My first altered wooden box!

Hi everyone! :)

I'm in a swap on sb.com called "Graphic 45 cigar box & mini swap! Now I've made minis before but never a altered cigar box. So when I was in my local Dollar Tree, I came across a couple of little wooden boxes. They measure a little over 3.5x3.5, and they have hinges on them as well as a little small magnet to keep it closed. I grabbed them up and figured I would eventual do something with them...couldn't leave them there, especially only costing a $1.00 a piece! So I decided to use one now as practice until my Graphic 45 paper pad gets here that I'm going to use on the cigar box. Sorry for all the pics, but I wanted to capture as much detail as possible. :)

This is the natural box when I bought it. Nice and clean! 

I used my homemade alcohol ink to kind of stain the box. As you can see, my fingers were pretty orange by the time I was done! I'm a hands on kind of girl! :)

This is the completed box. I had a ball creating this! Here's more shots and close ups! Thanks for looking! :)