Tag: halloween countdown 2014

French Connection

This really is a last minute costume. The twins were up for today but I wanted to do outside and of course, it rained. So I went the super cheesy route. Like, stinky, yet tasty cheese that goes well with a nice glass of wine. You’ve probably already seen the French Kiss costume. I don’t know who was the originator, but it’s rather genius. It just has that je ne sais quoi;) It inspired me to keep going with the French theme. I used Stella’s Old Navy dress and an old red beret. The possibilities are endless! I had to stop myself before I pulled out “French Quarter” but there are so many to choose from. So today’s costume is one of those things where you show how to wear the dress multiple ways.

The first one is in reference to the interior design of French Country. She’s got her brie, French bread, and sweet tea in a mason jar as she sits in her rocking chair. Cowgirl boots and the handkerchief were added for country flair. And there’s a nod to the great, late Minnie Pearl of Hee-Haw. Do you see it?

Moving on to the French Bulldog. This is for all the GA fans, especially Miss Shirley who let us borrow some props. I know, Uga is English and I’m sure the “Geaux” thing is offensive too. But give me a little slack please. I’m not known to be athletically correct. Nevertheless, Go Dawgs=)

And finally, this one is for her daddy. His first concert, at the age of THREE, yes, really, was KISS. I think he’s even gone as this star guy for Halloween. Like I said, I didn’t think of this one but it was too good not to do. Twiggy disagreed. She just didn’t care to be a part of this one. Oh, and we got to use my old Michael Jackson wig here=)

October 29, 2014
The Cat in the Hat and Double Trouble

From day one I said we will not do Thing 1 and Thing 2. Ever. It was too expected but it was also too easy not to do it. We had gotten these souvenir shirts at the beach this summer so of course, Dr. Seuss it is. But it turned out the twins weren’t too into the idea either. Especially Scarlett. So pretty much all I got were outtakes today.

The Cat’s hat was made from a paper towel roll cut in half vertically, then horizontally and taped back together to be wider. Covered it in felt. I ran out of white felt before I could put it on her belly but then remembered I had that white yarn stuff and it was perfect. (I’m resisting doing a purrr there.) I again used that little bread bag twist tie tip I mentioned yesterday. Needle and thread would have been more ideal here but who has time to thread a needle? The rest are just pieces that we’ve used before and keep around in the costume box.

The troublemakers are wearing sleeves from an old sweater turned into a hat. I didn’t have a lot of blue boa so I figured I’d do mohawk style. Scarlett hated it.

What’s so funny here is that they’re dancing. And it’s to that techno sounding Microsoft commercial song again. I love Harris’s moves for this! He usually goes to another room to dance and quits when you see him. Very bashful. But this is his jam=)

October 28, 2014
The Golfer and the Putting Green

Yes poor Twiggy. No worries. In case you cannot tell, which I’m sure you can, this is a digital dye job. *I’ve come back to edit this. I feel the need to go on further about this terrible photoshop job. It looks like I used Paint. I rushed through it thinking it wouldn’t matter but it does. I should have known it would activate my OCD and it has. Yep, I’m crazy. I think you all gathered that from the get-go though. Stella thought it looked good. So at least it’s four year old approved=) *Okay, that’s all for now. Back to original text: I LOVE knickers! It makes me sad that they aren’t the style of today’s golfers. I’ve actually had my eye on Harris’s outfit for a while. When I saw it at a consignment shop, I couldn’t pass it up. Twiggy was going to be the caddy but I thought putting green with a little flag would be so much better! I couldn’t get her to hold the ball in her mouth as I had pictured in my head. I’m just impressed that Harris left his hat on! And I’d like to mention my lovely assistant, Stella, who stood behind me and helped generate that incredible smile on his face=)

Also, I didn’t get this in to throwback but how about a Flashback Friday? It’s a thing. It’s just not as popular as the #tbt thing. It’s the twins from last year dressed as the Georgia Peach and the Peach Picker. The photo we put up last year was of Stella and Scarlett. This was pretty cute too though.

October 17, 2014