"A gypsy wind is blowin' warm tonight, the sky is starlit and the time is right..."

much of the last two weeks has been spent tackling mounds of homework, but in my spare time I managed to put together a costume for a friend's nickelodeon-themed birthday party. I went as the roadrunner which I realize is slightly cheating, but the looney toons were on nickelodeon for a good portion of the 90s, no?


this picture is horribly unflattering, but is the only full-body one I took. the beak didn't stay on either, i was able to breathe all of two minutes before slightly suffocating. I also had a better headpiece constructed, but the headband broke last minute. I'm still happy with the overall look though!

I've really loved crafting costumes in the past (all by hand since I haven't yet figured out how to use a sewing machine!) ; I've made nearly all of my halloween costumes (or at least, haven't purchased the outrageously expensive ones) and look forward to doing so each year.

from left to right: cupcake (halloween '06), patti mayonaise (halloween '07) and toadette (halloween '08). my boyfriend, M., went as doug funnie and toad in '07 and '08, so my costumes makes a little more sense. they wouldn't have worked well on their own.

I'm back from rochester a day early which I'm ok with, gives me an extra day to relax and run some errands!