23 Days Left

Halloween is right around the corner, 23 days away to be exact. In the past I have made my costume, and costumes for friends. This year, with school and other activities making their presence known I doubt I'll have time to do much. 

Back in 2007, Amanda and I were pretty obsessed with Wicked, So we did our own version of the theme. I made her dress, and my skirt. 

In 2008 and 2009, I did the whole Alice in wonderland thing, way before the movie came out. 

 Last year, I made Grace and her friend Phoebe Wilma and Betty costumes. 

 If I do make something this year, I'm either tagging along on a friend's plan to do Pacman, or I could live out my dream of making a Marie Antoinette costume (but I really want to devote some time to that). I have been watching costume makeup tutorials lately trying to get ideas. I love Kandee Johnson's costume make up videos, they look amazing, be sure to check them out.  I so want to try one!

 Anna and I doing the whole Halloween thing, back in the day. My grandmother made these costumes. 

So what are some of your costume ideas. 

Nail Polish of the Week: Russian Navy

Its that time of the year again, its fall! I am so happy for cooler weather, its been in the 80s for the last week and its just amazing. The cooler weather makes me love breaking out the darker colors. So its that time again, time for Russian Navy. One of my favorite colors a rich dark navy color with a little shimmer to it.

A Touch of Vintage

This morning, Rhonda and I headed over to the vintage sale. I was running a little late so once we got there a lot of the great items I saw on Thursday, including the outfit I put together, were already gone.  

But never fear we still found some great items. 

First I got this necklace, its gold and the beads are wood. Its pretty long and can be doubled up, $2.50.

Next, I got these black and gold cameo earrings. They are pretty old looking, and they are "clip-ons" but really the back screws tighter to hold the earring in place, $2.50

Last I got a dark blue with gold accent clutch, $5.

So in all I did pretty well. There were some gorgeous vintage dresses, but I had no real use for them, other than admiring how pretty they were.

Rhonda also bought some things...

She got a tie for her boyfriend Scott, $1. 

I love the abstract floral print on it!

Rhonda also got this great cross body bag, its a really pretty grey color, $5.

 She wanted to add a little something to it, so we found this really cute red rose pin $2. 

This weekend had gorgeous weather.  I went to the football game Saturday, it was really nice in the stadium.  Today was a great day to do a little shopping and then just laze around the house catching up on things. 

Betty

The other day I had to go into class after hours to finish up some work on my pattern. It finally gave me the chance to take some pictures!
So first, we have Betty with the muslin pieces draped on her.

From the markings on the muslin, we are then able to create the basic block pattern. We also used measurements to draft a sleeve, which can be seen to the right.

 Going into the building and room late at night is super creepy. especially with the 20+ mannequins just creeping out in the back... and then you have this one... super creepy little kid just hanging around.

That Vintage Thing

Yesterday for my Visual Merchandising class we did a little project. There is a Vintage Sale every year to support the costume museum on campus, and in groups we set up displays with the clothing going on sale.  Behold my group's creation...

We found this awesome 1960's boatneck dress, in pink dupioni silk and paired it with a hat, white leather gloves and a gold belt. 

I thought the hat was the coolest thing! it was completely covered in feathers! 

And the gloves were the softest real leather, so pretty. 

My group was one of the first scheduled to set up displays, so I didn't get to see many of the others. Although there were some really cute ones already completed. 

I would have stuck around and looked through more clothes, but I had to get to work. I did however get a couple of pictures of some cool clothes that were going to be for sale. 

In the area? Check out the sale this Sunday!

WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3.
WHERE: LSU 4-H Mini Barn, near the Parker Coliseum.
ADMISSION: $5 adults, $2 students with IDs.