One of my favorite classic movies of all time is Breakfast at Tiffany’s! I have always found Audrey Hepburn to be a classic beauty with such grace and elegance! I think she is a true beauty. I bought tickets to a Celebrity Murder Mystery dinner this Halloween and was given Audrey Hepburn as my character. … Read more
Inspired by different sources online, I managed to make a convincing Residents Eyeball. First I took a beachball, around 14-15 inches and used it as a base for paper mache. I applied 3 or 4 layers of newspaper, and then two layers of computer paper. (Also make sure to coat the beachball in vassaline so … Read more
Last year Halloween was VERY wet and VERY cold. I almost didn’t take my son trick-or-treating because it was so miserable outside. However, the munchkin was dying to go and I had to find something quick that would keep me warm. I dug around in my closet (I LOVE clothes and have a ton of … Read more
This was my costume in 2011. As a natural redhead I always try to pick costumes that showcase my natural red hair. I like to pick ideas that are outside the box and different; costumes that make me stand out. Everything about this costume is homemade; I worked on this costume for weeks. I bought … Read more
I found a yellow maxi dress at Goodwill that I cut up the bottom of it to make it jagged. Then I threw on some white tights and some white snow boots that I had laying around. The hat was a s Smurfs hat I bought from a Halloween store, but just spray painted red … Read more
This Flying Monkey costume was for the Halloween parade in my town. I am a silk in the band and our squad was the flying monkeys and wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz. So I basically started off by looking for supplies. I got a gray sweat suit a red vest some paint and red … Read more
I came up with the idea to be the Headless Horseman, because the story was so frightening when I was growing up in Alaska. We have plenty of lonely trails to get from here to there, so the story always entered my mind as I was walking home alone. I bought the old blue button-up … Read more
We love the movie Rio… Usually when I make a costume I start out by sketching my idea(s). In the case of this Rio costume I made sketches off of the movie. It took a lot of rewinding to get a good look at what Linda (Blue’s owner) was wearing. The costume had to be … Read more
Every year for about the last four years, I’ve always been some sort of TV character or commercial character. Not for any certain reason, but I like having funny costumes and being original. In the past I’ve been Flo from Progressive, The Sundrop soda girl, and contestants from Double Dare. Well this particular year, I didn’t have … Read more
Who doesn’t love bubbles?!?! This bubble bath costume did take some time and effort but it came out great and got a lot of compliments and attention! Purchase a tote at any retail store and cut out the bottom. Then with a drill I put random holes throughout the tote making a place to put the knotted … Read more
I made this costume out of a Forever 21 dress that was like 9.99. It was a black tight dress with one sleeve. I bought fake leafs, different type of greens. I got them at the Dollar Tree store. I used rhinestones, and gold glitter, lots of glitter! I used a hot glue gun to … Read more
I had purchased my son a store bought dragon costume and was hoping to wear something that would go with it as we had done that the previous year when he went as a lion and I was the Lion Tamer. The first thing that came to my mind was the Robert Munsch book The … Read more