One of my favorite characters of all time is Maggie Simpson. She is so cute and sweet just like my little girl Maddie. So I thought this would be a perfect costume for her first Halloween. First I had to plan out the whole costume. Maggie’s hair was made out of felt hot glued to … Read more
This year was my 10 year old son and I first zombie walk. After showing him examples throughout pictures of zombies for his makeup, he decided that he did not wanted to be a grotesque or gruesome zombie. So we came up with the idea of making him into a “cute” zombie from Plant vs. … Read more
I work at a small local bookstore, where (among other things) I create all of our window displays. Since I work during a lot of slow night shifts, I sometimes get a little carried away – as happened with this year’s Halloween display. Two months before Halloween, my boss surprised me with a five-foot tall … Read more
My grandson Justin came to me and said he was tired of the same old halloween costumes and wanted something really different for his last year in elementary school for their Halloween parade. We sat down and did some brainstorming and came up with the idea of a bag of groceries. .we took brown paper … Read more
Some years ago people wtarting telling me I looked a lot like “the girl from beetlejuice”, Tim Burtons movie… So 4 halloweens ago I ran out of ideas, I really wanted to look like a character and I wanted people to know who I was and not them asking me “so, who are you?” so … Read more
I introduce myself. My name is Federica Marchini, a small provincial and simple at the same time smiling and bubbly girl of twenty-six, just celebrated, made yesterday, “November 6, 2013,” totally Mediterranean! My dress taken from Cartoon Movies and Film Wonder Woman is entirely idealized, made, sewn and packaged by myself and the wonderful hands … Read more
1. HOW THE BEAUTIFUL BALLERINA IN A JEWELRY BOX WAS MADE I started out with recycled furniture boxes. Measurements were taken for the height, width and thickness according to what I thought would be a good size for my daughter. Next I cut out the base of jewelry box in one long piece and scored … Read more
Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday, so each year AFTER Halloween, I plan my next costume. I have a vision in my head, and that is how I create it. Very little is store bought, as I make my costumes myself, often the night before like this one! I cut out my pattern (just by looking … Read more
My mother was fed up to here with me wearing scary ugly costumes, so I decided to wear a dress and be cute. Just once for my mother. But what? I thought about it for quite some time when the light bulb went off one day while planting my winter flowers. Having finished emptying the … Read more
3 week project. 1. Blow up a big balloon 2. Paper mache layers at a time letting it dry inbetween 3. saw a hole through the top and bottom it will be thick so make sure your top hole is just big enough to fit over your hips so after your finished the bomb can … Read more
This is my last minute women’s Harvey Dent/ Two Face costume. The hair was the easy part, I have asymmetric hair and so I pinned the shorter side into a quiff and kept it pinned down. The other side was sprayed with grey colour spray and left in its natural curly and unruly state. The … Read more
When we decided that my son was going to be a pirate this year for Halloween, I knew that I could make one better than the store bought ones and I knew I could do it for a fraction of the price. I went to my local thrift store and I went with an idea … Read more