Memory Charms

The less efficient way of storing your memos

Posted by Cat Morley

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If you are the flirty type, you could keep your phone number on a memory charm and then give it away when you want someone to call you.

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You Will Need (6 things)

  • Shrink Plastic
  • Scissors
  • Permanent Marker Pen(s)
  • Jump Ring(s)
  • Jewelry Clasp
  • Hole Punch

Steps (8 steps, 30 minutes)

  1. 1

    Write your note down on to shrink plastic using a permanent marker.

  2. 2

    Cut the note out in to an interesting shape.

  3. 3

    Punch a hole through the top.

  4. 4

    You can write a little note on the back too, if you like.

  5. 5

    Cook in the oven until shrunk. Usually at 175° for 2 minutes or so.

  6. 6

    Take a jewellery clasp and a jump ring.

  7. 7

    Slip the jump ring through the hole on your charm and then through the clasp. You can now clip your charm on to a bracelet.

  8. 8

    Use the folded notebook instructions to make yourself a notebook out of shrink plastic. Keep this in your pocket and then when you have something to remember, scribble it down and then make a memory charm.