Each of these embellished crochet buttons start with one of the basic crochet buttons described above. Since the stitches are easier to see on the magic ring version, that is usually preferred, but you can experiment with either option. Use a crochet hook and darning needle to weave a contrasting color of yarn through the edges of your double stitches in a magic ring basic button. Insert your crochet hook through the top of one of your double stitches. Grab the contrasting yard from the other side and pull a loop through to the front. With the loop still on your hook, insert the hook in between the next double crochet stitch of your button, pulling a new, second loop onto your hook. Pull this second loop through the original loop on your hook. Continue in this manner, working counter-clockwise around the button and pulling up new loops in between all the double crochet stitches. When pulling the yarn through the last stitch, cut the yarn and thread the end through a darning needle. Insert the needle under both loops of your first contrasting color stitch and back through the back loop of your last stitch. Draw the yarn to the back of the button. Sew the end into the back of the button with your darning needle. You can make a simple six-pointed star or snowflake by diagonally weaving roughly 12 inches (30.5 cm) of contrasting yarn through the double stitches of a magic ring simple button with a darning needle. Cut a piece of contrasting yarn measuring 12 inches (30.5 cm). Thread the end of this yarn through the eye of a darning needle. Insert the needle under two loops of one double crochet stitch in your button. Working over the top of the button, insert the needle into the button's center, pulling it back out through the back. From the back, insert the needle once more under two loops of the next double crochet stitch in your button. From the front, insert the needle into the button's center again. Continue in this manner, creating six lines extending from the center to the edge of the button. Weave the ends of the yarn through the stitches on the back of the button to secure everything in place. A flower embellishment is a little more complex and requires one contrasting color yarn for the center and a second to use when making five petals. For the center of the flower: Thread the yarn onto your darning needle. Pull the darning needle up through the center of the button. Weave it under one inner loop in the center of the button and back up through the other side. Loop it around the tip of the needle. Pull the length of the yarn through the two loops you just created. Repeat, working a similar stitch into each loop at the center of the button. Tie it off on the back of the button. For the petals: Thread your yarn onto the darning needle. Pull the yarn up through the center of the button, from underneath the center of your flower. Do not pull it through the flower center. Insert the needle back into the center. Do not pull the loop it creates; instead, leave enough of the loop hanging to extend past the perimeter of the button. From the back of the button, insert the needle through the stitch at the edge of the button, pulling it up to the front and through the loop you created when working from the center. Pull to tighten the loop. One petal should be created. Weave the needle over the outer edge of the petal and back to the back of the button. From the back, repeat the same steps, creating four more petals. Tie off at the back when finished.
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One-sentence summary -- Make a basic crochet button. Create a ridge in a contrasting color. Make a center star or snowflake. Embellish with a flower.

If you keep checking the girl out and staring at her, it could make her feel uncomfortable and threatened. If the girl looks or tells you that she feels uncomfortable, stop looking at her and walk away. If the girl catches you, don't try to avoid the situation. Instead, admit that you were checking her out, apologize, and stop doing it. She will appreciate your honesty and your apology. You can say something like, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare; I just think you're really pretty. I won't anymore." If you think a girl is pretty and want to look at her, you can introduce yourself to her. Go up to her and introduce yourself by telling her your name and then asking for hers. Take a look at her body language. If she seems interested in talking to you more, make small talk with her. You can say something like "Hey, my name is Dan. What's your name?" If you're checking out girls around your significant other, it can do more than just make the girl that you're checking out feel uncomfortable. It can also cause your significant other to get jealous and mad at you. Avoid checking out girls around your significant other or keep it as stealthy and unnoticeable as you can.
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One-sentence summary -- Don't make the girl feel uncomfortable. Apologize and stop checking her out if she catches you. Introduce yourself to the girl instead of checking her out. Don't check out girls around your significant other.

It's a cliche, but it's a cliche because it works. Often you'll find that you've held your breath when reacting, or have begun breathing erratically. Take several slow deep breaths using your diaphragm and abdominal muscles when presented with difficult situations. Procrastination has not been shown to be an effective coping method, and neither has straight-up ignoring the issue. Think about how to handle yourself here and now. Often, the issues that work us up are small ones, piled up high enough to feel huge and important when they aren't. Every problem or stressor can always be broken down into components you can handle; if it doesn't seem like it can, that's only because it hasn't been broken down far enough yet! Releasing a little steam can sometimes keep from the whole kettle boiling over, so to speak. Overcoming oversensitivity doesn't mean you have to be meek or unfeeling. Sometimes it means you need to talk it out when it's still comfortable to talk about, before you have time to ruminate on an offhand comment and become overcome or despondent. Over a long enough time, dealing with the same distressing or aggravating issue can make it so that the smallest version of it elicits a huge and seemingly disproportionate response. Don't let the small things gnaw away at you. Bring them out into the open so they don't build up. You may feel yourself go numb and quiet as a balm to deal in an uncomfortable social situation, but don't let yourself be defeated. Try and take a quiet moment to see the situation as it really is. You're probably not debating nuclear disarmament deals before the U.N. You're in a passing, emotionally stressful moment. Physically excuse yourself from the situation as easily as you can. It may prove more appropriate to slip away unnoticed, but if you're in conversation at a social event let someone know you're going to step away for a moment; this token gesture of normalcy can help stabilize your perception of the situation, especially if this was a situation in which you felt embarrassed or vulnerable. "Getting some fresh air" or "going to the bathroom" are both time-tested excuses. Considering the ubiquity of smartphones, you won't even need anything beyond a gesture toward an iPhone screen to indicate why you need to step away. It's not about embracing unpleasant feelings, but about accepting how small of a moment that feeling was, and that you're moving past it; you'll move past it every time, because there's no other option.
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One-sentence summary --
Take a deep breath. Stay in the present. Express yourself. Hang in there. Distance yourself, literally. Accept that working on it is progress in and of itself.