I have embarked on this creative journey for 2019: to create one costume a month. The goal is simple: put a smile on MY face and YOUR face and in the process, challenge myself creatively by using new materials, new techniques and pushing my abilities in making. Sounds fun, eh?! :) You can check out January's planner costume here!! And this month, I give you a DIY box of chocolate truffles (for Valentine’s day of course)! I surely hope that I’ve succeeded in my goals because who doesn’t ... continue reading...
A DIY planner costume + my creative endeavor for 2019!
It’s January first of a new year! Everyone is filling in their 2019 planners with goals and dreams and ideas, and I’m just over here dressed up like one! WEEEE! This DIY (and super easy) planner costume is part of a new idea and project that I am kicking off today! I am embarking on a little creative journey to make one costume per month: something playful and funny and something that stretches my creativity each time I sit down to sketch. Maybe I try new materials or processes. Maybe I make ... continue reading...
How to make Hotel Transylvania 3 costumes + the day I got weepy over sewing!
It started with an email!An email on behalf of SONY and the Hotel Transylvania 3 movie team (!!) I read the title, opened the email, and it was as if my posture changed, smile got bigger and heart opened out of excitement all in the matter of the 7 seconds it took me to read the words on my iPhone. It was an invitation. An invitation to let my creativity be explored and my imagination jump out of my heart onto a sewing machine. I set up a phone call the next morning with the team that works ... continue reading...
Cheese grater + Cheese dress DIY Halloween Costumes
You’ve heard me say it 9000000 times, but every year Zeke follows in the tradition that my Mom and I set out during Halloween: think of anything and everything that you are dreaming about for a Halloween costume and MAKE IT HAPPEN! :) Doodling, sewing, thinking, talking and shopping at the fabric store…..it ALL happens together so that his imagination can come to life! :) And this year is NO DIFFERENT, duh! He told me that this year he wanted a “funny costume” and I said OK! He then ... continue reading...
DIY Halloween Pickle jar + a little pickle
Last years DIY Halloween costume *may* just be one of my faves that we've ever done (and by WE, I mean, my son and I)! :) Because this was allllll his idea! :) I call Esther my little pickle all the time, because, well, she is a tricky little pickle sometimes with her choices or lack-thereof (ya know, toddlers)! :) And one day in the car while running errands, Zeke told me that Esther should be a pickle for Halloween. I asked him, "well then what should you be?" He thought awhile. And then burst ... continue reading...
