It was mid-October of last year when I had finally decided not to dress up for the upcoming Halloween. I had no plans, so why bother? Then I received an invitation to a Halloween party complete with a costume contest. I’m not usually one to let competition go to waste, so I had to come … Read more
I decided on a original little white lie costume. I chose the route of thinking a “Little White Lie” is whimsical and something that spares the feelings of others. I decided to resemble a white, sparkly fairy. I had recently been dumped for another woman, so I took great pleasure in cutting up a wedding dress! I cut it … Read more
My friends have a long lasting joke that I remind them of the crazy old drunk lady from “There’s Something About Mary” so I decided on an original Magda costume from There’s Something About Mary for Halloween. The first step I took in creating my “Magda” costume was her nightgown. I purchased a 1970’s style … Read more
My bestfriends and I decided to go in sexy three blonde blind mice costumes. We collected all of the items at different stores and created these masterpieces! The ears, gloves, cane and nylons were from the Sanfransisco store in Saint John, New Brunswick. The sunglasses from the Dollarstore and we paired them with a simple … Read more
My 2yr old wanted to be Foofa for Halloween so I went out and bought an oversized pair of sweats, top and bottom. I used the top to make the long torso, adding elastic to the bottom so it would poof out, and the sleeves were for the hat and shoe covers. I used felt for … Read more
From start to finish I spent 4 hours making this original Mario Brother’s Toad costume. It is made of things I found at Goodwill. It consists of a white long sleeve t-shirt, white pants, a blue t-shirt, a gold vest, a red place mat, a round box and scrap white t-shirt from another project. The … Read more
The Cuppy Cake costume was easy to make. The bottom is flannel material, pink with small colored dots and I pleated the material to make it look like a cupcake paper. I also made a pair of pants to match for under the cupcake for her little legs. I made a blouse type top out … Read more
This coolest Royal Wedding group costume is probably the coolest group costume I have ever done. It involved ten people, a limousine with a red carpet, and a real herald trumpet. Participants included Prince William and Kate Middleton, Pippa, Prince Harry, two royal guards, two female cousins with crazy hats, a trumpeter, and the Queen … Read more
Having been invited to a Disney themed 30th party, we were a bit lost as to what to go as. My friend discovered Dalmatian “Onesies” in a local shop so set about adding ears, tail etc and finished them off with face paints. This inspired me to put together my Cruella DeVille outfit. I did … Read more
My best friend and I don’t buy store costumes, we like to be different and stand out so we brain storm throughout the year. Well she’s brilliant and came up with these sexy “Thing 1 and Thing 2” costume to wear. I got some pieces in NC and she got the others in FL….it came … Read more
I’m a pretty “punny” person so I couldn’t resist in 2009 to create a Halloween costume off this play on words. I had caught the perfect time since the zombie apocalypse phenomenon wasn’t too hip to the cool just yet and people still were impressed with zombie costumes. This Zom-Bee costume was quite simple, zombie makeup … Read more
My boyfriend and I have been making our Halloween costumes for the last few years and have tried to go bigger and better each year. This awesome Shrek and Fiona couple costume was our most recent endeavor. We wanted to try something with a different color skin, so we went with Shrek and Fiona. For … Read more