by kelerr
It’s time for another edition of my own costume design archives. Today I’ll be taking you through my design and thought process for Little Shop of Horrors. We did the show in 2008. This spring, it will be twelve years since it debuted, and we still have some of the costumes up in our costume room. Others have been donated or have fallen by the wayside over the years. In fact, most of them have gone missing since they were […]
by kelerr
I recently acquired a first edition copy of The Dress Doctor, Edith Head’s autobiography (co-written by Jane Kesner Ardmore). It’s a fascinating little book full of details about Head’s working for Paramount Pictures, and she is not shy about sharing various details about the stars she worked with. I must admit that for someone as interested in costume design as I am, the amount of movies I have seen with costumes designed by Edith Head is extremely small. As I […]
by kelerr
People believe that I am super into Halloween, when in reality I am just super into costumes. Thus, whenever my work Halloween costume competition comes around, I like to go all out. This year I used an idea I’ve had brewing for a couple of years now, but for whatever reason changed at the last minute. However, it was finally time. I wanted my Most Creative Costume title back, so I knew I had to bring out the big guns. […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Me Made, TV Shows
by kelerr
As I mentioned in last month’s makes post, I am changing the regular feature to a “sewing update.” This time of year, I have barely any personal sewing time, and so the months of my having four or five makes to show off are just not happening right now. I am swamped with Frozen instead (which sounds negative but I truly love being swamped with the musical!). That being said, I did manage to make something for myself this month! […]
by kelerr
My goal when October started was to read five books. When the month began, I had fifteen left to reach my goal for the year. I knew going in that this would be a tough goal to meet, and I was right. I managed to get through three of the five, and about halfway through a fourth (but that one doesn’t count since I haven’t finished it yet!). The first book I read was The Fountains of Silence, by Ruth […]
Categories: Reading
by kelerr
Note: This is a repost from 2016, and it’s the last one before this year’s Halloween post! As usual, the wheels for this year’s work Halloween costume started turning just as soon as we retired last year’s most creative winning design. After the infamous Barbie & Ken costume of 2011, I have a reputation and a standard to uphold. In the five years since, I have won Most Creative three times. Twice I didn’t win because our Halloween was cancelled […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween
by kelerr
It certainly doesn’t need to be said, especially here, that I love to sew. It’s become second nature to me at this point and I love making my own clothes more than I ever loved buying them. Sewing bring me so much joy and pride in what I can accomplish and it is the greatest stress reliever there is! However, all of that doesn’t mean that I don’t still shop. The thing is, I don’t love to sew everything. Yet. […]
Categories: Uncategorized
by kelerr
NOTE: This is the next post in a series of reposts about my various homemade Halloween costumes. This one was originally posted back in 2016, and was for a Halloween party. This will be the first of the two posts from that year. I had the pleasure of making not one but two awesome homemade Halloween costumes this year. The first was my costume for a Halloween party my cousin was throwing. As soon as I heard about it I […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween
by kelerr
This one is going to be short and sweet. As per usual, I am in a whirlwind of busy, crazy exhausted trying to get the musical together as well as an entertaining Halloween costume, and then there’s the added bonus of my sister’s new baby being due any minute now and I found myself with no Friday post for this week. So I put together a little something about my latest Broadway excursion. Last weekend, I have the chance to […]
Categories: Out and About, Theater, Watching
