Beautiful Handmade Maddest of Hatters Costume for a Woman

Beautiful Handmade Maddest of Hatters Costume for a Woman

After Seeing Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” in the theater, I knew I had to make a Mad Hatter costume. I didn’t want to do it right after it came out because I didn’t want to be one of twenty Mad Hatters everywhere I went. Also I knew it would take a lot of work … Read more

Cool Cheshire Cat Costume for a Hip Girl

Cool Cheshire Cat Costume for a Hip Girl

My daughter wanted a Cheshire Cat costume from The Disney cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland. The costumes you could purchase online were either too babyish or too grown-up sexy for a tween-ager. So I jumped into action! I found it a challenge to create an age-appropriate costume that was really cool. I started searching on … Read more

Coolest Celia, Boo and Sully Costumes Mom and Daughter

Coolest Celia, Boo and Sully Costumes Mom and Daughter

I have a 2 year old daughter who everyone told me she should be Boo from Monsters Inc. The plan was Daddy be Sully, Mommy to be Celia and Aya to be Boo with a Mike Wazowski doll that I made out of an old t-shirt and felt. We watched Monsters Inc.  over and overt … Read more

Homemade Jessie Costume for a Teen Girl

Homemade Jessie Costume for a Teen Girl

My cousin and I decided we would go as woody and Jessie for Halloween(even though she decided to go as Miley Cyrus instead). I found the shirt and the jeans at a thrift store. I bought yellow fabric and cow print fabric and hot glued them on. I used puff paint for the designs on … Read more

Cool Homemade Toy Story Family Costume

Cool Homemade Toy Story Family Costume

We dress up with a family theme every Halloween.  This was our best ever.  My three kids, Andrea age 3 was “Buzz”, Charlotte age 7 was “Jessie”, and Molly age 5 was the skinniest “Hamm” ever.  My husband Andre is “Woody”, and our sweet au pair Christin, from Germany, was “Bo Peep”.  But the most … Read more

Cute Hocus Pocus Girl’s Group Costume

Cute Hocus Pocus Girl's Group Costume

I have three daughters; the oldest a redhead, the middle a brunette and the youngest is a blonde. This makes for the perfect set up for Sanderson sisters’ costumes from the movie Hocus Pocus. My husband was Billy Butcherson and I played the part of Binx the cat. I started the costumes by searching Good … Read more

Little Mermaid and Her Sebastian Couple Costume

Little Mermaid and Her Sebastian Couple Costume

Me and my boyfriend love Disney (one of the places we fell in love was Disneyland), so we decided to be something Disney related this year for Halloween. I also have been wanting to be a mermaid for Halloween the past few years, so this worked out perfectly. I was pushing for him to be … Read more

Cool Carl and Russell from Up Couple Halloween Costume

Cool Carl and Russell from Up Couple Halloween Costume

We decided on the costume after watching the movie and trying to come up with a fun and loveable costume that hopefully nobody else would wear out this Halloween. All of the clothes  for both costumes we either had or borrowed from friends. A few things we had to make like the flag with paper … Read more

Cool Homemade Sally Costume (and Crocheted Jack Accessories)

Cool Homemade Sally Costume (and Crocheted Jack Accessories)

My daughter wanted to be Sally from Nightmare before Christmas this year for  Halloween.  Not wanting to spend $50 on an outfit that honestly was going  to fall apart before the end of the night, we set out to make our own.  We  went to JoAnn’s and picked out 14 fat quarters at $1 a … Read more

Under the Sea Little Mermaid Costume

Under the Sea Little Mermaid Costume

My Little Mermaid was made with much LOVE and lots of Re-Purposed Fabric.The top of the costume [corsett] was cut down from a size 12 Woman’s old Spanish cocktail dress which was stowed away in my shop.Reaching upward for another costume,”Low & Behold” this sequin dress fell ti the floor….MOMMY!!!!!! I think this can match … Read more

Cute Boo Toddler Halloween Costume

Cute Boo Toddler Halloween Costume

I got the idea to make my daughter a Boo costume from the movie Monsters Inc because my son wanted to be Mike Wazowski and I thought it would be cute to stick to the Monsters Inc theme. I had never sewn anything before making this costume. I literally taught myself to sew from watching … Read more