Green tights from Halloween Online: $5.00
Hideous green shoes: $3.00
Bottle of RIT dye: $4.50
Old corset from your wedding that you thought you'd never wear again: $who.knows
Artificial ivy vines from the craft store: $10.00
Gym shorts too short to actually wear to gym: $6.75
Actually finishing the costume that's been on your to-do list for the past 4 years: Priceless. :)
After a week of hunting, several hours of stitching and cursing, three injured fingers, and one destroyed wooden spoon, my beautiful creation is at last complete!
(Yes, pictures will appear eventually, after the costume has made its debut at a certain birthday celebration next weekend. In this situation, my not-insignificant pride at finally making a costume of my very own is likely to overwhelm my severe aversion to cameras.....)
Hideous green shoes: $3.00
Bottle of RIT dye: $4.50
Old corset from your wedding that you thought you'd never wear again: $who.knows
Artificial ivy vines from the craft store: $10.00
Gym shorts too short to actually wear to gym: $6.75
Actually finishing the costume that's been on your to-do list for the past 4 years: Priceless. :)
After a week of hunting, several hours of stitching and cursing, three injured fingers, and one destroyed wooden spoon, my beautiful creation is at last complete!
(Yes, pictures will appear eventually, after the costume has made its debut at a certain birthday celebration next weekend. In this situation, my not-insignificant pride at finally making a costume of my very own is likely to overwhelm my severe aversion to cameras.....)