Halloween Costume 2014

Halloween is a hit at our house... Because its awesome, and because its basically Joe's birthday.
Every year we try to come up with an awesome costume idea. The hardest part is picking one that we can actually pull off. Our best year thus far: 2010 Avatars. We will never surpass this epic-ness, I have accepted it.

Oh, College… I miss you so much.

This year we channeled our favorite Muppet: Swedish Chef! Bork bork bork bork! Joe came up with the idea and after a little research we learned that Swedish Chef is actually married! According to wikipedia (we extensively research our characters…), during some episodes Chef has a ring on his finger... But nobody has met Mrs. Swedish Chef so we let ourselves go wild coming up with a persona for her.

I was pretty much a cross between Swedish Chef and Julia Childs. And failed on all levels with any attempt at any accent.

This costume was fairly easy to make but did require a bit of prep. We bought white aprons and chef hats at a craft store. We spruced up the hats and Joe spray painted stripes on the aprons.

For the Chef hats, I added orange hair (bought at a craft store for $1) for eyebrows for Swedish Chef:

I also made a mustache out of the orange hair – sewing elastic to each end.

For Mrs. Swedish Chef I added felt roses to her chef hat:

The rest of our costumes included button-down shirts and accessories – bowtie for the man, pearls for the Mrs..

 

 

Have fun you crazy party people!

Happy Halloween!

Cheers,
Bridget XOXO

Halloween Wreath 2014

So y’all know by now that I’m showing true signs and symptoms of wreath addiction. It’s fine. I’ve got it under control. I think. OK, I’m not that bad, yet. So far I’ve been doing seasonal wreaths – but who can resist a little front-door-décor? Especially when it’s Fall and we need to celebrate all that is left of color and tolerable weather in the Northeast? Before we know it Old Man Winter will be here, cloaking the world in gray and making us dream of sunburns instead of windburns.
So buck up everybody, it’s Halloween and we get to dressing up and make fools of ourselves! Put that scary movie on, go on that haunted hayride, carve that pumpkin, and drink some pumpkin beer! It’s time to celebrate!

Supplies you will need:
- Floral ornamentals/ faux flowers of your choice – grab your coupons and wait for sales!
- Wreath
- Wire cutters
- Floral wire (thin, pliable wire to help secure everything)
- Ribbon

This wreath requires very little tutorial – just find some fun flowers and ornamentals and stick ‘em into the wreath whichever way pleases you most. I went big on glitter just because it made me happy. I suggest you do the same :) Then, secure everything with floral wire so it doesn’t fall apart. Hang from a ribbon – I have an upside down hook on the inside of my door that I hook the ribbon onto. Stand back and marvel at your brilliant work.

All the stuff I bought – didn’t end up using it all, but my total came to $18
 

My lighting was terrible for these photos!
 

 

I love that glittery broom. It shed glitter all over my house and I didn’t even care.
 

 

Happy Halloween!
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheers,
Bridget XOXO