While I’m off enjoying the sunshine in Puerto Vallarta, I thought I’d just share a quick recap of all of the Christmas themed toolboxes/tackleboxes/lock boxes that I’ve created over the past several years.

I started making Christmas themed-ish boxes back in 2019 with this Oh Deer tackle box.

It wasn’t overtly Christmas themed, but featured reindeer from re.design with prima’s Oh Deer transfer.

I really wasn’t sure if this sort of thing would sell.  And in fact, I didn’t even try to sell this one.  I included it in a giveaway here on the blog.

I ended up making a 2nd similar toolbox that I did try to sell, but it didn’t go.

I ended up giving that one away a year later.

I made up this next toolbox as a secret Santa gift in 2019.

It also doesn’t have an overtly Christmas look to it, but it’s hinted at with its red and white color scheme and the re.design with prima Classic Vintage Labels cranberry transfer.

The contents had a peppermint theme which made it more Christmas-y as well.

It wasn’t until October 2022 that I decided to go all out with a truly Christmas themed box.

When I posted about it here, I mentioned that I purposely chose a simple unassuming lock box, rather than a larger toolbox, because I really wasn’t sure if I would like it.  I also really wasn’t sure if there would be a market for a Christmas themed box.

I used two Dixie Belle transfers on this one, Evergreen and Holly and Vintage Post.

And of course I loved it.  Plus it sold rather quickly so I thought perhaps Christmas themed boxes would be good sellers after all.

So the following month I made up another one with different segments from the same two Dixie Belle transfers, the Christmas Curiosities box.

I still have yet to find another transfer with Christmas florals that I like as much as those in the Evergreen and Holly transfer.

This one sold fairly quickly as well.

Fast forward to the 2023 holiday season.  One of my favorite readers asked if I would do a custom lock box for her.

At the time I was all out of the Dixie Belle Evergreen and Holly transfer, but she had one herself.  So in exchange for creating her custom box, she let me keep any of the transfer I didn’t use which was a definite bonus.

And technically I guess you can count that one as sold before I even made it.

I used some of that leftover Evergreen and Holly on this Christmas Tackle Box.

I painted the inside of this one in Dixie Belle’s English Ivy.

As of the last time I checked, this one has still not sold.  I did bring it into Reclaiming Beautiful (the shop where I sell on consignment in Stillwater, MN) a few weeks ago.

I also created the Candy Cane Toolbox in 2023.

I used elements from the I.O.D. Candy Cane Cottage transfer on this one.

This one sold rather quickly.

This year I ordered two of the new Dixie Belle Christmas transfers, Yuletide Hearth and Caroling Cardinals …

and I used them on a Lane cedar box and a tackle box.  Don’t get me wrong, they are both nice.  But in my opinion, not as pretty and also not as versatile as the Evergreen and Holly transfer was.

I also added a stencil to a toolbox this year.

I love how this one turned out, but last I checked it hasn’t sold yet either.  There is still time this year, so we’ll see what happens.

I’ve saved my all time favorite Christmas toolbox for last, and that’s the tree Topper toolbox from November 2022.

The red and black wording is from the I.O.D. Cosette transfer, and it has nothing to do with Christmas.  But the red wording was perfect, and “ornemanistes” is French for one who ornaments, in other words a decorator.  So that seemed somewhat apropos.

By the way, complete sidebar here, as I was researching this post I found that this entire segment of the Cosette transfer is from a book from 1880 (you can see it here).

Who knew?

Anyway, the holly and poinsettia florals on this toolbox are also from my favorite Dixie Belle Evergreen and Holly transfer.

As much as I love this particular look, I have never recreated it on another toolbox.  Mainly because the cost of the Cosette transfer is about $40 .  The full Cosette transfer looks like this …

And it’s gorgeous.  So it feels like a bit of a waste to harvest the wording from the middle and not use the rest of it.  Unfortunately I still haven’t come up with a use for the rest of the one I used on that toolbox.

I usually like to stick with transfers that can be cut up and used on multiple small projects, or one piece of furniture that I can price high enough to cover that cost.

So it’s definitely one of a kind, and I’ve hung onto it because a; I love it and b; it’s perfect for displaying my non-collection of vintage glass tree toppers.

That brings me to the end of my holiday toolbox recap.  I hope you’ve been inspired to consider creating your own Christmas themed toolbox … or lock box … or tackle box.

Which one of these was your favorite?  Be sure to leave a comment and let me know.  It will give me something to read while lounging at the pool.