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  :)

DIY: Tassel Keychain or Purse Charm

Got the idea to make a keychain with a leather tassel and some charms at Michaels.com - naturally I changed it a bit and am really happy with how it turned out. You'll need a piece of fringed leather, some jump rings (I used different sizes), a key ring, some charms/chain/
beads/whatever decorations you want, 2 tweezers and some fabric glue.









I've never made a tassel from leather fringe before - turns out it's super simple and I'll be making more of these for sure. I bought a piece of leather already fringed but you could easily make your own if you can't find it at the craft store.




To make the tassel: cut off one of the end pieces of fringe and trim about an inch off (discard that short piece). Put a dot of fabric glue on the wrong side of the leather at the top right corner. Place the longer strip on top of the glue and another drop of glue on top of that. Fold the leather strip over to create a loop. Allow to dry for a couple of minutes.






Place a strip of glue along the top edge of the leather and tightly roll it up around the loop. I put a big jump ring over the roll to hold it, you could use a bead with a center big enough to go over - or use a rubber band to hold the tassel in place until it dries.


























To assemble the keychain: using the 2 tweezers open a large jump ring, thread it thru the tassel loop, close the ring back up. Try not to wrench the ring out of shape too much so when you close it the ends come right back together easily. Attach more jump rings to the charms, gems, chain, whatever you are using - and then thread them all onto the key ring. Add keys or use as a cute charm addition to your purse!