Thread: Show Off Your Costume

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A family of pirates, I love it! Everyone's costumes are fantastic.

Thanks Dutchess, that makes me feel great
I was starting to doubt myself lol

Why "missing Halloween this year"?

Hey Lainie, never doubt yourself, you've got serious talent there sweetie!

Things just haven't been going so great. But I've still been scoring a few good buys here and there for future Halloween's. I'm hoping to get out this year and go to a friends party, just have to hope I can put together some magic and come up with a quick costume at least. Next year will hopefully be a much better year.

Thanks Hon, I hope things get better for you, really.

....You know, if you're creative you can do great things for a costume without spending a lot of money. In fact, my favorite pirate costume of 2002 was my husbands huge white shirt, black pants, brown boots, a red sash I bought in the clearance rack of the local fabric store, a bandana and some cheap stuff at the party store, like sword, eyepatch etc. I even did this for my daughter one year!

Get creative and have fun! To me, that's what Halloween is all about

Okay, drumroll please LOL

These pictures are very fuzzy, because I can't get my kids to stand still long enough to get it right. But here it is all done....The headpiece is heavier than I thought and a bit uncomfortable. I have a headache just from the short time I was wearing it lol....will have to figure something out for that (lots of aspirin maybe?)

What do you think?

wow lanie, i love it. i have to show this to my daughter. she bought a bunch of small snakes for this costume and never got any further. did you make your dress? if so what pattern did you use? and what material is around the shoulders. i love that

Thanks Halloren, I bought the small snakes not knowing what in the world I was going to do with them, but I bought some thin wire from Michael's and wrapped them around the snakes so they would stand up, and I left some wire loose to attach it to the tiara...which by the way came with the dress. The costume is called Medusa the Mythical siren. The price was very reasonable. I just didn't think too much of the tiara, I thought "Medusa....it needs more snakes!"

Here is the web site that I got the costume at...I had to get the plus size, but I think the regular size looks so much better....oh well lol

Medusa the Mythical Siren Adult Costume | Halloween Mart

Let me know if you need a tutorial on the headpiece....it was very easy!

Lanie,

Great JOB!!! the headpiece looks fantastic! In fact the whole thing looks great! If I may say I'm glad that all of the snakes aren't just green... There are more snakes out there than just one!!! In any case... Great job and my wife even said she likes it too!!!

Thanks so much! Now I know the meaning of "Necessity is the mother of invention" LOL

This was just an idea on what I had to work with, I'm so pleased with how it came out and how much everyone likes it

oh shoots, i was hoping you had made the dress. but that's okay, it's very pretty. yeah, if you want to give me a tuitorial on the headpiece i would like that. other than that girl has killer hair, your head piece is way way way better. and you can call me hallo, much easier

Lainie: As said before, that's a great looking costume. I love the drape of the metallic fabric - so pretty! And your additions to the tiara are a distinct improvement; I'm liking the long spiraled snakes framing your face.

Whoo boy, I can tell I've been working on too many scientific critical thinking projects (especially analyzing the terminology used) when I'm bothered that the costume co. says Medusa was a siren (she was a gorgon, darn it ).