Decopatch Heart Keyrings

Aghhhh, covering the hearts on these keyrings was such a fiddle fart!

I’ve had these large wooden heart beads for a couple of years and decided that with Valentines Day approaching a few of them must be used up and so I decided (fool hardily) to try covering them with tiny pieces of Decopatch paper, talk about fiddly!

 

But, I wouldn’t be beaten and after several coats of Ronseal quick drying glossy varnish and adding keyring attachments from Hobbycraft they were soon done.

End of Term Fairing Gifts

At the end every school year I always make what my beloved Mother In Law used to call little “fairing gifts”, something small and inexpensive, but with a little thought put into them, for all the staff I work for.   Most years it’s been something of a sweetie/eatie type nature, but this year I decided to use almost all of the HobbyCraft blank keyrings I got a couple of weeks ago.

I’ve used some of my favourite My Mind’s Eye Stella and Rose paper (from the Gertie stack) which fortuitously is double sided, so not much fiddle farting needed there. Then to finish them off I’ve just added a Happy Holidays tag.  I’ll slip these into everyone’s pigeon hole on the last day, making sure that there is one left over for me!

Heart Shaped Keyring

I made this keyring for my friend Sarah

Packs of heart or oblong  shaped keyrings are available from Hobbycraft in the “Make It!” Create and Play range and are currently on a 3 for 2 offer – there are 12 in a pack which should cost £2.99, so I stocked up with Christmas in mind.

The paper I have used was from a page in the Cath Kidston magazine, too good to waste!  All I have done is cut out two hearts using one of the paper blanks (also included in the pack) as a template, stuck them back to back and then added a bit of faux stitching and a few tiny gems.  The adhesive letters are from the Tatty Teddy You to Me range.