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Hello everyone - I was browsing the forums this morning, trying to find ideas for nice Christmas tree ornaments for friends and family. I wasn't looking for the basic "tree", or "star", etc. ornaments, but something more fancy. While I was browsing Tandy's website looking at their free patterns section, I noticed a couple of the circular portions of the spur strap patterns, but they still weren't quite fancy enough. While not exactly a pattern, conchos seem to be just what I was looking for. Here is one I found that I might try to duplicate out of leather. And instead of tooling the seeds in the middle, I might see what kind of jewelry stones I can find at the craft store to attach for some nice color.

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Not even close to perfect, but here is my first attempt. I plan on making several - maybe 7 by the time all is said and done.... I opened the image in Photoshop, cropped away the white around the outside, then set it to print at 3" wide. I think 3" is a little small for the tools I personally have in my collection... I don't have any dyes on hand, so I'll have to save the finishing for another day.

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That looks great.

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... And instead of tooling the seeds in the middle, I might see what kind of jewelry stones I can find at the craft store to attach for some nice color.

That's a pretty clever idea, particle. I think some small swarovsky crystals would be the perfect touch.

Kate

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