After watching youtube I run into the electroforming jewelry community, Jason Welsh is a great hacker with a desire to share and help people move forward. Huge shout out to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeI9hwJZI-XO8SuYE31xUEA 

So, my current was way out of control. It is nagging at me all night long and I wake up early and order a simple buck converter because I don't have a bench power supply (yeah, um, I may be a poser here, but that's ok, success is not nearby).

I also order some mini LEDs because I think they will look better on the tree.