Tell Me About it, Stud!

My friend and I decided last minute to go dancing for Halloween, and I realized I already had everything I needed to be a character from one of my favorite movies - Grease.  I just thought I'd share the hair because I didn't think I would be able to get my hair as big as Sandy's, but it worked!  My hair is pin straight so that was thanks to the magic of hairspray and curling iron.  I loved this last scene from Grease!  I only wished I had that slick leather jacket with red lining.

Dressing up in character is fun for me because it brings out that artistic side where I can try and create a look by using what's already been done as inspiration!  "A wop bop a loo bop a wop bam BOOM!"

In process..

Finished!

Pumpkins and Peacocks

My peacock costume for Halloween! I bought the fabrics and materials and somehow pulled it together for a dress, and in the nick of time! I had no sewing machine so I had to hand sew the hem at the bottom, and somehow got the back to work. I had too much fun in this costume, and wished I could wear it every day!

Some friends and I went to a pumpkin patch a couple weeks before Halloween. I decided to carve images into my pumpkin that represent my apartment since there's three of us living here. You can obviously tell which one is me - it's my dog, Yoori, and I watching the sunset. I drew my brother's for him, the Tigers logo, but he decided to carve it and did an awesome job because I had failed to realize that the logo would just fall out if I actually carved it the way I drew it. See the little stilts he carved so that it could be suspended? Snazzy, huh? And, for Daniel, I drew the Canon logo since he loves taking pictures. He didn't want to carve it, though, so I just did a quick, rough job of carving it since I was tired of carving at that point. Man, who knew it was so exhausting carving pumpkins? At least we made some yummy pumpkin bread and garlic roasted pumpkin seeds out of them!

Holy Cow!

Here I am chillin with Pippi. I was so proud of this Halloween costume (2007) I came up with and made last minute. The tail was my favorite part. I love how it stuck out. Since I didn't have time to sew, I had a bazillion needles stuffed in it as a makeshift adhesive. Hence, I could still ward off any evil students who had a burning desire to pull my beautiful tail.