Heirloom Sun Catcher

My grandfather passed away a few years ago & my mother still had his keys – house key, shed key, car key, etc…so we thought that it would be nice to find an interesting way to display them – in a sun catcher.

Using his keys along with assorted glass beads & wire, leather cording & a bamboo pole, I created this sun catcher/wind chime:

(made with my grandfather’s set of keys) (made with my grandfather’s set of keys) (made with my grandfather’s set of keys)

We decided to give it to my Uncle Rich for Christmas this year. I made sure that the leather key chain could easily be removed (so my uncle could use if he wanted to).

We gave it to him this past weekend & he immediately hung it up near the downstairs bar. I am pretty sure that he liked it a lot