Me and my fellow co-workers worked for 4 days putting our “Dollhouse” together! It took a lot of hard work, but it was so worth it. We glued paper sacks together to make our roof. I was able to borrow some antique dolls from my husbands grandparents which absolutely made the whole project!!! We used … Read more
Okay, so we (oh, by ‘we’ i mean 3 best friends from the North East of England) we found out about a really cool Halloween party which would be held in one of Newcastle’s art galleries. After not a lot of persuasion at all we bought tickets and began to get our brains ticking to … Read more
I was getting ready to take a little vacation from work and my department decided we were going to all dress up as Super Heroes and Villans- So I chose a Beautiful Villian! The Red Queen from the Johnny Depp version of Alice in Wonderland. I had a vision and it was going to be … Read more
I needed a costume: I’m thrifty and creative. Hmmm, I always thought a mermaid would be cool to be. This was my first attempt at making/sewing something without a pattern…where and HOW do I start?! I already had some ideas & materials for props and embellishments-pearls & necklaces from a friend’s Gramma, ribbon/pearl sewing items, shells … Read more
This Halloween I wanted to stray from the typical sexy/cutsie costumes that are generally advertised for women. I wanted something a little more edgy and outgoing. I opted for the jigsaw character from The Saw movies. The idea to transform myself into this character was a pretty easy task. I needed something that would be … Read more
Well first things first..I love Halloween and I despise the “sexy [insert occupation]” costumes that some woman wear. This year i decided to think outside of the box and came to the conclusion of become ursula!! I had fun with the costume it allowed me to be something evil without being ugly! Lol the costume … Read more
well I was inspired by a creepy doll make up tutorial- but I wanted to include my husband is I added some strings and became a marionette puppet so he could be a creepy puppeteer.. I started with a really cool corset and wore a black lace top underneath a black pedicoat and some added … Read more
I looked up a ton of tutorials on how to do Zombie Makeup. I came across one that involoved liquid Laxtex and Tissue paper, so off to the store I went. My boyfriend and I decided that we wanted to shoot up our clothes so we took an entire day to go out and shoot … Read more
Forget Christmas, for me the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ is Halloween as it means I can dress up without anyone thinking I’m slightly odd for doing so-I have been know to do the chores in my shared house whilst wearing a bee costume! Last year I was away with work at Halloween but … Read more
For the past four years I have wanted to make a peacock costume. I researched the internet for peacock costumes, I looked at real peacocks and this year I finally made my peacock costume. First I purchased a prom dress from a local thrift store in midnight blue as my starting point, cost $7.50. I purchased some beaded trim and … Read more
Gremlins has always been one of my favorite movies as a kid. And Greta Gremlin has always been my favorite character. It’s a costume that I’ve always wanted to do… And I finally got around to attempting it this year. I started off by investing in a really good green wig. Then I purchased a … Read more
I live, love, breath for Halloween. I am always in love with illusions and quirkiness, missing body parts, etc. I have the “Corpse Coming Alive” on here from a couple of years ago as well. Which led me to The Contortionists idea. I love all things Freak Show and Vaudeville, so that helped with my … Read more