Pretty in Pink

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I have two projects going on for Christmas.  One I can't show you yet because it's a very special gift.  I'll show you after I give it just in case the person reads this blog.  The other is this new ring I made yesterday!

It feels so 80s to me.  I guess it's the hot pink and the black.  It's so Madonna or Cyndi Lauper.

The pliers are because I had to pull the button hole off the back of the pink cloth button.  And yes, that's a Swell catalogue.  Does anyone else get Swell?  I love it!  It's a great blend of surf fashion and city fashion.  It was just on the table when I was taking pictures and I was to lazy to move it...

This ring is a gift for my brother-in-law's girlfriend.  She is very cute and I think she'll rock this ring well!  I think it's her style.

One last note.  I got my hair cut and colored yesterday!  It's much darker and looks amazing!  Hopefully I can get myself together and take a few outfit posts so you can see it.  I really do wear cool stuff that I want to show you guys!  I just need a photographer or a tripod or something.  Maybe I just need to not be lazy and figure it out myself! 

 Hope you guys are enjoying Christmas Eve Eve!  I still have some shopping to do today.  Better get to that!

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Hold My Spot

So tonight I was hanging out watching a little hulu and decided to use the time to create.  What I was watching was not important, but it was a brainless show.  Also, most of the time I don't really enjoy actually "watching" tv.  I more like to listen to it.  So anyway, I wanted to make something, but I didn't want to start my big skirt project yet.  So I decided to add some details to my bookmark I've been using lately.  It was just a piece of corduroy, but I made it personal.

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It's a sweater!

So I have this red sweater from Forever21 that I have had for a while.  Red is not my color really.  Well, I guess it's okay, but I don't really like red that much.  I mostly have this sweater to wear with a pair of black pinstripe pants occasionally.  (Wow, I'm really boring and predictable...)

And I also have some really sweet vintage buttons that match from my Nanny's box-o-buttons.

They are amazing ship buttons!  There are 4 navy and 3 whites ones.  So I've been toying with the idea to do something with these things lately.  I really want to cut the sweater and make it a cardigan, but that seems really scary because if it doesn't work instead of having a boring red sweater, I will have nothing.  Also, what if it doesn't fit after I cut it and make a cozy spot for the buttons.  Then I also have to line up the buttons and the holes just perfect...ehh, just too much.


So here's another idea I've been thought of.  What if I just sew the buttons on as decoration?

That could work, right?  I don't know...what do you think?

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Whoa, that's a biggie!

Well, hello!  Sorry I've been away again.  I've got to get better about posting!  I've got a big project in the works.  I went to Michael's today and got some elastic, so hopefully we'll be in business soon!  I'm not sure if the elastic is wide enough, but it's all they had.  So I'll give it a whirl...

Meanwhile...I made another ring today!

It looks a little brown, but it's actually a navy button on the bottom, with a sort of brown-yellow button on top.  Maybe I should take some better pictures showing colors.  I'm learning how to use my camera on my phone.  It's got better megapixels than my actual camera plus it has a super cool app that does this...

Trippy, huh?  Well here's some more normal - not - showing - the - actual - color shots...

Yeah, so more stuff to come!  And I started working on my Etsy account today!!  I just need to see how much to charge for shipping.

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Made This

So forgive me.  I've been hanging out in Asheville, NC & Greenville, SC the past couple of days.  But I did make a ring before we left and I wanted to show you!

I thought it was pretty cute!  I need to get on the ball and make some more so I can get my store going.

What do you think?

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Just for you!

I've had these pictures and this post ready to go now for a day or so.  But I couldn't get it up because I had to clean (boo!).  Our landlords are showing the house and boy was it in shambles!  Anyway, it feels good to be clean now, but it didn't leave me any time for my projects!

So here's a project I did after I finished cleaning up my space.

This ring was for my housemate.  She asked me if I would make her a ring using the two buttons that she had.  So I did!  And it worked out great!  We were a little nervous because of the shape of the bottom button.  But it worked and she loved it!

I also wanted to thank everyone who has decided to follow me and for the sweet comments I have received!  It's so exciting to know people are actually interested in my blog and that it's worthy of reading and commenting on and even following!  So thank you!  I really enjoy reading all the comments and appreciate the support!

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All better!

I think I finally realized why I was procrastinating so much with my projects this year.  I think I needed a clean space to really focus on creating.  So this afternoon I cleaned!  I actually even rearranged the room!  Anyone who knows me knows that I am not the tidiest person (just ask my sister, my husband, my housemates, anyone at work who sees my desk...).  So I had to reorganize and clean.  That took about 2 hours, but this is the end result!

All better!  Now I have a spot for my sewing machine and the box under the clock is filled with my button stuff!  So clean!  However, I must admit, after cleaning I sat down to work on some buttons and now there are buttons everywhere!  But I did fix my favorite ring!  I bought it at a festival in Memphis I guess two years ago.  It's sort of what inspired me to start my rings.  I really wish I could remember the name of the girl who made it because she has an Etsy shop.  It would be cool to show her some love right now.  Oh well...here's the awesome ring!

So now that I'm organized expect some serious projects coming up!

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Test Run

So this weekend I thought that it would be an appropriate time to take one of my rings on a test run.  Since using the new glue I haven't actually wore one to see if it will hold up.  So I wore this ring (which is probably my favorite) all day on Friday & Saturday.

The ring did VERY well!  I even got a few compliments!  This makes me very excited!  So now once finding a new place to live doesn't consume my brain, I'm going to work hard on getting some rings made and put them up on Etsy.  I still have to finish the look of my shop on there, which unfortunately for me is a little harder than this blog.  But I'm sure once I sit down and work on it I can figure it out.  So what do you think?  The ring looks a little brown in the picture, but it's actually a really cute gray with a pale green fabric button on the top!  Super cute!

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Buttons!

So in order to get started on my jewelry ventures I've been testing out some new glue to see which one works the best. Hopefully, at least one of them will hold well and I can get fully started on making my rings!

So first I tried this one...the E6000.  It's the one that all the crafters use, I guess.  Hopefully it's a good one!

Then I tried this one on a different ring.  It seem to be about the same quality.  I guess they might all turn out to be better than the super glue and the other bead craft glue I tried.  They both failed.

Here's a shot of my box-o-buttons.  This is where I keep all my stuff.  The box that says buttons on it was my grandmother's.  That's her handwriting.  I think she would be proud that I'm putting her buttons to good use.  The other jar is a jar of buttons I bought in Knoxville at a vintage store.  So all of my buttons are vintage!  I think that's pretty cool.

So I'm pretty excited to see if they work so I can get started!  I just need to have my creative spark happen.  I'm also worried about creating the shop on Etsy mostly because I don't know much about computer code to make it look all fancy.  I'm actually having the same nervousness about this blog!  But I'll figure it out I guess!

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