Success!!!

I did it!! I took on Simplicity 2414 and won!! Mwahahaha! I feel so accomplished, even though my mom basically walked me through it (and bought it for me...and bought me the material), I still conquered a pattern.  Woot! Now I feel ready to take on another one AND I have a new, ruffly blue skirt!

The pattern said "1 hour" but it def took me almost all day yesterday. Sad!I screwed up a lot and my seam ripper and I became very close. 

And you see that? That's a button hole!!! It took 12 tries but I made a button hole! I'm a really visual learner and the directions were all written out. I was so confused! But everything turned out nicely. I wore it out and no one gave me a look that said "What in the world are you wearing?" :)

And now the reveal of my "secret" project! A secret project that was NOT my own idea, but the idea of Trey and Lucy. Button earrings! I LOVE them!! They are SO easy to make (I made three pairs in one minute!) and so versatile! I wanted mine to look like these earrings from Anthropologie. Mine cost about 5 cents to  make, as apposed to $18 from Anthro? That's like getting them 99.998% off! Score!

I love them! You can find buttons to go with any outfit and customize you look for practically free. Go on a try it! I'll be trying out some more patterns. :)