This headless Marie Antionette costume was so much fun. I started with a dress that was cheap and looked like something she would wear. Then I cut a hole through it right in the bodice area. I added material for length. I glued the little dress to a plastic mannequin form and then stuffed the … Read more
I wanted to make an awesome costume for my 2 year old son before he grew up and wanted a cheesy super hero costume from walmart. I spent less then $20 on items i didn’t already own for this. His jeans were bought second hand and we already had them. Chucks were bought at Target, … Read more
I made this Lady Gaga meat dress costume because I wanted something completely different. I don’t know what made me think of the meat dress, but I thought that it would be nice to go out and not have another person wearing the same thing as me. So, I started looking. It’s not all that … Read more
Its not Exactly a couples costume, however the party theme was Celebrities. My husband and I are very cheap and hate spending money on Costumes. We had a very small budget and a few wigs at the house. My Husband Spray Painted “I’m Sexy and I know it ” on his recycled undershirt and wore some Zebra … Read more
Every year I dress up with my son. Last year we were buzz lightyear and woody. This year is epic though. For the last two month I’ve been convincing my four year old how cool we could be as Cheech and Chong. From showing him pictures, pieces of Up In Smoke, and dancing to low … Read more
It is safe to say that Betsey Johnson is one of my style icons. Fortunately I have many of her pieces in my personal wardrobe. I used a striped dress from Target that was about $10. Next, I bought a colorful tutu from a costume shop for $12. I cut my old wig that I … Read more
This is probably the best group costume that I have ever been a part of. We all love Madonna so we decided that we would each be one of her signature looks Material girl, Like a Virgin, Express Yourself, Don’t Tell Me, then we added in The Original Madonna for fun. The costumes were a … Read more
I really wanted to be Nikki Minaj for Halloween, I just didn’t know if I could pull it off. I purchased a “fake butt” and a “Barbie” necklace online and found the wig in the Halloween store. The harder part was what do I wear? It had to be something kind of crazy and a … Read more
My husband and I were inviting to a disco themed Children’s Hospital Fundraiser party and he didn’t want to just go dressed in a standard disco outfit. So I came up with the idea of being the Bee Gees and he got 2 of his friends to go along with it. We decided on an … Read more
So this song blew up that summer and me being not afraid of anything took on the challenge of making this costume and wearing it as a big girl with pride. I first bought a skin suit in nude, I will tell you that when I walked out of the dressing room the store staff … Read more
For this last-minute Katy Perry costume, we got the wig, gloves and skirt from Party City and the rest was all me! I used an old t shirt and fabric pens to decorate it with candy type pieces and used an old headband that I wrapped with tissue paper. I cut the tissue paper into … Read more
I always liked the look on the destroyer album so on I went with fabrics and papier mache, took me about two months to get it done Do hair on my chest, but I think I got kind of close anyway to the original. The year was 2010 and we went to a concert with … Read more