After brainstorming at the bar for nearly two hours one night, my friend and I came up with an idea for this year’s costume. It was NOT Wizard of Oz, but would take a bunch of time to create and wouldn’t be comfortable at a party, so it will remain top secret until we can … Read more
Halloween is probably my very favorite time of year. Growing up in the Midwest (Chicago, GO BEARS!), fall is a big deal and I have always loved the feeling of the season: the weather, the colors, the flavors and, of course, scary movies and Halloween! Well, in 2007, I left the Midwest and now call … Read more
I decided I wanted to be a zombie when I first started scrolling through Netflix then seeing one of the most popular shows out there; The Walking Dead. I started to watch one episode, then another, then another, I couldn’t stop. In about 2 weeks I watched all 3 seasons and now here I am … Read more
This year, I grew an extensive vegetable garden. It was so impressive that when Halloween season began to approach, my friends started to suggest to me that I should really go as a farmer, or a plant, or some other garden-themed creation. I thought about it, and finally decided I wanted to go as a … Read more
Well, I was inspired by a creepy doll make up tutorial- but I wanted to include my husband so I added some strings and became a marionette puppet – lol. That way he could be my creepy puppeteer. Even though he wouldn’t care if I left him out. Marionette: I started with a really cool … Read more
My mom made this Sally costume using hand-dyed colored burlap from Fabric on a Whim. She hand-cut the patches, sewed them on and used black thread to stitch it to an old dress I had that was kind of stretchy. She used dark purple and brown Sharpie brush tip markers to draw patterns on the … Read more
Everyone has seen James Cameron’s 3D blockbuster that was years in the making. As we are always up for a challenge, my girlfriend and I decided to take a stab at the Avatar costumes despite the really funny looking outcomes we saw pictures of online. Going into it, we knew the most important parts for … Read more
I have always loved art but had not considered myself an artist. Until I became a Face Painter. I fell into the profession by accident. I started as a volunteer and discovered to my delight, I was actually good at it! I may not be able to draw a tiger, but I can make you … Read more
For this Draculaura Monster High Doll costume and makeup we purchased a pink long sleeve shirt, a black lace shirt and a white skirt from our local thrift store. I cut the sleeves off the pink shirt. We added white tulle trimmed with hot pink and black tulle accents to the skirt. I finished the skirt … Read more
This year I let my husband chose our costume theme and he choose skeletons. I thought ok, easy enough. But was it too easy? I thought the sugar skull theme was done last year and I wanted to stand out. So my original idea was “Santa Muerte” Saint of the Dead. Sounds pretty scary, right? … Read more
For Halloween this year my boyfriend and I were visitors from space. We gallivanted through town and told people we were just visiting Earth for a short vacation. We spoke in made up languages, shared epic stories of our travels, shot people with the laser gun “dance blasters”, figured out ways to drink and eat … Read more
My name is Lucy, I had no clue on what I was going to be for Halloween, until I stumbled upon a model who was dressed as a phoenix (she had barely anything on). I wanted to be something that was going to catch peoples eyes, spark interest. I wanted it to be out there, … Read more