Wonder Woman Keychain

I have a friend that has been going thru a rough-patch lately but she is so optimistic and positive that she is quite the inspiration to me! Her being so up-beat, strong, and hopeful for the future, while still rocking her hectic day-to-day life, has earned her the nickname "Wonder Woman" - so when I saw this charm at the craft store I immediately knew I had to make her a fun keychain to remind her (and myself!) that there is a super-hero in all of us, just waiting for the right time to step in and help out.

I made a simple tassel with a long piece of red leather cord I had laying around, tied with yellow embroidery thread (going with the super hero colors here haha) and put it on the keychain. Next up string a few beads on a 2" eye pin, make a small loop at the top using needle nose pliers, and attach it to the keychain. Then add the charm (which already has a loop on the top) and call it done.

To finish I made one of those cute paper pouches inspired by Ronda (remember - I made 120 of them for her? Yeah, I'm not going to forget how to make them for a good long time. Can you believe I even wanted to make another haha?). Since I was going for a super hero theme I made the pouch out of blue paper with a 1" red paper band around it, then glued on what seemed "super hero-y" details. Punched a hole in the back and tied the keychain to the top of the pouch and slid the rest inside. Cute right? She was thrilled  :)

Wine Cork Keychain

This is just about the fastest easiest craft ever - it literally took me less than 5 minutes! ALL you do is put a keyring on a screw-in eye hook, then screw it into the cork. Done. What a cute fun inexpensive easy creative gift, it would be even better with a special cork commemorating a date or celebration. You could also add a little tag to the keyring to label the event or what the key is for.  Love this idea!

I made another one that took a minute or so longer by adding a little chain between the eye screw and the ring - also really cute and easy. 

found this idea online at Cleverly Inspired.

Soccer Keychains

I was asked to fill in running my 12 year old niece's soccer practice last night - I told the coach (my sister) "sure, if we can also do a craft", she just sighed...I took it as a sign that she thought it was a great idea and why hadn't she thought of it before? Hahaha. I thought making keychains for their soccer bags would be cute and easy...ended up that while they are cute, they were not easy.


To save time I cut the correct lengths of cord before practice, sorted and packaged the beads, and drew out instructions for how to make square knots in between the beads.

After we practiced all the soccer stuff we were supposed to, we all sat in a circle to make the keychains - that's when the problems started. 12 year olds don't seem to have a very long attention span and while I was explaining they were talking, then they wanted to know how they were supposed to start....arrrrghhhhh! So I'd explain again and they'd ask again...then the beads were lost in the grass...hahaha, our 1/2 hour window was up before they had any beads on. This is not the first time I've held craft day for kids though so I did what my husband calls "punting" and told them to gather up their beads and supplies and take them home, maybe their parents can help - sorry to my soccer team parents ;). Yep, it's the last time I will attempt a craft during soccer practice, lesson learned.