Homemade Holiday Gifts: Nightmare Before Christmas Earrings

Got a quirky friend on your giftlist that likes Halloween more than Christmas?  I created these fun earrings that would be perfect for her!  These aren't anything from the film "The Nightmare Before Christmas" but when I finished them they seemed as though they'd fit in perfectly in the costume department of that film!

As you've heard before my mother is a collector of many crazy things.  She sent me a bag of diary keys recently that she had found at a garage sale.  Remember those tiny little metal keys you had for your middle-school diary?  I have about 15 of them now!

Nightmare Before Christmas Earrings

Supplies:

Two matching diary keys, about 1 in. long
Mod Podge
Black glitter
Two dangly earring blanks
4 jump rings
Needlenose pliers
Paint brush
Disposable cup

At least these keys will be good for something...they didn't do much for those diaries. 
My brother found out he could break into mine with a bobby pin!

Lay the diary keys out on your work surface.  Pour some Mod Podge into your cup, slowly add your glitter, stirring with the paint brush.  Keep adding glitter until it is a very glittery consistency.

Dip your brush into the glittery mod Podge and paint a thin layer over the top of your key.  Keep it thin or else it will clump.  Do the same to the other.  I poured a little dry glitter on top because I was impatient to finish these!  Let the first layer dry for about 20 min and repeat.  It should take about 3 layers of glitter to get the key completely coated.

Let them dry for 1 hr. and then flip them over and repeat on the other side.  Let dry for another 20 min. and coat with a thin layer of plain Mod Podge.

Let these dry for about 30 more minutes (they shouldn't be tacky) before assembling the earrings.

Open one jumpring with your pliers.  Loop it through the hole in the top of the key.  Loop another jumpring into it and close up the jumpring.  Take your dangly earring blank and open the loop at the bottom.  Link it through thr top jump ring and squeeze the loop shut with your pliers.

Slightly creepy but still pretty fancy!

These one of a kind earrings will be a hit!  Try using different colors of glitter if black isn't your recepients style!