Design by Night

Come visit me and my tent mate Jill Popowich Designs at the DC Craft Mafia's Monster Mash tomorrow! When: Saturday, October 29, 2011 Time: 11 am to 5 pm Where: St. Lukes Episcopal Church-Parking Lot, P Street and 15th NW, Washington, DC For more information and to see a listing of some of my wonderfully crafty neighbors at the show visit the craftmafiadc.com .

Years ago I bought a cigar box of old keys. For some reason I was really drawn to them but had no idea or any real purpose for them. So for years I have been shuffling around this box of keys in my studio, each time thinking that I should really make something with them. Recently, I was inspired to make a "key chain" pendant. I dumped all the keys in the box and played around with them thinking that a trio of keys would make a nice shape. Plus, each key I picked had a nice old/rusted patina too. Now I had the idea, but how do I attach them? I tried several glues and some wire but got no where. After a few margarita's with my girlfriend and jewelry designer Jill Popowich I had my very simple answer, jump ring them together! How could I have overlooked the most obvious technique? Thank goodness I have crafty friends because I would still be trying to glue those damn keys. Anyway, if you are like me and have a collection of old keys hanging around this would be a great ste...