gift ring box

I had the girl and I had the ring, the two most important parts of the process were already done! The hard part was going to be actually getting the courage to drop the question, but before that, there was some light woodworking to be done! Using a standard engagement ring box during a proposal would lack personal touch and character that the big moment deserved, so I decided to make my own ring box. There are plenty of designs out there that range from simple to ornate, I had always wanted to understand the underlying mechanism of this type of engagement ring box. There is a little piece of origami built into the slim design box that allows the ring to sit flat when the box is closed, but when opened, the ring unfolds and sits upright. A very cool design that seems incredibly simple! The various makers of this type of box charge an arm and a leg, plus making it myself was the goal here, so I used as many reference photos of boxes like these “pirouette boxes” and figured it out. This will be a high level guide of how I designed my version of this unique engagement ring box. Read More