French Court Shoes

I am currently thinking of my feet...and what I will be putting on them for my costume. I was inspired by this post - although I am looking at more of the pointed toe and kitten heel style shoe, here is a little sketch: 

I want to use some of the yellow and blue flowered fabric in the front and have it standing up (I'll use fabric stiffner) then use the blue ribbon - that I used for the bows on the dress - for the bows on the front and back of the heel and around the edges. I will probably put a cream rose on the front - same used for my chocker which I haven't talked about yet...next post hopefully.

Here are the shoes I ended up with - I brought the gold ballet flats and hot glue guned the bows and accents on (which didn't fair well the next morning).

French Aristrocrat's Bag

 
I needed a bag for when I go out so I made one, just a little draw string one.

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French Aristocrat

Here a few pics of a super fast trial run of the hair - I will curl those side bits and the little piece I will leave out at the back (you can just see the little bow at the back) that is also a large butterfly clip in my hair. I dusted my hair with Tailcum powder and sprayed with hairspray, also I used pillow stuffing in the pouf. Fortunatly my hair does what it is told so this look only took like 10 min, so with a few more minutes addention it should look good!

...had a little mishap with the purchased wig off Ebay...I'm not sure where they expected me to put my own hair under the wig but there is no space and it doesn’t even sit on your head or rather stay there with movement – I was dubious as they only had a manufactures pic – I do prefer to see a true pic of costumes and that. Oh well…

I don’t look like Marie Antoinette obviously but I still look like a French Aristocrat so I can still be a ‘ghost’ from that time with me blood and all...I was going to use some blood across my neck (head chopped off) and I also got some white body makeup stuff so I can make myself nice and white (I will possibly mix my foundation and the white stuff depending…) I should give the white makeup a test run too if only on a small patch. Just add a beauty mark or little black shape as was popular :p

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Hocus Pocus - Toil and Trouble!

 
My first (of many I hope) Halloween costume for my daughter. Halloween isnt a big event here in Australia so I try to make the most of it for obvious reasons :p She wanted to be a witch as Minnie Mouse is one in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Halloween episode. I just used a black tshirt she already had and made a skirt with a roll filled with stuffing around the waist to make the skirt stand out more.

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Marie Antoinette 80% Complete

 
Just finished the zip and sewed the lace around the neckline. Quite happy with the results :)

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Marie Antoinette Dress

A slightly better less fuzzy pic of my dress - including the neckline lace. I really need to get my hands on a zip as I am at a stand point!

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Intergalactic Police Federation

Images of my space costume for a 25th birthday. First time I used spray paint and boy was it fun! It made everything and anything look awesome :p The Guns were just $5 water guns spray painted black with gold detail, the communication headset was just a cheap computer headset and I removed the one side and applied my magic paint :)

Here is all of use dressed at the party - my hubby is behind me all so decked out...he didn't know what hit him :p

We also had photo IDs, guns and holsters...have to take some more pics of them.

Marie Antoinette

This costume is in preperation for the 2011 Halloween season (not that I will wear it to too many places :p). Thsi is the first full outfit I have made since high school - about 7 yrs ago (had to use the calculator for that one :p) so I am a little proud of myself...and a bit surprised how easily it came together consiering I whanted a corset bodice and only used a template and no instructions...

This is the bodice of the dress - I was going make a corset then make a bodice dress to go over it but that was too much for a first go I thought - I used zip cable ties for the 'boning'.

Here is where I got the corset pattern - has a few useful other patterns as well.

Sorry that the photo is blurry but you get the idea (I'll get a better pic later) - I haven't finished the back as yet, of which I will put a zip and hid it with a fabric tab. You will notice that the neck is too wide for mid 1700's as its in the corset style but I will add some lace and that for modest!

Here is a step towards my hip pads (they are made from a cushions insert I had lying around and I just cut it in half) - they are a little too puffy for the skirt so I will need to take some stuffing out and they will need to be on there own belt as the petticoat elastic isn't strong enough and they will end up around my ankles :D

So it is coming together I think...more updates to come!