This Homemade Bjork Swan Dress Costume has taken me 5 weeks to make, 3 yards of charmeuse, chiffon, muslin, linen, organza, and some old American Apparel tshirts, half a feather boa, a lot of hot glue, a spool of cotton thread, polyester fiberfill, floral wire, a zipper, and some more feathers for the swan head. … Read more
Last year I decided to be Amy Lee from the band Evanescence. I tried to recreate her outfit from “Going Under” but it looks like I just ended up wearing things she would on stage. Since I did this Homemade Amy Lee Costume last minute, I couldn’t find the proper corset so I had to … Read more
Gaga has inspired loads of us, including me. Well here is my homemade Lady Gaga murderer costume. It’s a collaboration of all my favorite Gaga stuff especially telephone. The uniqueness is that this is a mixture of my own inspired work and the best thing is the tape and telephone, yes that is a real … Read more
This Halloween I made a DIY Taylor Swift Costume. I bought a summer dress, blond curly wig, necklace, bracelets, got a friend to do my makeup, drew 13 on my hand , and made the guitar right from scratch with cardboard. For the guitar I used tape and glue, then spray painted it black and … Read more
Elvis lives in Colorado! This Elvis costume was made for a celebrity party. I made my own jumpsuit pattern out of a pair of pants and a long sleeve top. The fabric was on the remanent box at a local fabric store and cost me $4! The cape is gold lame on one side and … Read more
Well since I have curly hair and a darker skin tone I decided to think about an idea for my costume. As soon as I saw Michael Jackson I said to myself, well, looks like I have my outfit for this year, a Homemade Thriller Michael Jackson Costume. I had out to go buy black … Read more
Katy Perry and Russell Brand just got hitched! What great timing for my boyfriend and I because we decided to dress up as them for Halloween. I made my Katy Perry – California Girls costume from scratch. I had the tank top, sun glasses and sequin skirt so all I bought was the candy and … Read more
I had been wanting to go as Carmen Miranda for the last couple of years, but had not found the perfect dress; finally, I found it! It was a size or so small, so I bought about three yards of ribbon and a skein of embroidery thread. I sewed along either side of the zipper … Read more
We went as Bjork and Swedish Chef Couple Costume (Bork! Bork! Bork!). Okay some thought we were just a chef, a duck, but the more cultured of the group got it. For Bjork: a can can from my old clogging days and a feather boa turned into swan dress. The most fun was the hair. … Read more
I recreated this memorable outfit worn by singer Bjork by purchasing a leotard with built in tu-tu from a dance supply store as well as lots of white feather boas and a stuffed swan doll. The boas were simply sewn onto the tu-tu and the swan gutted and sewn into place. It was actually kind … Read more
Our Elementary School’s Accelerated Reader theme was Famous Tenneseans. My daughter, aged 6, decided she’d like a Homemade Dolly Parton Costume. We bought a blond curly wig from a Costume store and a hair net. I found a red turtleneck, added a red-fringed suede vest, long denim skirt, red fringed cowboy boots and a concho … Read more
I wanted to do something very original for Halloween this year, and when Lady Gaga wore the meat dress to the VMA’s this year, I thought it was the perfect costume idea. The DIY Lady Gaga meat dress Halloween costume took me about 3 weeks to finish, working about 1 to 2 hours on it … Read more