My Little Toy Room

Materials:

Belt (get a cheap one from a thrift store!)

Screw-on studs (not pictured)

Measuring tape

Leather punch

Box cutter or knife

Marker

You're first going to need to put the belt around your neck and mark where a hole for the buckle will need to go. (You could try measuring your neck circumference with the tape, but it can be a bit of a hassle.)

I'd recommend standing in front of a mirror and using a Sharpie to make a dot on the back of the belt. I used black, but silver or white would be a lot easier to see. Make sure the dot is on the middle of the belt width and use the leather punch to make the hole (I used #3 on my punch). This measurement will likely be a bit off, so consider making an additional hole or two on either side of the original. I ended up making three extra holes, about 1/2" apart:

Decide where you want to cut the belt and make a mark. Lay the belt out, sketch an outline for the tip, and use the box cutters to cut the belt to size.

The end result is a bit messy, but people probably aren't going to stare intently at the back of your neck, so eh. Feel free to let me know if you have a better idea on how to tidy the end up.

Measure from the top outside of the belt buckle around to the end of the belt (see orange line below).

Go in about 1 inch each side (gives room for buckle area) and mark holes every 1-1.5 inches or so; determine whether you want an even or odd number of studs and calculate the spacing from there. Then punch your holes (I used #2.5 on my leather punch), push the screw ends of the studs through the back, screw on your studs, and you're done. I didn't get the side measurements quite right on mine, so it's not completely symmetrical, but it shouldn't be very noticeable when I'm wearing it.

Here's an old choker I made with the same method, this time with an even number of studs:

♡Cherries Jubilee♡

12/03/19: Pony Acquisition Post #394: ****SIMPLY AMAZING LICKETY SPLIT AND WINDY CUSTOMS BY PINKKITTYWINKS!!***

Year Released: 1984

OH MY!!!!! The amazing Pinkkittywinks on the arena has been making me amazing custom Pom Pom ponies, and she outdid herself this time! We made a combined effort to gather many different Lickety Splits especially, as I found a Spanish one at the MLP Fair with a haircut, and she got a Italian one and the UK baby from ebay, in bait condition! Combined with regular BBE and regular release Lickety’s, we made up different hair combinations and she put so much effort in to make amazing customs!

We have Rainbow Sherbert Puff Puff, with Rainbow perfume puff hair and lovely custom barrette, as well as her baby, who I thought of to be inspired by pink and blue cotton candy, so she’s Baby Candy Floss Puff! 

Windy was a last minute addition, I saw her for sale on her site, she originally said she was sold but surprised me last minute and put her in the box! She was rehaired with glittery yarn and pretty pretty bows!

Back to more Lickety’s, my old Spanish Lickety Split I found at the fair became Lickety Knit (sorry for the pun lol…) with crochet hair! And she surprised me with a baby Lickety Knit too!

The Italian Lickety Split she found was made into a Neopolitan Lickety, with wonderful green, brown, pink, and white hair in a dip gradient, and of course she has a baby! I found the BBE Baby Lickety on a free table when I was leaving the MLP Fair actually, and knew she could have a brand new life!

She also included a lovely Moomin card, a handmade choker necklace, and the tails to the Lickety’s!!!

Look at them all posed together with my customs I already had! What a family this is!!!

Original condition: Custom

Flaws: N/A

Restoration Materials: probably plenty!! Yarn, puff hair, etc.