Now, samples!

First of all, the keychain samples and the charms look AMAZING. The print quality is very good, the details are visible even on the tiny charms and the colours are clear and bright. Similarly, the print on the lanyards came out really well, too. There are a few things I’ll change before placing the final order:

• The plastic loopies that keep the keychain closed (see below) are extremely difficult to open. Instead the keychains will close with a gold ball-bead chain (as planned). This will not effect the stability.
• The keychain hinges will all be at the bottom of the keychain for more stability
• I’ll add two-three magnets to the keychains which require some minimal design changes to hide them. The magnets are not very strong but they do serve as an additional security when closing the keychain. I try to hide them with foreground elements, but some keychain designs, like the tundra and grassland, don’t have forground elements at the top. In those cases I have to either add one or hide it behind the sky.
• The lanyards will have gold hardware + gold split ring and chain. This will give you more options to use them. You could for example fill the Shaker Keychain up and then close it with a jump ring to add it to your lanyard chain (see below). I’ll include a matching jump ring with every lanyard! Of course you could also add any other charm to the chain, such as the new freebie or any that you already have.

Now let’s get to the bad news 😟

So what are we doing about it?