My 9 year old daughter is as twisted as her mama. I couldn’t be more proud. She loves anything scary. Loves zombies and so when she asked if she could be a zombie for Halloween I was ecstatic. Most girls wanted to be cheerleaders or princesses, ewww. So we hit the stores. We got our … Read more
We luckily had the Batman costume from last year, but the Poison Ivy costume was homemade. The red wig was ordered online as well as a plain green corset and the green 3/4 length gloves. Fake leaves were glued down the corset’s middle and towards the top of the bust. Underneath the corset is actually … Read more
I had a party to attend which was Disney themed. I decided to go as Belle from Beauty and the Beast. However I didn’t want to wear the long dress as none of my friends were dressing like that and it seemed a bit too formal. Instead I decided to make my dress short. I … Read more
It’s Halloween season and you’re tired of the typical traditional women’s costumes in the stores and online. Besides them being common they can get pretty expensive when you add the accessories and the makeup the next thing you know you have no money to spend on your night out to show off your costume. This … Read more
Back in early elementary school a song circulated around that thoroughly freaked out my daughter, “China Doll, in the hall, gonna chop your head off.” This year we saw a costume for just that in a catalog, but it did not REALLY look like an old doll. So, being the crafty folks we are we … Read more
Autumn? Tree Nymph? Mother Nature?!? OK I still don’t know what I was, but it was awesome regardless! WELL… this was my costume that I wore last year. It was awesome!!! everyone loved it! The weird part was the vision came to me in a dream…. yes, that’s right… A DREAM!! I am a bit … Read more
Our little girl has been a bit of a DC Universe fan ever since her uncles got her the Fisher-Price DC Little People. One of those Little People was, of course, The Joker. Although you and I know that The Joker is a bit of a terrible person, she took to his fun look and … Read more
For the longest time I wanted to go as a showgirl for Halloween but could never find a costume for it. So, I decided to make it and it was actually a lot easier than I thought. I decided to go with flamingo look, since I love pink. I went to Michaels and bought pink … Read more
My kids love Mincraft and wanted to be their favorite characters for Halloween. We have showed a few people the costumes so far and have got a great reaction cant wait to bring them out for trick or treating. We make costumes every year for the kids. It is fun to see what ideas they … Read more
Daenerys Targaryen who? Nobody knew about her in Mexico! I did it anyway and I think it is the best one so far. I loved wearing it and the boots made my entire night very comfortable. The hardest thing to find? The Dragon! (it’s a yugi oh, or digimon thing). The wig was the easy … Read more
This Margarita Costume was my costume for 2012. I love making my own costumes every year. While brainstorming for my costume I came up with being different cocktails with my friends! We all decided to be our favorite drink. I was a margarita, and my two friends went as a piña colada and a martini. The costumes … Read more
The Edward Scissorhands costume was all made of stuff I already had. I downloaded a free pattern for each of the scissors and printed it out. After cutting out each of the 10 blades I pasted them onto cardboard, and then once again cut them all out. Then, I covered each one in tin foil to … Read more