“keys to my heart”
February 2, 2011 § 25 Comments
Here’s the key to expressing your fondest feelings this Valentine’s Day. Why not harvest the keys of an old, unwanted keyboard to devise a message filled with warm words for your loved one?
This simple project allows you to customize the color as well as create duplicates of keyboard keys.
You will need:
a. Keys from a keyboard. You can easily pry out each key using a flathead screwdriver or a letter opener.
b. Spray paint for plastic. I used Krylon in Fairytale Pink.
c. Letraset dry transfer letters. I used 3/8″ Helvetica.
Paint the keys with two to three coats of spray paint. To seamlessly adhere your letters, make sure you cut out separate letters from your sheet of Letraset. The keys are curved and if you transfer directly from the sheet, parts of the adjacent letters will be transferred to the edges of the keys.
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What a great idea! I love this!
you need to be selling this on Etsy Jer!
Sweet! On my list of things to do was come up for a craft for the extra key board we have sitting around, this is really cute
So clever, I love them!
so clever! I love it!
Thanks, everyone!
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I love this idea! So cute. I see it done with scrabble tiles too.
Blue Skies,
Charlotte xo
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fantastic view! Very good idea. Thanks
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If I were to try to give that to my techie spouse, I’d have to make sure any key used that had the raised bit you feel with your fingers were the right letters, J or F (might get away with H or U if I say it was a Dvorak key).
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Love this! My hubby owns a computer business, so this is a perfect gift for a techie!
I love this idea, and will definitely be doing it for a christmas gift!
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What a great idea, gonna take a look if there are old keybords in this house..
Thank you for this great idea.
hugs, fenny
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may I ask what size frame you used for this? this is a great idea!
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how do you attach the keys?