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By Carly Wickell, About.com

These unique jewelry boxes are perfect for people who prefer to break away from everyday storage solutions in favor of a more individual, stylized look. Any one of these jewelry boxes would make a fantastic gift for yourself or someone else.

1. Peace Equals Harmony with Nature, Wooden Jewelry Box

This sculpted wooden jewelry box is shaped like the profile of a woman's face and hand painted to show her smiling as a butterfly lands among the flowers that adorn her head. The jewelry box is lined with velvet.

The artisan who created the design, Gusti Ngurah Semarajaya, uses his artwork to spread awareness about the migratory insects whose sanctuaries are being destroyed worldwide.

2. Morpier Firenze Art Nouveau Wood and Silver Jewelry Box

Here's a beautiful jewelry box from Morpier. It's made of wood and has a curved, sterling silver top with an engraved flower motif in the Art Nouveau style. The jewelry box is lined with velvet and includes a row where you can insert rings or studs.

3. Shagreen-Style Jewelry Box

This high-gloss jewelry box has a lacquered surface that resembles shark skin, but isn't -- well -- offensive. The box exterior is dyed a rich green, sometimes called shagreen. There's space for your rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces in the boxes' central compartment and drawer. It's made from a wood veneer and has a mirrored lid. The lining is sueded cloth hardware is silver-plate.

4. Mother of Pearl Inlaid Jewelry Boxes

Each of these pretty beech wood jewelry boxes is inlaid with hundreds of hand-cut pieces of mother-of-pearl. Created in an arabesque design from the seventh century and lined with red velvet, the boxes can be used to hold jewelry or any other items you want to tuck away in a special place.

5. Royal Heritage Cat Jewelry Box

This unique jewelry box is carved in the shape of a cat, and represents the Korat felines reserved especially for Thailand's royalty. The little cat is in a playful pose, front crouched and tail curved in the air, ready to pounce on anything interesting that happens to pass by. Nantana Sompamitre carves this unique jewelry box from mango wood and hand paints it with acrylics.

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