A fun little leather heart keyring… just in time for Valentine’s Day. Makes for a cute handmade gift for your best friend, sister, mom, daughter, or maybe even a fun clue in a Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt… something along the lines of …the key to unlock my heart sounds perfectly cheesy to me, but also very romantic.
* Thin leather
* Key ring
* Chain
* Scissors
* Bead reamer
* Pink thread
* Beading pliers
* Draw or trace 1/2 of a heart onto the suede side of your leather. Fold your leather to cut a perfect heart.
* Use your first heart as a pattern to draw your second heart.
* Place your hearts together, suede side touching. Using a bead reamer or pen, mark a pattern of dots around the edge as a guide for your stitches.
* Begin first stitch on the inside to hide your knotted end within the heart.
* Using a simple overcast or hemming stitch, stich your hearts together, making sure to keep them aligned. Tip: use a thimble on your thumb to push your needle through the leathers then grab it and pull it through with your pliers.
* Pull cotton balls apart and fill your heart for padding.
* Close your stitch again, by hiding the knot inside.
* Separate a few links from your chain.
* Attach one end to your keyring.
* Create a new hole in the corner of your heart.
* Slip a link through and then attach it to the rest of the links.
Val - A Cleaner Closet
I love the heart-related projects that have been making the rounds this month, and this is one of my faves! So sweet, and this tute is so clear and beautiful photographed. x
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lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Francesca
That is just gorgeous! What a super blog you have. I am following you from Rome. I just made some cookies, come on over for tea:)
Makeup and Macaroons
Oooh love it, looks so easy but so adorable. Need to bookmark this post for in case I ever get the urge to do DIY. 🙂
Free Love SMS
Wow!! So beautiful and so touchy!! All images are so cute. Thanks for it.
Katya
amazing DIY so cute and easy ♥
Bee And San
Your really good at leather DIYs!!!
San
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Maria
Oh! So adorable! I want to make this key ring and the leather feather one and have a collection of your DIY key rings 😉
jenn~the stylish housewife
cute! my husband drives my car now and he removed ALL of my keychains. literally, he uses JUST the car key…not even a house key attached to it! so annoying =)
xoxo, jenn
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Nari-Elle
So cute!
xo,
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CessOviedo
Simple and sweeet! Bet my girlfriends would love it!
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House of Avandan
Very cute and easy to make.
A jewelry blog.
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Andrea Clare
oh my goodness, so bloody cute!!
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Amy
How cute is this!! What a great little valentine’s gift!
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Anonymous
Love it! I could see using the same technique to make earrings or pendant.
Maja
what a great idea!! 🙂
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Alela Sirah
That is such a cute DIY! That would be a great girlfriends gift!
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Liesl
This is so darling…well done and thank you for sharing! I love all your creative ideas!
Liesl 🙂
Malia
Looks simple enough, thanks for sharing.
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wow
simple good
Gwen
I would totally have Ellie do these for Valentine’s but I don’t think she could do the sewing the leather. Maybe if she made them out of felt. LOL! She’s pretty lazy so it would have to be easy.
Candi @ Candace Rose
Super cute, Maegan! Happy early Valentines day! xo
Marina
Amazing idea! I will try this! I love it!
xoxo M.
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Ioanna Evans
Sweet and elegant!!! Love this!! kisses from Greece.Ioanna Evans
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The Purse Snatcher
So cute!!!
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Eco Friendly Living
I have a leather fanny pack that I didn’t want to just toss in the trash. I’ve been looking for ideas for how to use the small bits of leather. Thank you for the inspiration!