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Unless it's just too small to use for anything... I hate the thought of my practice and pieces going into the garbage. So I've come up with a couple ideas.

1. If your practice piece has some half way decent art on it and you can cut it out into a decent shape. Impregnate the back of the piece with essential oil and poke a hole... use it as a car air freshener. (or include this in the package with your custom order)

2. If the practice piece is large enough make it into a hair barrette.

3. I skive while my leather is wet... these long strips while still wet can be formed into "ribbon roses"

4. Take skive shavings and chop them up fine with some modge podge and use it like leather clay. ???

5. Fix a friend's guitar case handle with some decent leather strips. Make two rings and a long piece for the handle chicago screws to tie it all together.

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So what do you do with your scrap and practice pieces?

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Good idea!

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Good idea!

LOL which one? The air freshener thing works really well... the essential oil just sinks right in.

A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"

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Unless it's just too small to use for anything... I hate the thought of my practice and pieces going into the garbage. So I've come up with a couple ideas.

1. If your practice piece has some half way decent art on it and you can cut it out into a decent shape. Impregnate the back of the piece with essential oil and poke a hole... use it as a car air freshener. (or include this in the package with your custom order)

2. If the practice piece is large enough make it into a hair barrette.

3. I skive while my leather is wet... these long strips while still wet can be formed into "ribbon roses"

4. Take skive shavings and chop them up fine with some modge podge and use it like leather clay. ???

5. Fix a friend's guitar case handle with some decent leather strips. Make two rings and a long piece for the handle chicago screws to tie it all together.

post-26936-084721100 1331504110_thumb.jp

So what do you do with your scrap and practice pieces?

You know me Syl, I won't throw anything away. You remember the full length pic I did of sienna that was wonky? I have it on a clip board and use it as a mouse pad where I plugged in a 'real' mouse to my laptop.

I love the mod podge idea.....i wonder if you you mixed those all up and while it was still wet could 'decopage' a tray or something like that you'd usually wet mold? Gonna have to try it! c

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You know me Syl, I won't throw anything away. You remember the full length pic I did of sienna that was wonky? I have it on a clip board and use it as a mouse pad where I plugged in a 'real' mouse to my laptop.

I love the mod podge idea.....i wonder if you you mixed those all up and while it was still wet could 'decopage' a tray or something like that you'd usually wet mold? Gonna have to try it! c

I was thinking something more like when you mold your eyes... on the back fill the eyeball part with the clay, smooth it off and it would be assured that it will never get crushed. Or like that one member here that has the awesome buffalo face picture that is 3D for an avatar

If you try the "decopage" stick some glad wrap over the tray first....

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I was thinking something more like when you mold your eyes... on the back fill the eyeball part with the clay, smooth it off and it would be assured that it will never get crushed. Or like that one member here that has the awesome buffalo face picture that is 3D for an avatar

If you try the "decopage" stick some glad wrap over the tray first....

oh I will, I used to make Papier Mache' trays. It's a lot of fun. I have a basket, not very big or deep that's woven 'something, LOL. I was going to try doing it on the BACK so the woven design would show on the tray insides. In my spare time, LOL

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6. take the left over strips and turn them into cord keepers to help those who have to deal with long cords... like electricians, construction workers, musicians.

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Hey Sylvia

Thanks for the great ideas. I really like the air freshener and the cord keeper ideas.

Cheers, Toolingaround

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Hey Sylvia

Thanks for the great ideas. I really like the air freshener and the cord keeper ideas.

Cheers, Toolingaround

:) I think that the air freshener would be a good fair and flea market item.

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I use my practice pieces for more practice or figuring out dye schemes and stuff.

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