then i got a mohawk... and julie did all the face paint.
the shirt has little orange skulls all over it. she also did the puffy orange material stuff.
i made the gloves.
Halloween Costumes?
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the first time we did julie died my hair jet black. (the only time i had ever died my hair to that point.
then i got a mohawk... and julie did all the face paint.
the shirt has little orange skulls all over it. she also did the puffy orange material stuff.
i made the gloves.
then i got a mohawk... and julie did all the face paint.
the shirt has little orange skulls all over it. she also did the puffy orange material stuff.
i made the gloves.
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Enjoyed people's costumes and descriptions 
...updates? Who's done with their costume for this year? Or how far along are you?
I'm waaay behind... I purchased and washed my fabric several days ago, but it neeeeeds to be cut and sewn! And I made my brooch - an essential piece of the costume - from "metallic"-golden-colored make-and-bake modeling clay 2 days ago. (I'm very excited about that.)
...updates? Who's done with their costume for this year? Or how far along are you?I'm waaay behind... I purchased and washed my fabric several days ago, but it neeeeeds to be cut and sewn! And I made my brooch - an essential piece of the costume - from "metallic"-golden-colored make-and-bake modeling clay 2 days ago. (I'm very excited about that.)
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Not this year, but...
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*bump*
My kiddoes are going to be a bat (the 5 y.o.) and a bluebird (the 2 y.o.).
For my costume... not sure what I'll do. Got my start too late.
Also, a belated response to a comment RE costumes on another thread:
My husband actually rolls his eyes about all-out Halloween costumes because of the expense and trouble making them.
(OTOH, he does run an RPG for me and his brothers.)
That's why I went with asking him to make beards for the "Leif Erikson day" party.
He did the beards exactly the way he wanted to - invested lots of time in researching them and 1 or 2 minutes cutting them out from a yellowish envelope.
My kiddoes are going to be a bat (the 5 y.o.) and a bluebird (the 2 y.o.).
For my costume... not sure what I'll do. Got my start too late.
Also, a belated response to a comment RE costumes on another thread:
YEZ, yez they are!deer wrote:Linna, your family sounds so fun!! I could NEVER get anyone to go to a Viking party. We watched that movie a while back "Role Models" where they end up in an RPG all costumed up and swordfighting and I'm thinking how much fun it looks like while my hub and dau are rolling their eyes...Linna Heartlistener wrote:The day ended at a friend's Viking-themed "Leif Erkison Party." (seeing as it was around Columbus Day weekend.)
My husband made paper beards for him and the kids.
My husband actually rolls his eyes about all-out Halloween costumes because of the expense and trouble making them.
(OTOH, he does run an RPG for me and his brothers.)
That's why I went with asking him to make beards for the "Leif Erikson day" party.
He did the beards exactly the way he wanted to - invested lots of time in researching them and 1 or 2 minutes cutting them out from a yellowish envelope.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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I have really short hair this year for Halloween... not sure what would be a good geeky costume for me..
I think Vin from Mistborn might have had short hair.
There's definitely awesome female characters from Modessitt with short hair, but... too obscure.
Others costumes... possibly given with various degrees of suspensefulness & lack of detail or presence thereof. (Sorus. ;P)
I have really short hair this year for Halloween... not sure what would be a good geeky costume for me..
I think Vin from Mistborn might have had short hair.
There's definitely awesome female characters from Modessitt with short hair, but... too obscure.
Others costumes... possibly given with various degrees of suspensefulness & lack of detail or presence thereof. (Sorus. ;P)
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Vin from Mistborn would be a pretty cool costume. Haven't read any Modesitt, so can't picture any of those characters.
The detail of my costume (or lack thereof) will largely depend on whether it will be seen by anyone besides my cats. (Cats being notoriously unimpressed by such things.)
So far I have a pair of purple and brass steampunk goggles and a glass pendant containing a passable galaxy of stars. If I really wanted to do it right, I would also acquire attire suitable for Victorian-era London, but that's beyond my current level of ambition, especially with a lack of plans.
The detail of my costume (or lack thereof) will largely depend on whether it will be seen by anyone besides my cats. (Cats being notoriously unimpressed by such things.)
So far I have a pair of purple and brass steampunk goggles and a glass pendant containing a passable galaxy of stars. If I really wanted to do it right, I would also acquire attire suitable for Victorian-era London, but that's beyond my current level of ambition, especially with a lack of plans.
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Agatha?
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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It's from Dark Passages, which is a YA scifi/horror series that I've mentioned a couple of times but sometimes hesitate to recommend due to the horror factor - it can be quite gruesome at times.
I'm not sure why I fixated on the idea that it'd make a good Halloween costume, but sometimes I just can't shake ideas once they take hold.
I'm not sure why I fixated on the idea that it'd make a good Halloween costume, but sometimes I just can't shake ideas once they take hold.
Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?