So Thanksgiving is a few days away, so what am I posting? My finished Halloween costumes of course! Sorry it took forever to get these photos, my sister took them and she has been quite busy with school so it took her a while to send them my way. Well, better late then never!
So as most of you know, I decided on Poison Ivy this year.  I dyed my stockings, I made my gloves, I made my boots, I made the leafy eyebrow pieces and I made some fake lashes to top it off (which I did wear for the party I went to, but I forgot to bring them to take pictures of the costume a few days later unfortunately). 
Full body shot
I ended up being invited to another Halloween party last minute, but I didn't want to reuse the same costume (mostly for comfort reasons - those boots killed my feet) so I pulled out my old wind up key that I made for Halloween a few years ago and two petticoats I made - one for Halloween and one for a friends bachelorette party and a little flower ring I made - and threw a costume together.   I made the black circle skirt on a whim a few days before I was invited to the party and thought it would fit the costume perfectly.  I decided the color scheme would be black and pink because the belt, one of the petticoats and the ring were hot pink (my friend had a Barbie bachelorette party).  I poked a hole through the back of the belt and stuck the wind up key through it.  They day of I actually curled my hair and my sister loaned me a pair of pink and white socks.  I also had a different pair of black flats.  I went with contacts as well because the fake eyelashes were too big to be contained by glasses.
I made the black circle skirt on a whim a few days before I was invited to the party and thought it would fit the costume perfectly.  I decided the color scheme would be black and pink because the belt, one of the petticoats and the ring were hot pink (my friend had a Barbie bachelorette party).  I poked a hole through the back of the belt and stuck the wind up key through it.  They day of I actually curled my hair and my sister loaned me a pair of pink and white socks.  I also had a different pair of black flats.  I went with contacts as well because the fake eyelashes were too big to be contained by glasses.
 Here is a kind of crummy picture of the costume the day of the party so you can see my hair (kind of), the socks and the wind up key.
Here is a kind of crummy picture of the costume the day of the party so you can see my hair (kind of), the socks and the wind up key.
My sister needed a costume to wear at her extra curricular activities and whatnot and after finding some awesome fabric at the store she decided she wanted me to make her a simple cloak so she could be a wizard. I also ended up making her a want too as seen in this post.
 Here is what the fabric looks like with the wand.
Here is what the fabric looks like with the wand.
I found a lot of patterns for "circle skirt" type cloaks but I wanted to do something fairly simple because I didn't have that much time and I only had two yards of fabric. I ended up finding this website that explained how to make a cloak very simply and with a maximum of 2 yards of fabric, yay!
And action shots:
 I made the hood come to a point.
I made the hood come to a point.
 The fabric flowed nicely and looked awesome when she walked around.
 The fabric flowed nicely and looked awesome when she walked around.
 She just wore her street clothes underneath.
She just wore her street clothes underneath.
I actually really loved how the cloak turned out. I'm half considering being something next Halloween that involves a cloak of some kind so I can make myself one!

 
            