This year for Halloween Andrew, Sarah and I took on the iconic cartoons from “Daria”. We spent much of the summer trying to find the episodes online to watch and ended up borrowing the DVDs to finish up the series in October, but I knew I wanted to be Daria at the beginning of summer.
A little more confident in my sewing “skills” I bought the cheapest material I could find (6 yards for $8) and went at it using some sweatshirts and an old jacket as a pattern. The jacket I created has two layers, and while the front didn’t lay as well as I’d hope it would, I think it got the point across. I think the black edging added a nice effect as well. The skirt I could’ve easily bought, but I made it since it was so simple. Of course the outfit wouldn’t be complete without the wig and boots, and by the way if you’re ever planning on wearing a wig, pay the extra $10 and get one at a wig shop… it makes all the difference in wearability and believability. I’m still breaking in the Docs, but I’m looking forward to winter in them.
Trent was alot of fun to put together for Andrew. Mostly because he was so perfect for the part. I used some old black eyeliner for his facial hair and eyebrows, and we used black-tinted spiking gel to do his hair. The jewelery (rings/necklace) was made from oven-baked skulpy, and we bought a bunch of earrings from Kmart and basically pinched the semi-sharp ends into his ears (what a good sport).
Because of the simplicity of the outfits I feel like alot of people didn’t make the connections, but there were a few people that knew exactly what we were, and alot of friends that just didn’t recognize us at first, so that was alot of fun. I hope you all enjoy the costumes… and if you have never watched “Daria” before, please watch, it’s a great show… and for those of you who remember watching it when it was on MTV, re-watch it. It holds up very well.
I completed Robin’s baby blanket a couple weeks ago, I’ll post a pic after the shower. So obviously I needed a new project. After much deliberation, I settled on doing another woodblock print. I had some stuff left over from the last time I embarked on such an activity, so on Memorial day (1 day after I most probably contracted tetanus from stepping on a giant rusted iron pier encasement whilst swimming in the bay) I broke out sharp carving utensils and got to work. That lasted about 5 min. I know have a pretty serious slice down the thumbnail of my left hand. So OBVIOUSLY I need a not-so-perilous hobby. Oh well. I bought a sewing machine instead. 