Showing posts with label halloween costumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween costumes. Show all posts

Sunday, November 4, 2012

~still here....~


It's been a busy month and I have some fun
projects to share....if only I could find the time.
Halloween has come and gone-did you dress up?
My husband and I went to a Halloween party.
The theme was dead celebrities.
Here's my costume: 
 Amy Winehouse...the cigarette is a prop....
but it is real. I was terribly afraid that I would
be tempted to start smoking again by the 
end of the evening. I didn't smoke it but it sure
was fun holding it all evening and posing with it.
It turns out, the accomplishment of 13 years being
smoke free is a greater feeling than the urge
and desire to smoke the cigarette was. 
woot woot!

I did make my son's costume.
He was Kick-Buttowski..suburban daredevil.

       His costume on Halloween night had a big 
collar on it like this but I forgot to attach it
when I took these pics.     
  The costume was simple to make and he loved it.
Only problem is, he tries to actually BE
a daredevil when he wears it. Right after I snapped
this picture he and his bike fell of the rock
and skinned his leg. In real life my kid has a face....
but you'll never see it on here.  

Now we begin the busy season of birthdays,
family, Thanksgiving, Christmas and a 
MILLION projects to be finished before it 
all comes and goes. My current project,
a quiet book for my daughter's 2nd birthday.
Less than three weeks away.....
and I haven't started it yet. 
I foresee some very late nights in the near future.         

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

~my gnome is cuter than yours~

My little guy decided what his Halloween costume would
be months and months ago.
After watching Gnomeo and Juliet he was 
determined to be Gnomeo for Halloween.
In case you aren't familiar with this cartoon let me assist:
 Super easy and adorable. 
It seems that box of fabric my Mom gave me this past
summer happens to be the gift that keeps on giving.
I knew I had the supplies for the belt but I
thought I would have to go buy a big piece of blue
felt for this. Guess what was in the box?
A BIG PIECE OF BLUE FELT!
Praise the Lord in song.....preferably an Elton John song.
(he did all the music for Gnomeo and Juliet)

I winged the whole thing and loved the way it turned out.
My little man is thrilled and can't wait to wear it!



As far as the shirt goes...I just took a large piece of felt
and folded it in half. I got one of my little guys shirts and set it
on top to measure the length I needed to cut. 
 
I then cut a hole out on the top of the folded piece of felt for
his head. I should have taken a picture but you are going to 
be cutting the end that is folded. There will not be a seam at 
the shoulders because you just sew this up the sides now and
slip over their head. Is this making sense now? 


Next I took two half circles (more like ovals) and
sewed them to the front of the neck opening
on each side to make a collar.


The belt is made from some brown fleece I had on hand
and the buckle is yellow felt that I hand stitched on. 
It is fastened with Velcro.

For the boots I just bought a pair of men's black socks at
the Dollar Store and slipped them over his little work boots.
Total cost for this costume......$1.
This may be the cheapest Halloween yet.

He wants me to be Juliet and Dad to be Tibbles (the mean gnome...haha).
We'll see what happens with that. 

One more off that list!
-duvet cover
-child's cupboard re-do
-felt food for kids
-birthday banner
-kids slippers
-boys pirate party
-baby girl romper w/vintage corduroy
-leg warmers
-wall art for family
-hot shirt for momma :)
-hand made rings
-owl bookends
-play mat
-zipper purse
-state love art
-Halloween costumes

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