just a few clothing upgrades

i have lots of things i've been making lately, that i'd love to share, but it's a matter of taking pictures and uploading them and all... and i've been taking things really slow with my new mac, so i haven't exactly figured out how to upload pictures from my nice camera yet.. in fact, the ones from today's post were emailed from mr. o's laptop. kind of a drag! what's up with no memory card slot?! ugh..

anyways, there are a few things i do have pictures of. first of all, three of my cardigans that i have replaced the mundane original buttons on. it all started when i saw the adorable buttons at harmony, and  i have to say that i love these sweaters so much more with their new "bling".
(**you should really click that last link!!)

and then.. i found a super cute pair of jeans at the thrift store, however they were a few sizes too big and several inches too long, but a really great price. i debated about getting them, whether i wanted to try altering them and if i thought they'd turn out, and i finally just went for it..

and so here is the before. they don't look too bad here, but that's because i chose the best picture. from straight on they made my legs look huge!

a few hours later, after several attempts, repeated trying-ons, and lots of unpicking, here is the after:

i kind of looked around at a couple tutorials, but mostly winged it. i am sure that following a tutorial of some sort would be better, because i did a lot of unpicking!

but i am pretty happy with how they turned out, although i have learned that skinny jeans really should have some stretch to them, which these don't!

have you ever altered jeans? has it been successful?