Keys to my heart

In my attempt to finish the entry way sometime this year I've been cramming as much as I possibly can this week while Mr. P is home. Let's just say it's a little easier to craft, paint, and hot glue when there's someone watching the little devils angels while I work. :) Today I worked on this wall.

Tall, and empty are the two words to describe it. Boring would work too. I wanted something cute, nothing too personal since the house is still on the market {ugh!} But something that tugged at my heart strings. Everyone knows I'm a little sentimental about our first home. What's better than the keys to the house!

Each door in our house has it's own skeleton key, and since I've never had a reason to lock any of the doors in the house I've been using them for different things. Santa keys, apothocary fillers, and now art. As you can see I'm running out of keys! :)

Four left, but for this project we'll only be using three. I like things in threes and the fourth is a little shiny for my liking. At least for this project it is.

Nice and rusty and old. Gorgeous!

To start I purchased 3 12x12 frames at Michaels. They're usually 9.99 but this week (and almost everytime I see them) they're 50% off. I liked them because the matte is layered in the frame. Which makes it easy for the key to sit and not bulge out the back.

Other supplies, burlap or another medium for your key to sit on, a glue gun and 10 mintues.

Really, this was probably the fastest project ever! I cut the burlap to fit and glued it.

Making sure to pull it tight so you don't have a million wrinkles. You could double up on the fabric if you're using burlap so it's not so transparent. I for one didn't have enough to go around, and I just flipped the paper in the frame over so the white shows through (instead of the couple getting married, as lovely as they are). Good enough for this chick!

Then I put a smidgen of glue on the key and pressed her down. That's the nice part about hot glue if you ever want to change your mind it comes off so easy! Put everything back in the frame and you're done. Yep, that easy! See, how fast that can go!

The seriously hard part was getting a picture of them on the wall without a glare from the door. So I had to just give in. Forgive me! :) Now one of the the first things I see when I walk into the door, is the pretty (fast, and cheap) art work. I can't get enough of it!