Crafty key art

I saw these cute shadow box framed keys at an antique mall in Burnet:

I thought, well, I have some old keys I could use for a craft.  They were on various keyrings of  Mark's so they have sentimental value to me.  Who knows?  They may have been to our first apartment, first house, the Galveston home he grew up in - I have no idea exactly what each one went to, only that they were important enough for him to hold onto.

I didn't have a small frame, but I do have several embroidery hoops.  I laid out the keys I wanted to use: two big keys for parents, four smaller ones for kids.  Six in all, to represent our family.  I stretched some burlap into a hoop, and trimmed off the excess on back. Then I added a dab of hot glue on the back of each key and set them on the burlap.  Done.

I kind of love the meaning here: each person "key" to the family that we built.  This was a very sentimental craft.

Symbolism was always big to Mark, as well.  Two peas in a pod we were.

Gina