HOW-TO: DIY TASSEL AND MACRAMÉ KEYCHAINS

• Update the keychain you’ve had since before you can remember
• Create a spare set of keys for the pet-sitter
• Make a spare set of keys to leave with the neighbor so when you lock yourself out you don’t have to break into your own place
• Decorate your backpack
• Decorate your purse
• Create the snazziest luggage tag on the baggage carousel
• Get organized by creating a separate key ring for all those tiny rewards cards
• Use this as a way to hone your already fabulous macramé skills

For the striped macramé keychain, she used vertical half-stitch knots and wool roving yarn to make the stripes. The third and fifth custom keychains are super easy—string a few beads and add a tassel. And the fourth DIY keychain pictured here is just a long braid folded in half and wrapped with embroidery floss.