Youtique: Spring Into Handmade Art & Craft Show This Saturday!

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Here's a sneak preview of some of the vendors that will be at the show this Saturday at D'Amato's in downtown Royal Oak from 10-3. D'Amato's is off of Washington, just North of Fourth Street. Hope you can make it!<img border="0" height="1000" src="http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f5138%5f1%5f10444595%5f0%5fANTSi2IAAYHfTaX0ugZWTwlOn64&pid=1.2.2&fid=%2540S%2540Search&inline=1" width="773" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><img border="0" height="1000" src="http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f5138%5f1%5f10444595%5f0%5fANTSi2IAAYHfTaX0ugZWTwlOn64&pid=1.2.3&fid=%2540S%2540Search&inline=1" width="773" /></span>

Youtique: Spring Into Handmade Art & Craft Show This Saturday!

Here's a sneak preview of some of the vendors that will be at the show this Saturday at D'Amato's in downtown Royal Oak from 10-...

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Jewelry Made From Vintage Typewriter Keys

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought a big bag of typewriter pieces a few weeks ago from a fellow jewelry designer and I'd been itching to cut the keys off but with sparks flying from my dremel I had to wait for a decent day to do it outside. Today it wasn't super cold so I sat on the front porch and cut them all off.  I had a layer of metal dust all over me, lost a few layers of skin on one finger, but the result was worth it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHtVSp15FWX53hjxZtivhV689R2MBClniATTyMHif1ENlvC80tGl_mggDRsqIPZej0zwkGH84RXycD2xarHVD-72IdUgmeaQDVoW0PkqeclmffxQg1zq8l-VK7EhaB9204wSYwdKpDdM/s1600/vintage+typewriter+keys+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHtVSp15FWX53hjxZtivhV689R2MBClniATTyMHif1ENlvC80tGl_mggDRsqIPZej0zwkGH84RXycD2xarHVD-72IdUgmeaQDVoW0PkqeclmffxQg1zq8l-VK7EhaB9204wSYwdKpDdM/s320/vintage+typewriter+keys+1.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwmnrzzgP8QJkk6BmCQaMuzAnvi36cNPHMnZ_AQD6xCNefwAuJUJ2qNdwyBDAHBGWG0I2EV6aOzK51DOYzlh75wRmNZ_Qciy7v4k0EyqqM2kZGx0aC5YQVncMJK3mq2E4r2Ye2OWhGYA/s1600/vintage+typewriter+keys+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwmnrzzgP8QJkk6BmCQaMuzAnvi36cNPHMnZ_AQD6xCNefwAuJUJ2qNdwyBDAHBGWG0I2EV6aOzK51DOYzlh75wRmNZ_Qciy7v4k0EyqqM2kZGx0aC5YQVncMJK3mq2E4r2Ye2OWhGYA/s320/vintage+typewriter+keys+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> These are all the leftover "arms" from the keys. I'll figure out something to make them into.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0PG0T-8JP0E92sjvp_EAyxqNzXQYYVZngngiTTeevvgibqbyEyKFsXjLezjn6C7vVV7hY6UfhHSYXsVqUxaCCQBo3AsCsKSNSNhcHVAkKpWLal7mBSaqD0_uccbz9cFhBgsxHI1GySg/s1600/vintage+typewriter+keys+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0PG0T-8JP0E92sjvp_EAyxqNzXQYYVZngngiTTeevvgibqbyEyKFsXjLezjn6C7vVV7hY6UfhHSYXsVqUxaCCQBo3AsCsKSNSNhcHVAkKpWLal7mBSaqD0_uccbz9cFhBgsxHI1GySg/s320/vintage+typewriter+keys+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Love these little keys!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9bI-mnfJhqi3lA6rnyE6_wzDBa6QPKIRa4jDPGWnmirLYnPwcCx4MS9408dTzcbu48ZlIi067hqgFFMBaLlW3T9VCP5mRtUwGj6E7CkCWBw80GKPT47v6i3VzI2moAsELehmUYWSIi4/s1600/vintage+typewriter+keys+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9bI-mnfJhqi3lA6rnyE6_wzDBa6QPKIRa4jDPGWnmirLYnPwcCx4MS9408dTzcbu48ZlIi067hqgFFMBaLlW3T9VCP5mRtUwGj6E7CkCWBw80GKPT47v6i3VzI2moAsELehmUYWSIi4/s320/vintage+typewriter+keys+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcp09HvbdezOzdn5AkFlWRMCP0URSu_QzS-JOVXcU50f6WML3YvHlHeNnmnSlJq8uDlDugGlOQPh2koT41Eedxu8PhfV3PhEvdnL2xOpyKnp4BjAPpf62c_ObyOy7y-l1CjA3bGZltZK8/s1600/vintage+typewriter+keys+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcp09HvbdezOzdn5AkFlWRMCP0URSu_QzS-JOVXcU50f6WML3YvHlHeNnmnSlJq8uDlDugGlOQPh2koT41Eedxu8PhfV3PhEvdnL2xOpyKnp4BjAPpf62c_ObyOy7y-l1CjA3bGZltZK8/s320/vintage+typewriter+keys+5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I shaved off all the little edges off the back and spent the rest of the afternoon experimenting with solder (and melting quite a few too) before coming up with some rings and pendants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoYfgkfzlQ8wP5qgwLXp5rSVwNprJiAFuinByAwlIM7ma_VSTp14Ejb4Nk6ON5HIU1LNdMj4nuYlnhLoHLQ3Tcc2jYN_vWqWMhaI6Xq9gNWQ8mrNfBXRHYUrqRYEVFj72d32cJPyZE8k/s1600/vintage+typewriter+keys+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoYfgkfzlQ8wP5qgwLXp5rSVwNprJiAFuinByAwlIM7ma_VSTp14Ejb4Nk6ON5HIU1LNdMj4nuYlnhLoHLQ3Tcc2jYN_vWqWMhaI6Xq9gNWQ8mrNfBXRHYUrqRYEVFj72d32cJPyZE8k/s320/vintage+typewriter+keys+6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be bringing them to Youtique: Spring Into Handmade this Saturday at D'Amato's in Royal Oak. The show is from 10-3 and I hope you'll stop by!</div>

Jewelry Made From Vintage Typewriter Keys

I bought a big bag of typewriter pieces a few weeks ago from a fellow jewelry designer and I'd been itching to cut the keys off but with...

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