buttonizing

(I am feeling festive today and have decided to write in the spirit of staff meeting notes.  This week I have put in hours and hours and some more hours into meetings and drafting meeting notes.  Why not another?)

Quarterly Button Meeting (3/20/2014)

Attendees: me, my hubby, my mom, you and a bunch of other people

Purpose of the meeting:

• Provide status report on my thoughts on buttons. 
• Receive feedback and corrections as needed.

Agenda:

1. Discuss progress on the button project.
2.  Share photos.
3. Create action list.

Meeting notes:

1. Discuss progress on the button project.
1. Why I like buttons:
1. There is something quite appealing about big plastic shiny buttons. 
2. Generally, the bigger the button the better it is
3.  “Buttony” is the perfect word to describe a shirt that is all about the button.
4. A single, well-placed button can transform the mediocre to spectacular.  The button does not even need to be effective or useable to be amazing
2. About MEC and my new tank top:
1. Over the weekend, I spent some time in Vancouver.  And, when one is in Canada, one must go to Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC).
1. When I was first introduced to MEC it was years ago during my honeymoon and the US to Canadian dollar was really in our favor and so all this great outdoor gear was cheap cheap cheap.
2. Now the US to Canadian dollar is about the same but there are still some great deals and some brands you cannot get here in the states.
3. This cute tank top was only CAN$10.  Besides the amazing colored stripes, the frosting on the cake was the small centered button front and center.  I mean, come on.
3.  Future button work:
1.  Discussion on if I will ever outgrow buttons.  I will do some research on this, but the answer is no.
2.  A risk was identified that I sometimes buy random buttons with no specific project or item of clothing in mind.  It is noted that I have several small containers of buttons that have come from shirts and art projects.
1.  Possible idea to pursue:
1.  Switching out boring buttons for different colored buttons on a cardigan
2. Figuring out how to use the button hole sewer thing on my sewing machine
3. “Buttonizing” a shirt for no apparent reason.
3.  Suggestion was made to continue to look for clothing items that have one or more buttons.  Preference will be made on cute contrasting colored buttons, super large buttons, or well-placed buttons.
2.  Share photos.

     3. Create action list.

1. Action, due 3/31/2014 (owner = all): please comment below if compelled.
2. Action, due 12/31/2014 (owner = met): purchase more items with buttons.