Hi! My name is Sarah and I am a college student, studying musical theater. I have acquired a passion for photography and wanted to turn people into Disney characters, particularly their personal favorites. However, I had no costume and no one to make them. Thus, I began my quest to create the iconic character costumes. … Read more
For those people who know me, I am known as the king of Halloween. I suppose the reason for that is because of my Halloween costumes. For the past nine years, I have been into making homemade costumes, getting bigger and better every year. Over the past nine years I have honed my skills as … Read more
I absolutely love the story of Beauty and the Beast, especially the character of Belle. She never judges a book by its cover, which is something that I try to live up to in life. A lot of people have told me that I look a little like Belle, therefore I thought it would be … Read more
I have always wanted to do an elegant costume for Beauty and the Beast. I wanted them to look a little more historical, however, so I did some research on French court fashion from around 1800 and based the designs off of that. For the baby, we wanted to do Chip originally, but couldn’t agree … Read more
Beauty and the Beast has to be one of my ultimate favorite childhood cartoons. I have wanted to be Belle for many years and this year I finally accomplish it! This costume was very easy to make and it got A LOT of attention throughout the night. Firstly, I have to say I had a yellow satin … Read more
I had a party to attend which was Disney themed. I decided to go as Belle from Beauty and the Beast. However I didn’t want to wear the long dress as none of my friends were dressing like that and it seemed a bit too formal. Instead I decided to make my dress short. I … Read more
Belle has always been my favorite Disney princess! I admire her profound love for literate, adventure, and reading. Of course, I also coo over the act of falling in love despite appearances…it’s a good model! This was the first costume I have ever made myself and it was a HIT! The dress is two pieces: … Read more
We all some what resemble a Disney princess so we decided we HAD to do it. Most of our costumes were things that we already had. So we spent ultimately nothing! But don’t get me wrong, it was difficult to dig through old things that matched up perfectly with the costume. At our Halloween party people pretty … Read more
When a very good friend of mine was a little girl, she always wanted the gold Belle ball gown, but she never got one. Now that we’re older, well, they don’t make Belle gowns for adults. So I decided to go about creating one for her in secret. But being the perfectionist researcher I am, … Read more
This year (2012) my girlfriend and myself decided couples theme as Beauty and the Beast! We bought our costumes from a Cosplay site, but I handcrafted the beast head-which is clearly the most important part. I had to re size a few things on the costume that was sent, such as the sash on my … Read more
Each year we do a group theme for Trunk Or Treat at my friend’s Day Care center. This year our theme was Disney Princesses. I decided to go as Belle. After looking for a ready made costume for a few weeks I decided to make my own Homemade Homemade Belle Costume. I searched through second … Read more
There’s actually a history behind the concept of this Beauty and the Beast costume… my wife’s favorite movie is Disney’s masterpiece “Beauty and the Beast”, and I took her to see it in the theater when it first came out (she was 14 — which was quite a few years before we were married). She … Read more