Skeleton Key Wall Hanging

I have been seeing these skeleton key pictures around blog land and I wanted one.  I have seen a few of them in the stores but they were too pricey for my tastes!

Hobby Lobby has a clearance sale now on some home decorator items--80% off...I liked that!

I was browsing and found this framed piece.  The frame was more like a shadow box, so I thought it might work for my skeleton keys which I had purchased on etsy. 

When I saw the price tag, I was sure I could make it work.  Yes, that's $3.60!

I spray painted the frame black.  There were two wooden mats inside, I spray painted the top one chocolate brown and the bottom one black.  I pried off the cross on the inside wood and sprayed a heavy duty adhesive on.  I cut out a piece of flax colored felted wool and stuck it to the back. 

Then I marked the area that would be visible inside the mats and arranged the keys as I wanted them.  I realized then that the keys were close to the same color as my background.  So out came the black spray paint again and I just hit the keys with a very light coat of black paint.  I attached the keys with a dot of E6000 which is my favorite glue of all time!

I really love the finished product!  And my total price was...$7.60!  I already had the adhesives, the wool,and the paints, so that made it even better!