Skeleton key crafts

Transform these historic and antique pieces into beautiful art, jewelry, home decor, and more with these easy crafts and upcycle projects.

You will love displaying your vintage treasures with these ten unique and inspiring vintage decor ideas. It may also be time to start collecting!

A few weeks ago I found some awesome metal skeleton keys at my local thrift store. They were larger and metal so I knew that I had to have them, just not sure what the

I love old keys, locks, and watches. Skeleton keys especially fascinate me, and I think they look lovely framed on the wall. But every tutorial or idea I found either involved tying a ribbon to t…

Skeleton key clock. I could make this with a pallet back, and keys bought from craft stores.

TGI-DI-Friday! And in keeping with this week’s Spooky Spring theme, we’ve got a DIY project that’s sure to enchant you with its sweet sounds through the springtime and beyond!

As promised — new craft project!!! Remember how I altered my aunt’s beautiful wind chime to match her preexisting one? That project inspired me to think out of the box to create her a f…

Have lots of old keys?? Tutorial for "Let it Snow" wall art, plus upcycling old keys into animal creations.

The February theme from Art Elements is Birds of Prey. I was initially thrown off when I saw the title of the theme reveal. But, on reading Cathy's post and realizing that, of course, owls are included in the "Birds of Prey" category, I knew I had my focus for the challenge. I love owls. I'm sure it stems partly from the fact that several of my favorite movies include owls: Labyrinth and Harry Potter to name two. As a jewelry artist, my first inclination was to start with jewelry, and I did…

A Creative Journey

For the latest issue of VintageKC magazine, a vintage home décor, fashion, and DIY magazine, a handful of other bloggers and I were challenged to create wind chimes out of vintage, reused or thrifted materials. Immediately, I thought of skeleton keys. What’s more wind chime-y than keys clinking together? Luckily, I had quite a few on hand. After I expressed my love for old skeleton keys to my tool-savvy grandpa a while back, he gives them to me any time he comes across any—and I’ve amassed…

Empty frame, burlap, twine and old skeleton keys. Embellished with paper flowers.:)

Although skeleton keys are easy to find and most of are relatively cheap, we want you to know that there are still quite a few that are highly coveted and rare.

I love customizing my home decor, and I had made up my mind that I was going to have these old-fashioned skeleton keys hanging from the ceiling fans in my sewing room.

Skeleton Key Bracelet on Rustic Leather Cord by aptoArt on Etsy, $18.00

Last week reader Sally B. sent me a great little bag of vintage keys, ( WOOT! ) which inspired me to start playing with some key jewelry des...

<p>From practical applications to creative projects, we explore the best ways to use old keys.</p>