Sherlock Week: 221B Baker Street Key Necklace!

 Sherlock Week: 221B Baker Street Key Necklace! I love Sherlock! Everyone knows his address and loves it.  Make an adorable house key necklace proclaiming your love of the popular fiction!  You will need: an old house key Metal stamp letters and numbers. Sturdy pounding surface & hammer (and a teenage son is pretty nice too) Set the metal punch where you want it on the key. Hold in place tightly...this can cause some frustration, so this craft is not recommended for lightweights. Then pound the metal stamp with the hammer. Multiple poundings can cause the stamp to slip, so one hard hit is superior to several hits. Keys are harder to punch than soft copper blanks...so using washers to practice on is smart. Once pounded in they look pretty good. But they need some depth.  So use a sharpie and draw over the lines. Really press the sharpie deep into the grooves. Next, use a magic eraser (dry) to remove the sharpie on the sur...

Sherlock Week: Tie a Scarf

 Sherlock Week: Tie a Scarf  I'm so excited for another installment of Sherlock! To celebrate it is Sherlock week all week! Sherlock regularaly dons a scarf. It's thin and he just loops it in a larks head.  Cool and classy!  We decided to do a tutorial on a funner way to tie a scarf! Check this out and then try it!  Awesome right!? Get yourself a scarf and try it out! This post published on Doodlecraft first 

Sherlock Week! Leather Journal DIY!

 Sherlock Week! Leather Journal DIY! It is Sherlock week here at Doodlecraft! Hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Sherlock, the new season of BBC's epic series, comes out on January 1st! Let's celebrate with 5 super geeky crafts!  If you haven't watched Sherlock, It's a fun twist on the old Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They are detective based mysteries set in modern days. Like how the old school books could be interpreted today! Dr. John Watson, instead of writing for the paper The Strand, has a blog! There are 3 seasons (3 Ninety minute episodes each season) and they did a fun feature last New Year's Day, The Abominable Bride. Anyways, let's craft.  I got a blank journal book from Oriental Trading. They are cheap and the paper is similar to newsprint, but fun for a craft. I also used scrap leather (purchased in a bundle at Hobby Lobby) Rubber cement, snaps and setter, and gold adhesive foil/adhesive pen Rotary cut...