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Blossoming everywhere, roses fill the senses with their color and fragrance on a summer afternoon. Ana Maria Gonzalez crafts a decoupage jewelry box of enchanting beauty, trimmed with gilt. It opens to reveal a mirror inside the lid.

Ana Maria Gonzalez finds inspiration in Mexico's lotería (bingo) for the design of this jewelry box. Featuring two drawers and a compartment under the lid, the box is adorned with decoupage. The traditional lotería includes 54 different images and numbers, and it is believed to have been brought to Mexico in 1769, when it was reserved for the upper classes. Eventually it became widely played by everyone, and is now a trademark at traditional fairs as well as in homes and schools.

Standing atop brass feet, this distressed pinewood decorative box is created by Mexican artisan Ana Maria Gonzalez. She gives the decorative box a chest-style appearance, decorated in decoupage with the image of a colorful skeleton that wears a dapper hat. Bringing the spirit of Day of the Dead to your home, this decorative box opens to a single-compartment interior with a mirror on the inside of the lid.

Artisan Ana Maria Gonzalez of Mexico decorates this lovely jewelry box with an enchanting decoupage print. Crafted from pinewood, the accessory decorates its classic shape with an interior mirror and a lovely image on the lid, portraying butterflies flying around a heart as a symbol of hope and transformation.

Ana Maria Gonzalez in Mexico creates this fun jewelry chest, employing the decoupage technique. A skeletal bride and groom are depicted on the top and front of the pinewood box, in homage to José Guadalupe Posada's La Calavera Catrina. The small chest features two drawers for storing small treasures.

The original "La Calavera Catrina" was a zinc etching created by the artist José Guadalupe Posada in Mexico around 1910. Posada created the character, a female skeleton with an elegant hat, as a satirical portrait of Mexican natives who aspired to European style and denied their own heritage. The catrina has since become an emblem of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration and a popular folk art subject.

Mexican artisan Ana Maria Gonzalez decorates this heavenly jewelry box with an image of angels around a sacred heart using decoupage techniques. The jewelry box features a mirror on the lid and a rustic matte finish.