BARBED WIRE HEART KEYRING WITH LIGHT

This is a keyring that I made for myself. It is a cross between my Thumbprint Heart Necklace http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/heart_thumb_print_necklace (as it is made by the same method and same materials and I had plenty left over from that project, except that I did not put a thumbprint in it) and barbed wire heart necklace at CO+K by Cat Morelyhttp://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/barb_wire_wrapped_heart_necklace

The heart charm is connected via a piece of silver elastic threa tied in knots to a safety pin and the safey pin is attached to a light up keyring with a foil heart glued to the top.

"Broken Heart" Thumbprint Keyring

I made this as a key ring for my son and the idea was to make it more masculine by adding the barb wire it, but it still came out a little too girly for him to be caught ever using so it will end up being a spare key holder.

This project is a cross between this project and the Barb Wire necklace here: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/barb_wire_wrapped_heart_necklace

and my tutorial on the Heart Thumbprint necklace here:

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/heart_thumb_print_necklace I used Sculpey clay to shape the heart and it is intentionally mis-shapened with imperfections and gouges to symbolized a broken heart.

I then took a piece of jewelry wire and wrapped little pieces of wire around that wire to make the barbs, then pressed it into the heart, used a small straw to make the hold for the string, then baked it for 15 mins.

I then used silver elastic thread and strung it through the hole, added a paper bead, then tied it to the heart shaped keyring blank.

THUMBPRINT HEART KEY CHAIN

This is one of the hearts made at the same time I made the thumbprint heart necklace. This one is for Kyle's Dad. I know he would never go for anything frou-frou, so I scavanged the ring from my old Tony the Tiger keyring and strung some jewelry wire through the hole and twisted it then attached the keyring. This is the back of the keyring. To make it look more masculine, I used an eagle sticker. If I had more time, I would have had a picture of my son printed at Walgreen and attached instead (would have cost around 20 cents). Keyring scavenged from this keychain. I didn't have the heart to throw Tony away so will have to come up with another project to recycle him on to. Cost: Under 50cents Materials: Same basic materials as heart necklace, except instead of beads and ribbons used: - Keyring (free - scavenged from old keyring) - Jewelry wire (.33 cents 24 yd. roll - was on clearance at JoAnn Fabrics as pkg was damaged) - Eagle sticker (free - came in the mail with some address stickers)