Mindy b.
For my Homemade Woody from Toy Story Costume, I Used red sharpie to create lines and checked Er pattern on a polar fleece jacket. Sewed cow print bandanna into a vest. Used felt to create a sheriff badge. And used pleather for a belt buckle and side gun pouch. He wore jeans and just zipped … Read more
For my Plus Size Bearded Lady Circus Sideshow Costume, I wore an old dress and added a feather to my coiffed hair. Got beard last year on clearance from Duck Dynasty costume saved it to create shocking bearded lady. Could build on this costume by adding more people to have a full side show. Cheap … Read more
For my Fairy Godmother costume I created a cloak out of a few old shirts and wore a blue dress. Pulled a pink bow from an old prom dress To make neck bow. Wore white wig and made a fairy wand from a dowel and glued on some silver sequins. Very cheap and easy costume … Read more
My boyfriend had just passed his pilot’s test and bought a plane so it was a no brainer to make him an Airline Pilot costume. It’s all in the details. I searched high and low every thrift store in town to find the rolling bag that the pilots take on the plane with them, I … Read more
We were trying to come up with ideas for a group costume since we are all plus size we wanted to look cute and a little sexy but still be covered up. We chose the Troop 69 theme. The boys borrowed real Boy Scout troop outfits and then added shorts. For the girls we got … Read more
This was a funny one…I was working in the Pharmacy so it was really cool going to work as the Mucinex Lady. I was first inspired by a Used Goldilocks costume I found at the local thrift shop. It just came to me. I watched some commercials and chose to base my lady off of … Read more
So this song blew up that summer and me being not afraid of anything took on the challenge of making this costume and wearing it as a big girl with pride. I first bought a skin suit in nude, I will tell you that when I walked out of the dressing room the store staff … Read more
For my Plus-Size Max from 2 Broke Girls costume, I first dyed an old shirt dress I had yellow. I then sewed an apron using interfacing to make it stiffer. I used iron on heat transfer tape to attach red stripes to dresss then sewed them in place. I used fake hair extensions to make … Read more
I am first of all like the palest of pale skin tone. I had to get 3 spray tans and by Revlon and the dollar store’s darkest foundation makeup to achieve Snooki’s tan/orange skin color. I hiked my boobs up by wearing to bras with air inserts. The sunglasses I had from years ago. I … Read more
My boyfriend and I never really watched the show The Office until it went into sydication, growing tired of watching The Simpsons everynight before bed we started watching The Office. Dwight is so funny and over the top hands down one of the best on TV. Anyhow to create Dwight’s look I had to find … Read more
First Flo is an icon so I knew I had to do the costume right. I did dye my hair darker to look more the part. The Progressive insurance web site was really helpful in creating this look. It offered print outs and instructions down to what color lipstick Flo wears. I bought my apron … Read more
We were all working in the Meat Dept and trying to come up with a clever “Meat Themed” costume we could still work in. All of the stuff I saw online hotdogs and steaks were too bulky for us to work in. So I brainstormed and looked in the closet and was able to get … Read more