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
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
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
NOTE: This is a repost from 2015, so keep that in mind while you are reading as I didn’t make any changes to the original content and may make reference to various things that are out of date. I am continuing my series of reposting various old handmade Halloween costumes until this year’s Halloween costume makes it’s debut. It’s that time of year again, and planning has been underway since August. This year’s costume plan had some small twists and […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Me Made
by kelerr
As I mentioned last week, I haven’t been doing a ton of personal sewing lately. However, I was recently able to finish my first Sew Over It Lizzie Skirt and its love at first wear! I have no idea why I don’t make more skirts! This was so easy, especially since I didn’t even need to hem it. I found the fabric on sale at Joann Fabrics over the summer and knew right away what it wanted to do with […]
by kelerr
NOTE: This is a repost from 2013, so keep that in mind while you are reading as I didn’t make any changes to the original content and may make reference to various things that are out of date. I am continuing my series of reposting various old handmade Halloween costumes until this year’s Halloween costume makes it’s debut. This SHOULD have been the third year in a row that my friend Steve and I created one of our now infamous […]
Categories: Costumes, Creating, Homemade Halloween, Me Made
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