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.
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| 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 ***
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