Tuesday, February 2, 2010

My Tuesday Evening in Pictures


So, I have this sweater.

I love this sweater.


My mother calls it my hobo sweater.
Others call it my old man sweater.
It don't care, I love it. It's cuddly and warm and goes perfectly with skinny jeans and boots.

There is only one problem with my old-man-hoboesque sweater: the buttons. The buttons are silver with a globe within an exploding star on them. They fit the ticket for old man sweater perfectly but drag down my personal cute quotient.
The Offensive Button:
(Please excuse my paint splattered fingers, it will all make sense momentarily.)

I've been searching for big flat black matte buttons to replace the gross ones, and for a long time, I was unsuccessful. UNTIL, today, when I wasn't even looking (isn't that always when you find stuff?) I found these:
The only thing wrong with these are that they look like banana chips.
I decided a paint job was in order.
So, I did:

Just waiting for the paint to dry....

I'll keep you posted.

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