. This time I remembered to keep the grain running the length of the box, and kept the lighter colored birch to the outside. After rounding the edges, the inner ply is exposed like a border, and the feed-n-wax gives it a slightly darker color. I like the look.
