October of last year (2012), I had been very busy. My best friend’s wedding was the weekend before Halloween, and on top of that, I was very busy with a 2 week long Halloween event at my place of employment. Needless to say, I did not have the time, energy, or disposable income for a … Read more
This makeup was a last minute job. I received an invite to a Jagermeister Halloween event that was free, had food, kegs and unlimited Jager in September, lol. It was a bit odd, but since I LOVE Halloween, dressing up and free things (especially booze! lol), I decided I HAD to go! So I pulled … Read more
This was a last minute costume. I had wanted to be Medusa for a while, but could never afford to pull it all together in time. Until last year! All on the day I was set to help my friends do their makeup and go out for the night. I bought some cyber dread falls … Read more
Who wouldn’t want a Dunkin Doughnut, I made this costume for my daughter who is into sports and loves Dunkin Donuts. She wanted a costume that would stand out and something that wasn’t to much to handle while she was in school and trick or treating. Like anything the first time you try to create … Read more
You can either make this costume yourself as I did or even buy it at a costume shop (good luck). Stuart Townsend is the vampire Lestat, who has awakened from a century-long slumber and turned his considerable energy to rock music. Lestat ‘s powerful music reaches the ear of the slumbering Akasha (Aaliyah), the millennia-old … Read more
The items I used for this Bat girl costume was a yard in a half of black stretchy pleather, glue gun , sewing machine glitter foam sheet to make the bat symbols , stretchy sequence to use For the belt, snap button for the belt, black thread. My princess came to me and said, mom … Read more
I wanted to create a different kind of costume and what’s better than homemade? I chose cardboard because it was readily available and I’m better with a hot glue gun than a sewing machine. The outer shell is cardboard boxes from my husbands past job at lazyboy, the “guts* were purchased from my local Dollar … Read more
This costume was super easy to make! Supplies needed: *10 adult size natural color hula skirts *full or queen size flat sheet in a cream or light tan color *safety pins (medium to large size) *bowling hat *sunglasses I began with putting the flat sheet over my body to cover me (as if I were … Read more
Growing up my mom always helped me make my Halloween costume which was always a scary and gruesome character. For Halloween 2008 I was 21 years old and wanted to create a fun and unique costume. I have always been a huge Christina Aguilera fan and I thought what better costume then the dramatic version … Read more
I always get told I look like Katy Perry (I don’t see it, but she’s a babe so I’ll take it!) so I decided to be here for Halloween. I went with her candy land outfit from her California Gurls video and used things that I had already around the house (the white corset) and … Read more
I LOVE Lady Gaga, I have had the privilege of seeing her in concert twice and loved every moment. Once I saw the Lady Gaga bow-tie hair, I knew it had to be my next Halloween costume. Lady Gaga is all about design, shock, costumes, and anything out of the ordinary. I wasn’t sure where to start … Read more
I am a huge fan of all things space, so for my Halloween homemade Solar System costume I decided to embody my love for the our solar system. To start, I went looking for any and all space theme fabrics I could find. I decided on a galaxy print as the base, and was lucky … Read more