I mean this is your first pick, right? I tried to make my own before I gave in and bought a southord set.
What I used was the metal spacers in an old pocket knife of mine. They might have made nice picks, were it that I turned out any good at making them

The tension wrenches I turned out wernt so bad, if a little on the heavy side..
but the pick was -NOT- pretty

Now, I dont know how good people are at making their first picks on average, but from my personal experience, if your making ones like that on your first go, your doing brilliantly

keep up the good work, and who knows how good youl get at it.
- Simon