This was my first year of doing a group costume theme. I always handmade my previous costumes, so this near would be no different ! Our group of four picked Alice in Wonderland (or maybe my best friend and I picked, and the husbands had to follow) heehee. Anyway, Alice in Wonderland is one of … Read more
Hulkamania was running wild on Halloween in Houston /2013. I have wanted to do this costume for many years, finally happened. I am 37, so I grew up watching Hulk Hogan. He is the most famous wrestler in my opinion. Took Hulkamania to a festival in Houston (something wicked), had a blast. Hulkamania was recognized by … Read more
What a week with a difference for sure! Bumped into my cousin who says to me I’m going to a party Saturday (baring in mind it’s the Monday!) and fancy going as a clown as I know there will be some there who’s petrified of them, have you got any ideas? Pennywise immediately sprung to … Read more
I saw a similar costume years ago. I wanted to be evil this year and there is no better than Dr Octopus. I went to a Halloween Party and there was a line to have pictures taken with me, this went on all night long . It was a great night. All night I was told … Read more
I think I have outdone myself on this year’s costume. I decided I was going to be as realistic looking of a Minion as I could be for being which turned into a 7 foot tall chubby yellow guy and I love it! It’s made mostly of cardboard and paper mâché, and covered in a … Read more
Every year I struggle from the same problem, “what should I be for Halloween?” I usually just go buy some costume and throw it on. But I think this year I went over the top! My son has always had this obsession with Buzz Lighter, so when I asked what he wanted to be he … Read more
I have always been quite intrigued by the case of the Black Dahlia. I even finished one of the many books I have read on the case while recovering in the hospital doped this past year. I have always sympathized with Elizabeth and all that she went through but I must say using her corpse … Read more
After weeks and weeks of harping on a costume and knowing that it would be hard to live up to my giraffe costume from last year and Oscar the Grouch costume from the year before, I finally settled on what I thought would get a few smiles and settled on Captain Crunch. Not being able … Read more
I have been making my own costumes for about six years now and this Muppet costume is by far my favorite one. Sweetums isn’t the most popular of the Muppets but he was always one of my favorites. The costume was fairly easy to makes, because all I really had to do was construct the … Read more
One of my favorite childhood film characters was the goblin king Jareth. Which came from the great mind of Jim Henson and played by David Bowie. The costumes construction was relatively easy. The jacket was a light faux leather jacket which I had cut, rearranged bits and pieces and then sewed everything back by hand. … Read more
Ursula has always been my favorite villain from Disney. This year I had a struggle to come up with a costume, but knew I had to transform myself in to infamous sea witch when I got an invitation to a haunted Disney ball. So I had the idea of becoming Ursula, but how? I began … Read more
Walking Dead should be everyone’s favorite TV series ! And of course as well as everyone’s favorite character should be Daryl Dixon! Once my son said he wanted to be Daryl I immediately got to work. I decided to combine his look through all the seasons so he could be recognized. I first went to … Read more