Tin Can Man

The Wizard of Oz was always one of my favorite movies as a child. Later in life I learned about all of the rumors, legends and scandal behind the filming of the movie. Some true, false or simply embellished.

For some time I've wanted to make a tin can man. I washed and saved several cans of various sizes. When I had enough I began to construct in my mind how I wanted him to look.

Of course I searched Pinterest and other sites just to get workable information.

I wanted to use bolts to hinge parts together but it was too difficult even trying to use my drill. I probably don't have the correct drill bit.  I used E-6000, HVAC tape and hot glue in areas that were tricky to keep in place. I'm well aware that the glue will melt in hot weather as I expect it to. Hot glue was a temporary measure to keep things in place until the E-6000 had time to cure.

The buttons consist of 2 washers and one bottle cap, The metal heart is a metal icon I had in my
stash. I may paint it red at a later date.

I'm very pleased with the Tin Man's outcome. He's hanging on the wall of my back fence. I look forward to him rusting and gaining more character. 

I may even  put together a companion for him. 😉

Purse charms/Key rings/ Lanyard

 G. J. and I were in charge of our April Red Hat event. The chapter  usually has a "lovely parting gift" for each person that attends. I told my  event buddy that I'd been working on these, showed  her a sample and we both decided that they would be fine as a gift.

At first it was going to be a pendant on a gold or silver chain. Then I realized some are sensitive to various metals. I didn't want to use ribbon or cord so I had to rethink the project.

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A purse charm would be away from the body and it would be less prone to cause sensitivity.

     I painted one side of wooden circles purple for Red Hatters and pink for Pink Hatters. Let it dry. I drilled a hole at the top of each one.

 I painted the back side some form of gold or silver. A  fellow crafter had given me strands of pearls and strands of gold beads which were perfect for this project.  With the beads being on a strand it was much easier to wrap them around the glass bubble picture of each one and slowly pull the string after the beads were in place. I used E-6000 glue for all adherences. 

Pearls in place, Gold beads in place, names on the back, etc. Let it dry.

Now it was time to  do individual beading to make the dangly, thingies that would hang off of the purse charm.
Yep, you're seeing it right. I used an empty egg crate to separate my beads. 

The danglies were then attached to the blank key chains which I purchased from Amazon. 

SIDEBAR: I noticed that some of the key chains had a straight piece of wire in between the groove where the keys go.  Not knowing what it was, I inquired and discovered that it was there to help separate the clip so that the keys could slide on easier. BTW- A staple remover works well also when separating to add keys. No more ruined manicures.

You'll see the results of the dangly, thingies here and below.

The fronts and backs were all finished with at least three coats of Triple Thick. This product gives a glassy, glossy appearance to projects and helps protect them.

They needed some type of packaging and personalization so  I used card stock and personalized everyone's name on their individual purse charm.

This was a fun project and turned out just the way I wanted it to.

That's it ***