What is on your "wish list"?

[HARVEY]

With the holidays coming up, what leather and leather related goodies would you like Santa to bring you? Do you give a list to your SO, or do you hope your family gets it right? Do you ask for gift certificates?

If you could ask Santa for a leather something this year, what would it be? A tool? A hide? A machine? A new laptop to read LW? Do you always wind up with cologne and a tie whether you need them or not?

Johanna

Leather related goodies? That's easy. I'd ask Santa for either an 8 1/2 x 11" tooled notepad holder, a tooled belt, or a classy waste basket by either Jim Jackson, Troy West, Bob Park, Don Butler, or several other top pros I admire. I've already been fortunate to get a one such article, a comb case.

I myself have given gift certificates in the past to Grey Ghost Graphics (Jeff Mosby) and Barry King. I'm sure any vendor would be happy to make up a gift certificate.

Since it's nigh impossible to buy for leather people, in reverse I have told family members I would be flattered to get gift certificates myself, and have; one from a cousin for Barry King tools.

The smart thing to do is, over the course of the year, if you see something unique or special, get it and just put it away for the holidays; unique tools, for example. Bob Douglas always has some one-of-a-kind tools and stamps. Leather related DVDs. Pattern books; Dover's a great source. You can buy some very elegant and/or cool conchos or silverwork to be given to others and incoporated into a piece. (I once made a prescription pad holder for a cardiologist; carved a human heart in the center of the piece, complete with prominent arteries and veins, backgrounded with basketweave, and in the corner mounted a silver valentine-style heart. The silver looked great). Just always keep presents in mind and buy throughout the year.

Harvey

[ClayB]

I've seen pictures of the ice motel and that's about as close to it as I care to get to it. I can get plenty cold enough just walking out the door here lately. But Tom's idea of a get together is something that would be a great Christmas present! How about Jamaica or the Bahamas though. I like Harvey's idea too. Some of my favorite presents in the past (not just for Christmas) have been cool things made out of leather. Someday I'd love to have pictures by Robb Barr, Paul Burnett and Bill Gomer to add to my collection, or from a lot of the members of this forum too.

[ClayB]

Jim Linnell has some items for sale on his Elktracks website that would make great Christmas presents!

[TTcustom]

I wish of inspired tooling, A more creative mind and my non leather wish is for peace and happiness in 2010.

[MissasEquineDesign]

Way too much! I think I might ask for a leather working book or two, but other than that I want/need too many things to ask for! What I need is for Santa to drop off a few thousand dollars..... yep, that would help out.