I have always loved TMNT ever since I was a kid, so I thought it was finally time to be a ninja turtle this year. I’m not sure what motivated me, perhaps I saw a cheesy attempt at a turtle costume and thought I could do better, or perhaps I saw a thanksgiving turkey pan … Read more
“Scarlett slammed the door shut behind them, quickly stacking available furniture against it. “Well, that won’t do much good against bullets,” she said, holstering her gun, “but it might slow them down. And while we’re here, we should –“ The Lady Captain stopped when she saw her crewmember leaning against the table, Morgaine at her … Read more
My daughter told me she wanted to be a peacock for Halloween. I was excited because it was a unique costume that she came up with all by herself. She designed the whole thing and I made it for her. On Halloween she got a lot of compliments on the beauty of it and the … Read more
My Little Mermaid was made with much LOVE and lots of Re-Purposed Fabric.The top of the costume [corsett] was cut down from a size 12 Woman’s old Spanish cocktail dress which was stowed away in my shop.Reaching upward for another costume,”Low & Behold” this sequin dress fell ti the floor….MOMMY!!!!!! I think this can match … Read more
The Bumble and Yukon need to get out of the North Pole for some fun. The following steps are how they were created. The idea. I love costumes that no one can tell who I am. I halloween more that one night. My husband always wants a costume that he can easily consume beverages in and … Read more
I usually go pretty gory or spooky with my costumes, but this year I wanted to go Steampunk. I also knew that I would be wearing this costume at my place of work (a fine-dining restaurant ) and wanted to keep it appropriate and somewhat elegant because last year I had to tone mine down … Read more
I always try to come up with some type of crazy or different halloween costume, the previous year I wore the illusion costume of the gorilla carrying the safari guy in the cage, it was fun! a cool illusion, I starting to think how I could use the same costume but make changes to it, … Read more
Our family dresses in theme every year—not an easy feat when you have 7 in your family and the children range in age from 4 to 15! This year we pow-wowed around the kitchen table over several nights and after much back-and-forth (and a bit of angst) we settled on Monopoly. We have lots of … Read more
Ok parents, what really pops into your head when you hear the word Halloween? For me it’s two things: Way too much candy for little tummies for starters followed closely by the dreaded inevitable costume dilemma. I am not talking about that red, fake ‘blood’ that you absolutely cannot get out of their clothes on … Read more
Frankenstein’s monster with a twist Everyone does the Frankenstein’s monster the same way, rubber head piece, a ton of green makeup, platform shoes and an old black suit coat. I wanted to be able to dance in mine so the platform shoes are an issue. What I came up is called a walk- about puppet. … Read more
My boyfriend put together an incredible hand sewn KISS costume made entirely out of women’s clothing And auto parts. A dress became the top after some cutting and bedazzling, a bra made shoulder pads, and Between the spandex, lingerie, chrome, chains, and full makeup, I think he rocked more women’s clothes that night than I. … Read more
My 4 year old son and I saw TURBO this summer and loved it!! It was then he decided he wanted to BE Turbo for Halloween. I thought that would be great….-original and cute! I had never made a costume before and didn’t think it would be too dificult. HAHA!! It really wasn’t too bad. … Read more