div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/diva href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rhiui2NLLNc/Tqav2ehBq1I/AAAAAAAAEyU/S_-8ynNIs3Q/s1600/Slide1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="480px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rhiui2NLLNc/Tqav2ehBq1I/AAAAAAAAEyU/S_-8ynNIs3Q/s640/Slide1.png" width="640px" /nbsp;/abr /div style="text-align: justify;"My addiction to collars is still raging, and this amazing gold one by Louis Vuitton caught my eye. I couldn't help but have a go at making my own version!nbsp; I would love to be able to hand craft a metal collar, but unfortunately that's a major stretch of my DIY skills. So here's my basic (and way cheaper) version using leather and gold spray paint. /divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zcCDvNpEMXU/TrKOn61DV4I/AAAAAAAAFWk/--IY2szuvrw/s1600/apairandasparegoldcollar1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="432" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zcCDvNpEMXU/TrKOn61DV4I/AAAAAAAAFWk/--IY2szuvrw/s640/apairandasparegoldcollar1.png" width="640" /nbsp;/a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ID5L2nBZjEM/TqVgwLD_HkI/AAAAAAAAExE/3737nyDoVfs/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ID5L2nBZjEM/TqVgwLD_HkI/AAAAAAAAExE/3737nyDoVfs/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar10.png" width="640" //a/divbr /I used the same design as a href="/2010/11/diy-weekly-leather-collar-necklace.html"this leather collarnbsp;project/a I did a very long while ago.br /br /bYou Need:/bbr /Leather (I used a scrap from a skirt)br /Scissorsbr /Gold Spraypaint (make sure it's non-toxic as it will sit against your skin)br /A Hook and eye.br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zD7hFUBYZTE/TqVkMfsMsPI/AAAAAAAAEyM/sOH1aSeFqBY/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="408px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zD7hFUBYZTE/TqVkMfsMsPI/AAAAAAAAEyM/sOH1aSeFqBY/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar01.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /bHow to: /bbr /1. I used as the template a collar I had made previously a href="/2010/11/diy-weekly-leather-collar-necklace.html"here/a. I have put the original pattern of it below.br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qvUBMJek0Bs/TNkStsGmQSI/AAAAAAAACVU/6Nb_Iiqpa_k/s1600/Leather+Collar+Dimensions.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="428px" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qvUBMJek0Bs/TNkStsGmQSI/AAAAAAAACVU/6Nb_Iiqpa_k/s640/Leather+Collar+Dimensions.JPG" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1mFF72SfLqM/TqVj8KnPsuI/AAAAAAAAEyE/as14l-4xWUk/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="436px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1mFF72SfLqM/TqVj8KnPsuI/AAAAAAAAEyE/as14l-4xWUk/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar02.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /br /2. Cut the collar out.br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hfW8dnVwwAE/TqVjmSvZjXI/AAAAAAAAEx8/UyKNOkRrP8g/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="420px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hfW8dnVwwAE/TqVjmSvZjXI/AAAAAAAAEx8/UyKNOkRrP8g/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar03.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /3. This is what the cut out collar should look like.br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W0ZORpmkhVc/TqVjNTxmRzI/AAAAAAAAEx0/TniC4oLK1VU/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="404px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W0ZORpmkhVc/TqVjNTxmRzI/AAAAAAAAEx0/TniC4oLK1VU/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar04.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /4. Take your collar outside and prepare to spraypaint. I did an undercoat of white so the gold would pop.br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkG79RfTh3Q/TqVi2F9PVKI/AAAAAAAAExs/_9fn1ijHPC4/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar05.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="414px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkG79RfTh3Q/TqVi2F9PVKI/AAAAAAAAExs/_9fn1ijHPC4/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar05.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /5. Spray with gold spraypaint.br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uEdVp-0AQYQ/TqVibLt-_RI/AAAAAAAAExk/kedGt2x0yjQ/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="410px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uEdVp-0AQYQ/TqVibLt-_RI/AAAAAAAAExk/kedGt2x0yjQ/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar06.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VA9_32cnVyY/TqViCVvaDtI/AAAAAAAAExc/7pOZW11aE6A/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="378px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VA9_32cnVyY/TqViCVvaDtI/AAAAAAAAExc/7pOZW11aE6A/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar07.png" width="640px" //a/divbr /6. Finally, sewnbsp;the hook and eye on the front edges of the collar as shown below.br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eSrsvvudO3U/TqVgYdjGp1I/AAAAAAAAEw8/xDNMsM9jNP0/s1600/apairandasparediygoldcollar11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="442px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eSrsvvudO3U/TqVgYdjGp1I/AAAAAAAAEw8/xDNMsM9jNP0/s640/apairandasparediygoldcollar11.png" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Voila! 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