Ever since its release in 1993, The Nightmare Before Christmas has been my favorite movie. From the movie’s unique claymation style to the intriguingly bizarre storyline, this movie is well-known by most for good reason. Duplicating Sally’s image was definitely a challenge (that lasted many hours, especially mixing enough paint to cover my entire body … Read more
I felt that by creating this Corpse Bride costume, I could do the character and director justice. Corpse Bride has always been one of my favorite movies. Costume making is a huge part of my life, so when I began making this Corpse Bride costume in April, I knew it would be wonderful. I first started … Read more
This Edward Scissorhands Halloween costume is an easy costume to make and requires no sewing needed (no skill… lol), just fabric glue. Edward Scissorhands Halloween Costume Instructions I loved the Edward Scissorhands film when I was younger. I wanted my son to be something cool, but not too scary, so this was the perfect idea. I had a leather jacket and trousers that … Read more
I’ve always love dressing up as villains, and what better villain to be than the iconic Oogie Boogie costume! “And if you aren’t shakin’ Then there’s something very wrong ‘Cause this may be the last time now that you hear the boogie song.” I wanted to do a feminine twist on the character so I knew … Read more
Like a snowflake tumbling down a hill, it gathers more snowflakes until it becomes a big beautiful snowball. Cosplaying The Nightmare Before Christmas started for us as a single snowflake. The love of cosplay began long after the love of the movie, it just seemed fitting that they become one someday. As little girls, dress … Read more
For my homemade Queen of Hearts costume, I use what I needed and I started with no pattern. I just looked at the picture of the dress and just started to draw out cut and then started to sew. I love to sew and took out a lot of mistakes and resew and it. Took me 3 months … Read more
This Sally costume was originally a thrown together, not quite last minute Halloween costume. I loved it so much though, that the next year I put more work into it. I reworked parts of the dress, which literally was pieces of clothing and scrap fabric haphazardly sewn together. I used a comfortable Tee that was beginning … Read more
When my son Ryan was three, for some reason every time Edward Scissorhands was on TV, he always wanted to watch it. After watching the movie millions of times he said he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. At first I thought where am I ever going to find this at a store but then decided to … Read more
The initial inspiration for this Queen of Hearts costume was a simple gold crown on a headband I found at a retail store. My vision was born – my daughter must be the queen of hearts! Slowly, I sought out pieces and materials to make my vision come to life. After a few weeks of … Read more
I made this Edward Scissorhands costume 100% from scratch! This is How the Edwards Scissorhands Costume was Built: I sculpted the gloves out of plexiglass, Apoxsee Clay, leather, and hardware. For the costume I bought three leather jackets, cut them up and Hand-stitched every piece together with leather lace. I brought about 15 belts and … Read more
This Edward Scissorhands costume was made for a Cadiz (Spain) carnival in February 2012. I always loved this movie and, of course, Johnny Depp!) By the time my son was 12 years old, I thought this costume was going to fit him perfectly. I bought cheap faux leather pants and jacket at a Chinese store. … Read more
I’m the type of person that gets more excited about Halloween costumes than Christmas. I’m the type of person that wishes it could be Halloween everyday. I’m definitely the girl who plans next year’s costume a week after Halloween ended. This year was totally different. October 1st came around and I still had no clue. … Read more