Clockwork Droid, from episode “Girl in the Fireplace” The mask used to be a V for vendetta mask and has been turned into the droid style, porcelain, victorian mask. I used air drying clay to reshape the features, paper macheed over top to hold the clay in place, crackle paint over that then dabbed with coffee to … Read more
This photo is of my husband and I (bride and groom), and our amazing neighbors. We were attending a Halloween fundraiser costume party. We wanted to do a group costume as we were all sitting together at one table. While racking our brains for a unique group costume, my husband and I were discussing our … Read more
We transformed Rex into Edward Sisscorhands! The following items were used: Walmart: Plastic Silver Knives Black Duct Tape Black Gloves Keychain Rings GoodWill: Black wig Black turtleneck & sweatpants Black belts Borrowed: Black rain boots Rex got dressed in the turtleneck and sweatpants. I think started to duct tape his arms (I had to take … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a beautiful character. The idea of being Maleficent made her so excited! She already had the awesome green eyes so we knew it would be a perfect costume for her! For the robe, we used suede fabric and free hand cut the shapes we needed and then took an old … Read more
Why isn’t Halloween a national holiday? It needs to be so people can be off work and have more time to don their awesome costumes! I love Halloween and mainly doing my makeup. The past several years I was a zombie and it was cool, but after seeing Freak show (Season 4 of American Horror … Read more
My daughter loves princesses and dressing up to look like them! She wanted to be Ariel with legs! (Lol) Her cousin decided on being Ursula so they could do a theme together! But mostly, she wanted to be the most beautiful version of Ariel! For the dress, we went to our local fabric store and … Read more
Every year my little girl chooses a different Disney Villain. This year she decided she wanted to be Ursula the sea witch since her cousin was going to be Ariel. She wanted to look evil but still wanted be beautiful at the same time! For the bodice and the tentacles, we went to our local … Read more
My inspiration for the dress came to me when I was watching the cheesy 80’s movie Clash of the Titans. I had bought the dress from a yard sale earlier this summer. The dress is actually an old wedding dress I found in a yard sale for $8.00, I then used eight cans of cheap … Read more
My family is obsessed with Halloween and American Horror stories so boom! We put them together! My brother was Papa Legba from the Coven. My husband was Twisty the Clown from Freak Show and my daughter was Marjorie from Freak show as well. I was the white nun from Asylum. The reactions from people were … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love tapping into my creative side to come up with costume ideas that have the “wow!” factor. I definitely achieved that goal this year. I usually make my costume decisions on November 1st of the previous year. My requirements are: nothing skimpy/slutty, nothing pre made (i.e. Party City … Read more
I created this Effie Trinket outfit with a bit of time to plan (2 months). I first had to decide which outfit to wear. I ended up going with the first Effie outfit from the first Reaping scene as it was the color I was finding easiest. I then tracked down a pencil skirt and … Read more
I’ve made a creepy doll costume for Halloween. The costume is made by a purple skirt and black blouse and for the make up I used lighter foundation, white eyeliner under the eyes to make my eyes look bigger like the doll’s eyes. I outlined my new eyes with liquid black eye liner. I also … Read more