First: I could kill this thing, but let's continue...
I found these sweet tags at Michaels. 
They were a welcome sight after wasting my time looking for buttons with brass rings. They were silver, but after some paint with the greatest paintbrushes money can buy (Kids water coloring book brush, hells yeah!), they were a proper brass/gold color. Things are going great.
According to the instruction of the master Jake von Slatt, I grabbed myself a pipe, hammer and pounded away on my felt to create the keyholes. I think I accidentally bought the industrial strength felt because I ended up hammering ripples into my pipe. After hand-cutting the holes, fitting it to the naked keys, stretching it to fit better to the naked keys...I realized it totally sucked. 
Maybe I should have paid more attention to the way Dr. Von Slatt organized the keyboard. Maybe I should actually follow the advice I look for? Lesson learned.
A little miffed with myself, I decided to take a break and work on the keys after they'd dried. After I designed and printed out the letters then realized I had to hand cut them too. I thought I had a scrapbooking hole punch that would work...and it did not. Couple hours later, those blasted letters are all cut out and placed it their respective tags, and my neck and fingers are killing me. 6 hours spent and I retire with the wind blown out of my sails. This is no weekend project, folks.
- Hours: 6 = 13 Total
- Out: $56 (Bought the framing! Next post!)
After the keyboard fiasco, I needed a pick me up. After discussing my project with a friend, and telling him about my framing woes, he tipped me off to moulding. It's decorative, it's thin, and it's fairly cheap. Yay ideas! and YAY shopping! Off to Lowes and I find a gorgeous piece of pre-cut that fits my theme. 
Back on track, I went back to the garage and took apart that sweet box (which was used for tissues, my mother informed me). The glory of brass carnage...
