A very lucrative Halloween
Halloween has always been a favourite holiday of mine, but this year I decided to really go all out with my costume. Make Magazine published some great Halloween costume tutorials last year, and I was inspired by Nicole Magne’s awesome Headless Marie Antoinette tutorial. So I created a headless bust from paper mache and cobbled together some Value Village finds to approximate a dress.
I knew I had a good costume on my hands the Friday before Halloween. On my way to a party at UBC, people on the street kept stopping me to ask for photos! I ended up taking best costume at the party on Friday night, and also at my department’s Halloween party on Wednesday afternoon. But the best part was Wednesday night. I headed out to a bar in Yaletown in the hopes of bringing home the big prize – a trip to Vegas – and succeeded!
Though it turns out the grand prize is actually a $1000 travel voucher, so I think I may be taking a trip to Hawaii instead…
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Wow. Kudos to you for your creative efforts! $1,000 in travel is very motivating….
Comment by wyn — November 3, 2007 #
Wow, that’s awesome karen!!!! Congrats
Comment by Dan — November 4, 2007 #
That is seriously wicked. Good job.
Comment by MMSS — November 4, 2007 #
[...] deciding on what she’s going to wear for Halloween this year (and I’m really amazed at what she wore last year, I think it’s going to be hard to [...]
Pingback by The challenge of Halloween costumes « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment — October 2, 2008 #
This is an amazing costume! Impressive!
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Comment by Monica Hamburg — October 9, 2008 #