Halloween 2008 was coming up and I had no clue what I wanted to be! My friends and I were wondering around in Walmart trying to come up with ideas. We were in the bra section when I saw this pink and black lacy bra and the thought came to me! I could be a … Read more
This particular headless Bride halloween costume was inspired by an old wedding dress found in a vacated rental property. I borrowed a backpack and some tent poles from my nephew. Next, I stuffed an old t-shirt with plastic grocery bags. You could use any kind of stuffing, these were handy and lightweight. Then I slid the t-shirt over … Read more
This is a Snow White Costume from the Movie Mirror Mirror. I loved the costumes in this movie-every one of them was a winner. But I found myself drawn to Snow White’s wedding dress. Rather than being white and super fluffy, it was blue and orange. Being an ILLINI, I loved the color scheme. I used silk … Read more
For Halloween I decided I was not going to buy a ready made costume from the store! I wanted to make something cool that went with my cheerful personality and with my silliness!! What’s funnier than a jellybean? haha, well, this was somewhat easy to make but difficult to wear! But so hilarious!! It was … Read more
This homemade girls Medusa costume with victim turned to stone is my daughter’s Halloween costume. This was actually a fairly simple costume (no sew) to put together. The materials were: Costume: 3-4 yards of snake skin print fabric, plastic snakes (ordered in bulk from Amazon), hot glue, safety pins, “Victim” Candy Bucket: standard plastic Halloween candy … Read more
For a good friend’s hen party we had to dress up as a cartoon character from our childhood. Straight away I decided on the Cat in the Hat! I had to be him! But after searching around I couldn’t find anything at all suitable or in my price range and couldn’t find the hat anywhere … Read more
I started my Cupcake costume with the cupcake wrapper. I took thin tubes of PVC pipe and made two circles, one a little bigger than the other, and attached them together with straight tubes of pipe. I spray painted a folding window shade silver and wrapped it around the PVC frame. I tied fishing line around … Read more
I found my dress for this cheap but luscious homemade Marilyn Monroe costume at a thrift store for 5 dollars. I went to the store and found this blonde wig for 6 dollars. It was medium length, and curly. I took some pins, and wrapped it around to the length I wanted to make it … Read more
Found this dress at a thrift store. it was an old prom dress. cut it and sewed it. I added jewels with hot glue. I wore a white tutu underneath so the dress would stick out. I found the white shoes at the thrift store as well. I also purchased little white frilly socks at … Read more
I pride myself on never repeating costumes and making them the most creative I can think of. Last year I think I had a pretty good winner. Luckily I am in marketing and had some help getting this bad boy printed. I had it rigged with a weight lifting belt so I could tighten it … Read more
I worked on the Maleficent costume for about a week on and off, everyday. The biggest challenge for me was doing the collar, since I had to figure out a way for the collar to be huge and stand up at all times. The exaggeration on the horns was deliberate, I wanted them to pop … Read more
We started with mommy’s lab coat from nursing school. The hardest part was taking off the school logo. We finally put the name tag over it. We then tied two small pillows around the waist (one in front and one in back). It was funny because the jacket then gaped between the buttons. The chef hat was … Read more