Accordion Belt Buckle

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So my fellow busking band member of The Amazing Maelstrom had a birthday on 11/11/11, pretty sweet.  I knew just the perfect gift to make.
You see The Amazing Maelstrom consists of myself on musical saw and Evan Stuckless on the accordion.  It's a pretty winning combination, you could say just like peanut butter and jelly.  We usually busk for art walks.  First Thursday in the Pearl on a hot summer evening is our favorite.  It's really fun.
We have played a few paying gigs and a couple of weddings.  Those are fun, too.
So I knew that for Evan's birthday I would make him a very glittery accordion belt buckle.  I think it turned out pretty great, except the glitter was originally red, but when I sprayed the fixative it changed to pink.  I told Evan that I would make him another one with whatever color he preferred, but he totally loved it and here's the proof:

Hooray!!!

Byce's B-day Present

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Hello.
So my good friend Bryce collects belt buckles and pretty much that will be his birthday present until he dies, at least from me.  Last year I bought him a belt buckle at a thrift store with an adorable road runner on it.
However, I wanted to decorate one myself, but I wasn't sure where to purchase a blank belt buckle.  Anyway, about two weeks before his birthday, which was on Mother's Day -- happy Mother's Day everyone a skosh late -- somebody donated a whole box of blank belt buckles.  I couldn't believe.  I snatched up all 21 one of them.
So Bryce really likes zombies and I came upon this trading card for Archie McPhee's, which is a toy and novelty store located in Seattle.  It couldn't have been any more perfect in my opinion.
So here is my first attempt at decorating a belt buckle:

I think it turned out pretty good.  Bryce liked it.  The only mishap was that I put the image on upside-down.  It can still be worn, you just have to put your belt on from the other side, which is a bit weird, I guess.  Well, like I told Bryce, there's always next year~