Time: 30 minutes
Materials: leather, hole punch, rotary cutter, cutting mat, leather paint, tape
Ever since we moved to Portland, I’ve had one key on my key ring. As you can imagine, 99% of the time I can’t find it anywhere. To put an end to the madness, I decided to make a keychain that would really pop amongst all the other stuff rattling around in the black hole known as my purse. What can I say, I think I have a problem.
Cut your leather into strips (about 6.5″ long x .5″ wide) with a rotary cutter. If you haven’t used one of these before, please be careful– and use a ruler. This will both give you straight lines and protect your fingers.
Fold your leather strip over and punch with rotary punch to make a hole. Secure your rivet by hammering it on top of your anvil.
Tape off the section you want to color block then paint. Let dry (only takes about 5 minutes), attach your keys, and you are good to go!
And if color blocking isn’t your thing, you can always customize your keychain with stamping instead!
These are adorable; I love your wood DIYs!
WritingMonique
Simple and pretty as usual – love! Even your tape is adorable!
Thank you so much Maritza! It’s hard to go wrong with washi tape :)
Well aren’t those precious!?!? LOVE this!
Aww thank you so much Carrie! Glad you lie the project :)
Love it – great gift idea too!
What’s your leather source? I don’t know why it’s difficult for me to find.
Thank you so much Shalyn! I love the idea of giving these as gifts!
I found this leather on Amazon. It’s also perfect for stamping projects: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001144ZP0?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B001144ZP0&linkCode=xm2&tag=52weekproj-20
These would be such great friend gifts or hostess gifts :) Pinned for later!
Absolutely– love that idea! Thanks for sharing Deonna!
PS If you couldn’t tell, I’m a bit behind on responding to comments :)
i don’t think you mentioned in the tutorial, did you glue the leather after folding in half? also if so, what glue?
Hey Lena– I actually didn’t! If that’s something you’d be interested in doing, I recommend E-6000.
Gah, so simple and stylish! I love the colors you chose with that light leather. I just wish my keyring didn’t have to include a bulky electronic car key and those horrible (but necessary) mini store savings cards, they totally ruin the look.
Aww how sweet, thanks Marlene! I guess you could say that me and my one key are glamorous. hahah kidding! I totally understand what you mean! I think these would still look cute, regardless of what else is on your key ring. Unless it’s one of those stuffed animal key rings or something :)
These are so cute! I especially love the way the bright colors look against the natural leather color.