My dear husband took me to a dance held by the UTA campus’s library staff (those cheeky librarians!) called “An Evening in Paris: Dancing at the Moulin Rouge.” We knew there would be a costume contest, and he and I both love any excuse to dress up. Fortunately, the hubby already owns a kilt suit, … Read more
My name is Emily and I live in Austin, Texas. Halloween is a huge holiday event in Austin and each year I try to be something unique, but at the same time something I personally like. I grew up on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series but have such a petite figure the store-made … Read more
For this costume, my friends and I were salt, Tequila, and lime (we stood in that order respectively for photos). The salt and lime were relatively easy to make, and to add an extra umph to it we bedazzled the shirt dresses, which were made by stretching the collar of a large t shirt and … Read more
Let’s face it, unicorns are amazing. There is no other animal or mythical creature that has the mystique and appeal of a unicorn. So once I got creative and came up with my idea, I went full throttle. I knew my unicorn would be pink and glittery but I didn’t know of how to build … Read more
My name is Aleksandra and I work for an online costume store. Our company just held a costume contest yesterday evening, and the best way to stand out was to wear something we DON’T sell. I’m OBSESSED with all things Mario and co., and have never seen a sexy DK costume. So my mom and … Read more
I made this Poison Ivy costume to be in a Gotham City Sirens group with my friends, and I love this to pieces! I think I spent a total of around $50 on this because I used a lot of materials from home. The base of the bodysuit is a t-shirt sewed onto a pair … Read more
When we first decided to be Care Bears we wanted to make sure that it was going to be super cute and super fun, Mission Accomplished!! I made all 5 of the costumes, first I just ordered a plain white petticoat, about $17, spray painted the tops of them in each color, let them hang … Read more
For this Liquor Cabinet group costume, we each (minus the box of wine) got a dress relevant to the liquor we were going to be. Then we got the paint from a local craft store and we each got a t shirt relevant to the bottle color. For the box of wine, we literally just got … Read more
This year for Halloween I wanted to create a cool costume that wasn’t like everyone else’s. I got tired of seeing the same old costumes every year, so I was like, hmm, what would be cool. I figured since I was in the dessert industry it would be cool to do something with food. I … Read more
I was inspired by a vogue-esque photo of a human rain storm 2 years ago, so decided a rainbow + rain storm costume would be perfect for my newly adopted puppy and I :) Rain storm costume supplies: Straw wide brimmed hat Stuffing from old pillow (can also use fake snow from Michael’s) White elastic … Read more
This homemade Dalmatian costume was a lot of fun but more work than it seems! It took a whole day to color black dots on the plain white pants. We also used white gloves and colored dots on it as well. For the feet he just wore black slippers. We used a white swim cap … Read more
My friend and I are living in a remote Australian community, so when deciding on a theme for our birthday party we figured Anything But Clothes (ABC) party was an easy one for people without malls to grab something from. Voila, I used up some Great Northern Beer Cartons (certainly no shortage of them around … Read more