Teen's pins ward off Harry Potter spoilers

DOWNERS GROVE | 200 pairs of buttons sell fast

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry's nemesis Draco Malfoy charms buttons to say "Potter Stinks," to demoralize Harry before the Tri-Wizard tournament.

Emily Temple-Wood thinks just the opposite. When she decided to make Potter pins of her own, the 13-year-old from Downers Grove had in mind the thousands of fans who had been awaiting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as eagerly as she had.

People have been spotted with the pins that say either: "I'm not finished, no spoilers please!" or "I'm finished, let's discuss."

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Emily Temple-Wood, 13, of Downers Grove made buttons to sell at the release of the final Harry Potter party in downtown Naperville last week.
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Emily designed the buttons with her grandfather on his computer. The pins went on sale the week before the book's release. Before Friday, the store had sold about 30 of the pins. On Friday, all 200 were sold by 10:30 p.m.

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