Photo charm keychains

I decided to make a photo charm and keychain for my cousin and her fiancé as a small engagement gift.

To make the photo bead I used all this...




1: two part resin w/instructions
2: modge podge (used to protect pic from color bleed and to glue to the frame)
3: two measuring cups (you have to have exact equal parts of each part of resin mix)
4: xacto knife (cut pic to size)
5: two cotton swabs (i cut the cotton off one end and used as stir stick. The other I used to smooth pic into the frame w/ glue)
6: photo frame beads
7: small photos
8: snippers
9: safety pin (to pop or move bubbles to the edge of frame)
10: cool article in BeadStyle magazine (feb '10) about making a resin bead

The bead, once set had to dry for 24 hours. In the meantime I gathered the keyring, chain, charms and beads to make the magic happen.

The finished result...

A keychain for him:




And a keychain for her:





I tried to use the colors that are going to be in their wedding wich is yellow and rust.




My cousin was so excited I ended up offering to make jewelery for the wedding. Yikes! I am getting bold now. But it will be a fun project. And the bride and bridesmaids will help me. Also my other cousins want jewlery now and my aunt had already put in an order. LOL Another project is always waiting for me. But I think I like it that way. :)

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