First challenge

Ok, so I love decor, pretty things and have no money to buy that stuff. So what I am going to attempt to do for my first project (on this blog) is to take what I already have and do something crafty. I always tend to get excited about something, start it and then peter out, so I'm hopefully going to alleviate that by sticking to small projects that don't take me oodles of time.
PROJECT 1:
I bought this "A" wooden letter for Abby for Christmas when she was like 3 months (I got it at the dollar store and thought I'd do something crafty with it...yeah...two years later). I recently came across it and thought I should really do something with it. Then I saw this:

I thought, "Ok, I have the letter, I have paint to paint it with and I have a ton of buttons that I could decorate it with."
So this weekend, I will attempt to recreate this for my girl. I shall take a picture of the completed project and post something (victory hopefully) on Monday! Wish me luck!