The Keys to Loveliness

One of the things I collect is keys.

Vintage skeleton keys,

Old car keys, house keys, you name it.

To be more honest, I don't collect them.

I hoard them. 

 I buy them and love them and store them in little boxes, jars and tackle boxes.

Notice all those things are plurals.

So I decided I probably have enough keys to use a few in my designs.

I dressed some of them up with some polymer clay.

They will make fun little pandants.

Some will make fun big pendants.

To me, it is intriguing to take a common useful item and transform it in some way.

I love to give it a new life and purpose.

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Massive Score...KEYS!! Thrifting Thursday...

A few weeks ago I made a trip to Lucketts Spring market with friends and my daughter.

Although the day was HOT, we had a great time.

I found a few goodies, but my favorite find was this haul of new old stock keys.

They are not even cut yet.

They are old enough to be cool and have great patina.

After taking the photo, I put them in a half gallon pickle jar.

They would not all fit.

I cannot wait to work with these in some designs.

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