Found this dress at a thrift store. it was an old prom dress. cut it and sewed it. I added jewels with hot glue. I wore a white tutu underneath so the dress would stick out. I found the white shoes at the thrift store as well. I also purchased little white frilly socks at … Read more
I pride myself on never repeating costumes and making them the most creative I can think of. Last year I think I had a pretty good winner. Luckily I am in marketing and had some help getting this bad boy printed. I had it rigged with a weight lifting belt so I could tighten it … Read more
We have a HUGE dog, 165 lbs to be exact and it all started by trying to come up with a costume for him. Everyone seems to be able to buy a costume for their dog right off the rack, but with our big boy, it has to be made! So I had to come up … Read more
I like to be a popular celeb each year, so 2 years ago I was Snooki. I bought a clubbing dress that I might wear again ( I havent yet). I bought a pair of slippers from Zellers and the Snooki wig, I got rinestones from the Dollar store and stuck them to my sun … Read more
Had everyone get all black leather vest ( you can always get a black sweatshirt and cut the arms off and cut down the middle front to make it like a vest style). Then grabbed beige stiff material and iron-on heat T-shirt transfers. Cut and paste from the internet the Sons of Anarchy symbols to … Read more
In college my friends always called me Snooks. I was always tanned, have dark hair, and wore it big! I found the pink slippers from Wal-Mart, the leopard dress from Platos Closet, huge hoop earnings from Claire’s, and bought a white hair clip from Sally’s Beauty Supply Store. The sunglasses were the most time consuming but … Read more
I wanted to be Xena for Halloween because I had rediscovered the show on Netflix. I sat and watched every episode for weeks. I thought it would be fun to make my own Xena Warrior princess Halloween costume after looking forever for a store bought one. I found brown vinyl on the clearance rack at the … Read more
“I’m a Lady… I do Ladies Things…” It took a while to create this rubbish Transvestites from Little Britain: Emily Howard and Florence Couple Costume for a TV Show fancy dress party. We thought long and hard about how to create it and make it as funny as possible. Obviously, we had a little help from the Little … Read more
It was really easy to make my jersey shore Snookie Costume. I’m already tanned and short so all that was needed was a racey club dress, guidette makeup and of course the infamous Snookie Poof. I looked through my closet and found a silver dress that I had worn for a birthday party previous years … Read more
Well first off I had no idea how to make this Yip Yip costume. This costume was made for my oldest daughter. I think she was born in the wrong era! Her birthday is June 20 1998 and she loves anything and everything from the eighties. So it began the making of a Yip Yip costume. A Yip Yip is … Read more
This woman’s sexy Big Bird costume started with a Big Bird headband I bought at a second hand store. I thought, “This will be easy!” I was wrong, this was complicated but well worth the time. I went to every Dollar store and Wal-mart in the area and rid them of their white feather boas (the amount … Read more
For my homemade Snooki costume, I wanted to be more comfortable than sexy. Then I had the brilliant idea to incorporate both. I really wanted to wear slippers dancing that night and found the perfect ones for my costume: frog slippers. I then got a simple black dress suitable for the club. Next I went … Read more