not braided just decorated. . .

I got these fabulous star shaped spots and they are supper cute and fun but they have a lot of prongs and the prongs seem to be super flexible and kind of sharp. . . So to prevent the prongs from snagging or scratching I laminated a second layer of suede on the backside making it double thick with the prongs totally captured.  I think they are great and I'm not sure I want to try to slit or braid them once they are double thick.  However, I am considering making the decorations go all the way around, in the mean time I have discovered that the smaller stars fit inside the larger hollow ones. . .  

 Which is awesome I think.  The layered effect and the 3 dimensional look are really cool as the larger stars are flat and the smaller stars are kind of domed up.  Plus I have plenty of snaps to make as many variations as I want.  ☺