Steampunk "Thank-You" present

In anticipation of my trip to Italy, I've made some handmade "thanks for having us" gifts for my hosts. One is a sour-apple green scarf for the signora, and the other is a steampunk treasure box for the signore.

Here's the treasure chest:


In addition to be-gearing and be-jewelling the lid, and fitting the box with one of my tiny, fully functional brass padlocks...



I permanently installed an old pocketwatch and lid chain! I'm pretty excited about how it turned out... the pocket watch, aside from giving this the real steampunk feel, also helps the box to remain upright when open. The gears on the lid make it a bit top-heavy else!

Now if I can just decide what clothes to pack....