Yeah, I kept seeing the 'flats' on it too. ;o) I think it's 'cause I started with an imported mesh, then started mucking with it and didn't bother to change the spheres. No amount of smoothing seems to help either. It's a minor fix I've not done yet. I hate to have all the ornaments standing up since the effect I wanted was to have them just scattered around. Since they're always top heavy, that would make some of them lay over like that. Hmmmmm...I may make some smaller one and use them to 'prop' up the bigger ones tho'. That would keep my need for randomness satisfied and put the ones with words more upright. I'll have'ta play with that. ;o) Thanks for the feedback! :oD Susan