My daughter were brainstorming on what Grandpa Bemo could make this year for McKenley for Halloween. We came up with the pirate ship. When shown to Grandpa he stated *Mary that is way to big* *What are you thinking?* I said I thought that is would be awesome. Please build it!!!! The next morning he … Read more
From an early age, I was a fan of Generation 1 Transformers and was fascinated by them. Therefore, when I had the opportunity and the know-how, I decided to create my own life-sized transformer costume. I chose to model my costume after Optimus Prime, as the most recognizable character and to stick to the Gen … Read more
I, Kristina Allen am wearing this Queen of Hearts costume that I came up with on my own. I wanted to incorporate my wheelchair and make that into a beautiful throne for that added flare and touch to the costume. I wanted a ball gown type of dress, but I was on a budget. The … Read more
My father and I made this ship costume for my 5 yr old son. He loves everything about Titanic. The wood ship is 8 ft long and weights about 30lbs. My father assembled the wood by dipping it in water and bending it. Painting it did not take to much time but it was especially … Read more
For the past four years I have wanted to make a peacock costume. I researched the internet for peacock costumes, I looked at real peacocks and this year I finally made my peacock costume. First I purchased a prom dress from a local thrift store in midnight blue as my starting point, cost $7.50. I purchased some beaded trim and … Read more
Heroes Among us! These are my four kids, at the time I made these costumes they were ages 13,10,9,4. Everyone of them had their own ideas of what characters they wanted to be, I had the task of creating them. I first started with the one that would take the most time which was The … Read more
It all started late one August night. My best friend and I were reminiscing about past Halloweens and how we had so passionately enjoyed them. It was not two minutes later my 3 year old son and my 5 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback dog came flying into the room and my son was exclaiming that … Read more
So Hallowwen is my favorite holiday of the year, Lat year my brother and I di Cheech and Chong and submitted it This year I did my favorite Sitcom TV show The A Team.. B.A. Baracus (MR.T) the hardest part was doing the Mohawk, so I bought styrofoam placed my head onto it and traced … Read more
In our household Halloween is the time that sparks our imagination most. It’s been a long time coming , but this year we were able to pull it off!What you may ask? The Grinch and a version of Martha May Whovier. My husband has watched “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” by Ron Howard, several obnoxious … Read more
As a piscis, I’m a person who dreams a lot since I was a little girl I was intrigue by under the sea creatures and I was curious all the time about mermaids,if they were real or no. I love the sea!!! Every time I go to rivers,lakes or beach I just don’t get out … Read more
Let me preface this by saying I had NO pattern, and NO idea what I was doing. It was a process full of trial and error (a LOT of error). I managed to break 3 sewing machine needles, a bobbin case, I hot glued my finger tips too many times to count, but in the … Read more
It all started with the purchase of a bunch of fancy tablecloths from a reuse store here in the bay area. I couldn’t pass it up because there was so much yardage! Banquet tablecloths for $7 each. So I knew I wanted to do something big and billowy. These are based on period fashions from … Read more