I subscribed to Etsy a few weeks ago and have been admiring all its users' handmade items.

Recently, this item caught my eye... and I was in love. I wanted to buy it for myself, but saw that not only was it sold out, but $20.00, and that's not including shipping! I thought to myself... hey, maybe I'll just make my own.

I told my boyfriend about my fabulous idea and explained to him that I would be "jelly" and he would be "peanut butter," and we'd have ourselves a new set of keychains! Of course, he thought my enthusiasm was adorable and agreed to sacrifice a bit more bulkiness to his growing collection of keys.

Last night, I decided to take out my polymer clay, cutting board, trace paper, and xacto knife. There was a lot of kneading, rolling (I had to actually use the kitchen's rolling pin), and cutting. It was constant mess-ups, which resulted in me starting over three times. Midway I thought to myself, "I should have just bought the actual product." Truthfully, I thought the keychain looked like crap. HAHA.

It turned out somewhat okay. The one on sale at Etsy is definitely 3x better. But oh well, it's made with love!






And I decided to stamp our names on the back!

Wait until you see Nate's actual Valentine's Day present. Update later!