I decided early I wanted to be a Bubblegum machine, life sized. I’m a bit of a perfectionist and kept adding, and adding. For the head I papermached a giant balloon, cut holes into it and hot glued pom pom balls on it. I originally started with bingo dabbers but it was not cutting it. … Read more
Originally, I just wanted to do the black swan, and wondered how I could set it apart from other black swan costumes…I wanted to show both sides, and make it really cool looking. My favorite part about the whole costume is the one red contact. It just gives the look that edge. Materials: Black night … Read more
After a several months of deliberation I decided to be Ironman, ehh… Ironwoman… Ironlady… Lady Ironman? …ok whatever, you get the idea! I figured now would be a good time, since the third Ironman movie came out this year. My version is a mix of the comic with the movie version and just my own … Read more
Oh dear, I really didn’t know how this was all going to work out, but after going to many thrift stores, finding the right lamp shade, broken alarm clock, and the perfect doli then off to home depot, I was able to be the perfect 1 night stand, you will see in the pictures, a … Read more
This is not an easy costume but is guaranteed to get the WOW factor from any Halloween party or costume contest. It is based on the 1985 sci-fi movie Legend. The character/villain is called Darkness. The costume consisted of a store bought latex mask glued to a latex bald cap for full head coverage. The bald cap had … Read more
We started off by getting two pink dresses similar to the fembots in the first Austin Powers.We found them at Forever21 in the clearance section. Then we went to Michaels to get supplies. We bought two thin long feather boas each. One boa was plain, the other had silver in it for a sparkly look. … Read more
I ended up making this sexy Angry Birds Halloween costume the day of the Halloween party I was attending while watching football and drinking beers which means it was pretty simple and painless to make. The tutu was simply tulle tied around some elastic. For the eyes I took an old bra some felt and … Read more
For Halloween last year I was “A Piece of Meat”. The inspiration came from the fact that college age/20 something women (which I am) always dress provocatively on Halloween. I wasn’t in the best shape last year and was really self conscious about a skimpy costume, but I still wanted something that would suggest sexy, … Read more
Us girls were at our weekly happy hour, on my deck, brain-storming on what we wanted to be for Halloween. I had a half bag of potting soil sitting near my deck. My husband came out and told my son’s girlfriend she could wear that and be a dirt bag. Well, that was it! We … Read more
With all the Batman movies that came out, I decided to play it up a little bit and make the costume sexy but fun. I decided to dress up like the character two faced. I created the bustier, bra, and jacket. The body paint was professionally done. I got a regular blue dish glove and … Read more
Weeks before Halloween, my best friend and I were pondering costume ideas because we had a huge costume party to attend. After long hours roaming boards on Pinterest and gaining inspiration, I came up with the idea of Soda Cans. We went to the store to find colored dresses before we decided on what flavor … Read more
My daughter Victoria and I worked on this Princess Jasmine costume together. As you can see we covered one of her bras with gathered blue fabric, added decorative trim, attached drop sleeves that I stuffed with some cotton to give it dimension. Bra has a decorative pendent, however the jewel drop is real, Blue Topaz … Read more