Snap Dragons?

Since the animal scarves are doing so well at the Country Cellar I was thinking about how I could get something like that worn year round, maybe as an accessory.  The Ren Faires are a great place for add on costuming for one thing, add in the Science Fiction crowd, etc. and it's a nice sized niche market.

 

The local Hancock store just moved, I was there today checking it out, and looked through their fleece and fake fur section with 'new ideas'.  I know ferret owners have very little ferret stuff available to them, but I think dragons would be far more popular.  Not as large scarves during summer, more like a neck wrap around.  Remember those old fashioned mink stoles where one mink 'bit' onto another to make the stole?  I could do up something decorative with a semi-sculpted head, a fancy tail with fringe, and the body just a long tube (either stuffed or unstuffed). 

 

Oriental dragons came to mind, the Chinese and Japanese types are shown in many different colors, and I stood there and tried estimating how long/small/short/stuffed they would need to be.  Basically the length of two mink, about as large around, and a nicely sculpted head. How to attach the head to the tail though........

     and the snaps   

The notions section is one I don't frequent much since none of the items I make require elastic, metal items, buttons or such.  However I did find nickel and goldish plated 1/2 inch size snaps, they hold on pretty well when I tested the snapping ability, and they're able to be sewn on.  I'd only need one pair per accessory.  There were 4 on the card for $2.99.

 

Dragon Drapes?  I didn't altogether like the name much.  However SNAP DRAGONS is a much better name, so I blew the budget again and got a yard of five different fleece prints as they were on sale 40% off.  Add in the fake fur at 50% off (normally $30 a yard, whoo!) and a few other things, my final bill was $84. 

 

But I think I can make this idea work as a summer/Ren Faire kind of thing.