Keys have become one of the hottest jewelry components.
Vintage keys tend to be the most popular for use in jewelry designs, but any key that isn’t too heavy to wear is fair game for this purpose!
Multi-talented crafter-artist Kim Newberg of Art and Images by Kim has put together a very inspirational Squidoo lens for those of us who have a thing for using keys in jewelry:
Embellished Altered Keys Tutorial.
It shows step-by-step how to achieve a fascinating variety of key alterations, like these:
Altered, embellished keys by Kim Newberg
Start gathering up your discarded house keys, car keys, etc. – because you’re going to want to start altering and embellishing them as soon as you see Kim’s tutorial!
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