My costume was Harley Quinn. I researched her character for awhile before starting on her and channeling my character for the big night. She’s a playful person who’s in love with the Joker despite their many shortcomings. Not to mention the fact he repeatedly tried to kill her, but she always falls back in love … Read more
This Is my my amazing little daughter Lacey aged 7 we are from Scotland (Edinburgh)…. we decided this year not to go with your average witch but a sea witch…. I searched online for an ursula costume for kids but nothing came up so thought screw it I will make it myself brave choice for … Read more
“Everything is Awesome…Everything is Cool when you are part of a team!” Rather than hearing the Frozen song, this song rules our house! My wife and I hear it all the time. Thats because our 7 year old identical twin boys love legos and the LEGO Movie. So, it did not surprise me when they … Read more
1) How did you come up with this costume idea? WaterHERO! To save California from drought. WaterHero insists everyone not to waste water, and save water. A much needed thinking for the Bay Area. 2) What items did you use to make this costume? And how? Felt – Red, Brown, Dark Blue & Light Blue … Read more
Making these costumes was one of the most gratifying sewing endeavours of my life! I set out to make Mike and Sully from monsters inc for my boyfriend and I. We decided we would try to make them soft and fluffy as a posed to the hard and less flexible paper mache I usually make … Read more
A group of friends decided to be Disney villains this year. I have to say – over the years I’ve worn my fair share of store bought “cute” costumes, but as I get older, the “cute” phase is over. I no longer want to be something cute on Halloween – I now aim for creative … Read more
Halloween has always been an exciting time for me, but once starting a family and having kids of our own, that just upped the anty of fun to be had. Every year we like to figure out a family costume theme and I love to spend the time creating it. Once we figured out that … Read more
I wanted to be something awesome this Halloween, something I loved and enjoyed dressing up as several times for parties and such. I decided I wanted to go as a Mermaid but did’t like the costumes I was seeing online. I even looked up some patterns to make your own mermaid costume, but they had … Read more
The blood, sweat, and tears of recreating “tangled”… As an avid Disney fan, it was a no brainier LAST Halloween when we found out we were having a little boy, (after a long journey of trying to have a child, which is another blood, sweat and tears story in its own regard) that we would … Read more
My best friend was having a superhero bachelorette Party in Vegas. I wanted something more accurate then the ones they sell at the store. For this women’s Riddler costume I ended up ordering a men’s blazer and turned it into a vest. I got the hat and added question marks to the vest and hat … Read more
This family Monster’s Inc. group costume was planned as soon as I knew that I was going to be pregnant during Halloween. I knew I wanted to dress as Mike Wazowski and have my pregnant belly serve a purpose! Also, my daughter was at the perfect age for Boo since she was just beginning to … Read more
This year, my husband and I decided to dress up as the Flintstones as a family for our annual Halloween party and trick-or-treating. As it was our first year in our new house, we had a lot of other decorations to make for the house and I knew I wouldn’t be able to make costumes … Read more