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
My costume evolved from an idea a band I was listening to one night gave to me. They were telling me they were sponsoring a costume contest on Halloween, and then told me how they were all going to dress up. All the band members were going to come as their individual versions of mad … Read more
So it all started one night in June… I was mindlessly wandering through Pinterest and I started to think about what I should be for Halloween (big jump… I know). I asked my boyfriend if he had any ideas, to which he stopped playing his Batman game on the Xbox and thought for a second: … 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
Two words…Theatre Bizarre. If you haven’t heard of it, get to google quickly or better yet, come experience it for yourself. This infamous Detroit Halloween party is one that inspires greatness. The party is now hosted in the historic Masonic temple and draws over 3,000 party-goers who spare no expense in bringing their imaginations or … Read more
This year, I wanted to be Wonder Woman but with Wonder woman being so popular I wanted to be original. The annual Halloween party I go to actually had a Wonder Woman last year so of course I had to be original. I started searching for ideas and took everyone’s ideas they did and combined … Read more
These are my 3 penguins; first costume party for the youngest, some 8 yrs ago. The real inpiration was my little son who couldn’t walk proper then, his walk actually reminded me of a penguin walk. I am so sorry for the lack of photos, expecially for its (un)quality. In my defence, I’ll say that … 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
Who doesn’t love to be the center of attention while looking super sexy? This costume was so easy to make and I got so many compliments for my creavitiy. It all began when I ordered a poison ivy costume online that ended up costing me $50 but not fitting right. I decided the cost and … Read more
After ending a controlling relationship this was the first Halloween where I could go out with friends, dress in a hot costume and have some fun. I knew I wanted to be a character from batman because I love batman. Poison Ivy embodied everything that I wanted to be. She’s confident, determined, and hot. I … Read more
I was so pleased with how “on-the-cheap” this costume came together! It helped that I have a lot of hair and didn’t have to spend a bunch of money on a wig to achieve the classic “bride” look. I started with a $6.00 dress from Goodwill (a near perfect fit– wow!) I work in a … Read more
I always thought it would be fun to dress up as Heath Ledgers Joker. This year, I figured enough time has passed, that not everyone was doing it! I went to a few thrift stores to find what I needed. The purple coat was $5, vest, shirt, grey blazer, and purple shoes were around $13. The … Read more