I bought the corset and the pants then I spray painted half of it black, I then found the boots in a thrift store and painted one boot red. I bought red and black foam squares and cut diamonds out and glued the red on black and the black on red. as for the giant … Read more
Holy schnikes, Batman, it’s Halloween! I LOVE BATMAN! And I love Halloween! So on one Halloween decided that for next Halloween there would be no better costume than to represent my favorite of the femme fatal of Gotham City, Pamela Isley, otherwise known as the seductive villain, Poison Ivy: a lover, not a fighter. Many … Read more
I love Halloween, and every year, I try to create a unique one of a kind costume that I know will turn heads. This year I wanted to be a comic book character and debated between the usual suspects of “Sexy” Super heros/Villans. I debated between Wonder woman, Poison Ivy and cat woman but felt … Read more
Every year when the weather starts to change I get excited because I know my favorite time of the year is near. The time to become some else, to live in a fantasy world for one night,. Halloween is not just about candy but about being able to express yourself, to walk in someone else’s … Read more
Two-Face was once Harvey Dent, the clean-cut district attorney ofGotham City and an ally of Batman. However, Dent goes insane after mob boss Sal Maroni throws acid at him during a trial, hideously scarring one side of his face. Dent adopts the “Two-Face” persona and becomes a criminal, choosing to bring about good or evil … Read more
My 8 year old son, Thomas, has Asperger’s and wanted to be something totally different from anyone else! As always, every year, we make a costume rather that get a shop bought one, we like to be unique! He said he wanted to be Frankenstein’s monster. We started by thouroughly cleaning out a car fluid … Read more
My 10 year old daughter wanted to be Batman, but girlie! So after some pondering we decided to add a tutu and sparkle. We made her tutu out of black shimmer tulle and elastic, adding a big yellow bow. For the top we searched the fabric section until we found a stretchy sequined fabric. It’s … Read more
Oh man! After long hours of trying to decide what were my husband and i going to dress up, we agreed on superman and wonder woman we were all happy and order our costumes online, but when I got mine; OH Surprise! It didnt fit…. I needed about 3 sizes more of cleavege for it … Read more
For my Joker costume, all I wanted was accurate, without destroying my bank account. So I found a place right in the middle. Nearly every piece was picked up at thrift stores, and it cost me very little in total. So here goes: Trench Coat: $12 I looked at many costume trench coats and they … Read more
In March this year, the company I work for celebrated their 20th year anniversary with a movie theme. Decorating the site as well as it’s people. It was our job to come to work as a character from a movie, and as I had bright red hair at the time, the iconic Poison Ivy was … Read more
My Poison Ivy costume cost me £0 to make! It’s made up of a nude vest top and a part of tights! I wasn’t keen on many Poison Ivy costumes I had seen, also most of them were leotards and I felt they looked to revealing! So, I had an idea to make something similar to … Read more
I just bought a body suit from Walmart and then I sewed a strapless bra into the suit. I cut the straps off the body suit also. I originally thought this was going to be pretty simple to create by just hot gluing the poison ivy leaves that I bought from AC Moore onto the body … Read more