It was a bit of a worry to make sure everything was perfect but, yes, Penny's boxes were finished ahead-of-time. I used 100% discarded wood - beautiful pieces from other woodworker's burn piles, some wood we had salvaged or found including some wood from a bed headboard that came from the early 1900's. I should explain that Penny commissioned me to make a box for each of the teachers her son had during his grade 12 year. When I took the boxes to her, her son knew immediately which box he wanted to go to which teacher.
