Sweetheart Puzzle Box

Just imagine the look of surprise and delight on your sweetheart’s face when she/he discovers this little treasure of a gift! Not only will she/he love to own such an heirloom keepsake, but you will know you have done a truly good deed because you received this as a thanks for making a contribution of at least $250 to the Relay For Life fund raiser of The American Cancer Society. I created this design (with valuable ideas from my loving wife) expressly for this charity drive to encourage kind folks to make contributions to such a worthy cause. It works like this: you write a check, payable to The American Cancer Society, give it to me and I give you a box as my thank you! Oh! Speaking of surprises, it’s called a "puzzle" box because you can’t open the lid unless you know how to unlock it! Of course the purchaser is given that little secret. Everyone who has handled one of these boxes has found the puzzle locking lid to be a genuine treat in the box. The hearts and the boarder frame around the top and bottom are Red Bloodwood. The background of the top and bottom is Russian Baltic Birch and the body of the box and lid are American Black Walnut. The box is approximately 9" wide by 7" deep by 3" high, weighs about 2 pounds, has a hand rubbed lacquer finish and is lined with red velveteen. Contrary to the usual practice of running the wood grain vertically when making hearts of wood, I chose to run the grain horizontally to suggest the flow of love between the two hearts.

All rights reserved by Charles E. Roberts    Created April 2002