I really love those little plastic hotel key tags and thought it would be fun to re-create the design on leather. I mocked up a design in Adobe Illustrator following what seems to be the standard for these key tags. I then used my laser cutter to deeply engrave the design on some natural tooling leather and also cut it out. I wanted to give the key tag some depth so I cut another thin piece of leather that was roughly the same dimensions but taken in 1/4" from the edge all around. Sandwiched in between the 2 outside pieces gives the final product a nice touch.

I went over the surfaces with some antique paste which is designed to fill in the text areas that were laser engraved previously. I let it sit on the surface a little longer than normal so it would stain.

I hand-stitched the key tag then went around the edge adding an indentation to offset the stitching. It worked OK but wouldve been better if I had a fileteuse. I dyed the edges black and burnished. After popping in the eyelet I went over the whole thing with some resolene. I dont normally use this stuff but I wanted to give it a slightly shiny coating that looks like its been hanging in an old hotel gift shop for a little while. Probably shouldve done that step before putting the eyelet on but oh well. Overall a fun little project. I dont currently have the pattern up for this one at the moment.

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