Duct Tape Key Chains



 

The Life of a Craft Crazed Mom posted over at The Crafty Blog Stalker about these gorgeous key chain wristlets she made - from duct tape! I never would have thought they were made out of duct tape. So cute!

 

See the Duct Tape Key Chains.

Vintage Knobs, Keys and Trunks

I'm digging this assorted groups of vintage knobs, keys and trunks! It looks great against a plain wall at Peppermint Plum. Looks like I need to visit the antique store for some of these items.

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See the knobs, keys and trunk decorating ideas.

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Reader Submission Highlights!

I get quite a few submissions, and unfortunately, I'm not able to feature all of them. So today, I am highlighting a some submissions I have received in the past week. Thanks for everyone who submits ideas. I hope I don't offend when I can't show your projects off. That is one of the main reasons I have link parties!!!

There are SO MANY items you can create using cupboard doors (and they all turn out beautiful!) Super Saturday Crafts And More madeover this cupboard door into a sign/keychain holder. Lovely!

With fall around the corner, a leaf mobile is perfect for inside your house! Homework :Be Inspired created these leafs using fabric! They won't crumble to pieces! Darling!

What a fun, flowery necklace this is. I Heart Jenny's Art made it out of scraps!

I don't show many room remodels, but I looking at before and afters! This is a great bathroom makeover! See it at The Little Brown House.

Stop your mouth from watering. These are not as they appear. Suzy's Artsy-Crafty Sitcom created this box of chocolate pin cushions! Seriously, a yummy idea! Very creative!

Back 2 School Stamped Washer Keychain

Amanda at Sugar Bee (Craft Edition) shares this awesome and cute washer idea. When my daughter goes to kindergarten, she will have one of these on her backpack!!!!

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Back-to-School sure snuck up on me! Here's a quick easy project for backpacks. My kids know our home phone number, but I got to thinking, what if they need to call me on my cell phone - they don't know that number. So I thought of this project with the stamped washers.

I wanted their name on the front, to identify their backpack, with the phone number on the back. But when you stamp into washers, it raises up the other side, so I couldn't just stamp on the back because it would raise through to the front (see what I mean, in the picture below). I came up with the idea of using 2 washers glued together. You need a glue that will adhere to metal - I went with Gorilla Glue.

With this type of glue, you get the object wet then put on the glue then let it sit 5 minutes - be sure not to put on too much, it'll expand as it dries.

After the 5 minutes, you put the objects together like you want them and clamp it tight. I left it several hours in the clamp.

That's it - now it's a double-sided washer. Then I made a quick tube of material, turned it right-side out (using that TOOL I love), and tucked in the raw ends. I poked it through the washers and sewed it down. Then made a loop of the other end and sewed it down. I slid a carabiner or clip into the loop and that was it. In the picture, boy one is right-side up and girl one is back-side up:

Perfect for backpacks!

Actually, the backpacks have a loop on the inside so if you don't want to clip them on the outside, look for that:

Visit Sugar Bee today and tell her thanks for the great idea!!!

Guest Blogger - Craftify It - Beadboard Picture Key Holder

(Read to the bottom to enter a giveaway to win the supplies to make these.)

Hi! My name is Staci & I blog over at CRAFTIFY IT!

I am so glad that Michelle gave me the opportunity to guest post on Someday Crafts!

She probably doesn't even remember, but just over a year ago when I had been blogging for about 1 week, she featured a preschool craft I did with my students on her blog...the Yarn Spider!

Being brand new to the "Creative Blogging World", Michelle was one of the very 1st blogs I ever discovered & has been a FAVORITE of mine since!
She is always showing off great new ideas and I check in frequently for new inspiration!

Like I mentioned, my blog just reached my 1 year mark in the blogging world & I have LOVED every minute of it! I have met so many fun people & have been inspired by the creative talent that is out there!

I am married to my best friend & am a stay at home mom to 2 adorable little boys!

I also teach preschool out of my home & create Custom Clocks on the side.

Some of my favorite projects I have completed in the past year are :
-my Ugly Brick Planter turned into a beautiful entry table
-this simple and adorable ric rac rosette necklace
- painting our Roll Top Desk for our office
and I am always updating before & afters of our house, since we bought a fixer-upper in September 2009!

I hope you will stop by Craftify It & say "HI" soon!

But for now, I have a little "How To"...
just for YOU!!!

(READ TO THE BOTTOM TO BE ENTERED IN A GIVEAWAY TO WIN THESE SUPPLIES!)

99% of the time I make something, I dig through my closets/garage/shed & find stuff that I already have.

That way I am not only saving myself time & money,
I'm also cleaning out my "junk" at the same time!

Win-Win!

So this week, I dug out some random $1 store frames my mom had given me awhile back,
grabbed a couple 12x12 pieces of beadboard (I use these to make clocks with)...

and these hangers, I had leftover from this project...

I decided I wanted a new "key holder" on this wall next to my kitchen & figured I could make something with the supplies I had...

Yes...sometimes I stick things up on the "n" for my husband to mail on his way to work &
that clutter below is EMBARRASSING.

Oh well, every girl needs a little humility, right?

1st:
I took the apart the frames & took the wood part outside for a coat of paint.

Spray paint would have been easiest, but I used the interior green paint that is on my kitchen walls, because I wanted it to match...

I also gave the beadboard and the hangers of coat of white Spray Paint...

While everything dried, I came indoors to try to avoid heat stroke from our lovely AZ heat

& pried off the doo-hicky on the back of the frames that makes the frames stand up
(I wanted to remove any excess bulk)

Once the beadboard is dry, add a little color to the creases.
Just use a foam brush and paint right into the cracks...

and then using a wet sponge, wipe off, leaving the paint in the cracks & a little tin of green to the rest of the board. (It doesn't have to be perfect!) Imperfections=Shabby

Now, my original plan was to include a picture...

but I almost skipped that all together, & stuck the hanger on the inside of the smaller frame.
Cute, huh?

I decided I need some pictures of my boys up, so I stuck with my 1st option
& went into Picasa, chose a picture...turned it to Sepia & clicked Print.

It lets you choose the size, so I chose 5x7, making sure I had 2 inches on the sides I could cut off.

I'm sure there is a way that I could have just printed it as a 5x5, but I'm not that knowledgeable with computers, so bear with me:) I printed my 5x7's...

and then used the glass from the frames as a template to cut them to size...

Cute little boys & perfect squares...

Sand down your hooks a bit
(the one on the left has been sanded)...

Next, I drilled the hooks onto the frames.

Do this BEFORE you put the glass back in or you might crack it!

THEN, put your frame back together, with glass & pictures...

Next up, the beadboard needs a little work.
Drill holes in the corners so you can hang with ribbon or material...

I dug out some green polka dotted material & didn't bother ironing it, as I knew I was just going to bunch it up...

Pull through the holes & tie a knot...

Almost done!

Measure where you want your smaller frame to hang & drill a screw into the beadboard...

Now hang your smaller frame on that screw & hang up on the wall!
I love how it ties in with my green & white kitchen now!

perfect spot for our keys...

And I LOVE looking at these pictures of my cute boys...

This project was REALLY simple!
I started & finished it during my son's nap time & using what I already had!

Don't have these supplies laying around, but would like to make one???
Guess what???
I have some extra supplies...
JUST FOR YOU!

Hope on over to Craftify It & say Hello!

If you are a follower, leave a comment & you will be entered to win these supplies!

Hope to see you soon...
Thanks again Michelle for letting me Guest Post Today!!

In case you have never been to Craftify It before, let me just tell you that it is an AWESOME BLOG! I seriously don't know why Staci doesn't have 1000 followers yet. Her projects are usually easy, inexpensive and darling and her home renovation rocks! Like these adorable frames, most of projects and ideas at Craftify It is similar in cuteness and easiness. (Is that a word?) Hop over to Craftify It and look around. Check out her lovely clocks too!



Linking to Finding Fabulous, Romantic Home -Show and Tell Friday, Miss Mustard Seed -Furniture Feature Friday, Lit and Laundry - Finished For Friday, The Inspired Room, Remodelaholics Anonymous, Poppies At Play - Creative Cats , Crafts In Bloom, Kojo Designs - Friday Fun Finds, Fingerprints on the Fridge - Feature Yourself Friday. The Girl Creative - New Friend Friday, That's So Cuegly - Craft Concoction, Sweet Charli , Just A Girl