Hippo Birdie Two Ewes

I got a glue gun. AND a staple/nail gun. I also made two hats. It is hard to take a picture of yourself wearing a hat.

I've been working! I have proof!

Okay, so I recognize that I've been woefully neglectful of this blog of late, but I have actually been working. In fact, I would have posted sooner, but I just kept forgetting to have my camera & a computer occupying the same space at the same time. Without further ado, here are some shots of the costume I've been working on. You might remember me mentioning that I was going to make a little fairy costume for my daughter and her very Elven ears. I'm still working on it, but it's nearly complete. I have a few layers of leaves left to put on & I'd still like to do a little headpiece.

Now, some explanation for why this costume has taken me so painfully long. I was under the delusion that if I sewed the flowers onto the bodice that they would be less likely to fall off, and it would generally look nicer. After about 3 weeks of getting 3 or 4 flowers sewn a night, I said "Screw this" and took out my hot glue gun. Can I just tell you - I LOVE my hot glue gun. It is an absolute boon for projects such as these.

Here's where I was a couple of weeks ago(pre-glue gun):

And here is where I am now. I thought it would be best to try it on her to make sure that it would still fit (thank goodness it does - albeit it's a little short when she stands up or crawls, so I'll be buying a pair of green tights for her to wear...maybe I'll tack a few blossoms or leaves onto them just for fun if I get the boy's costume done in time!)

Here she is modeling it:

Once this is done, I have to move on to Dallan's costume. He is going as Diego from "Go, Diego, Go!" I chose this for several reasons: 1) He is still too little to really "get" the Halloween concept, so I can still choose for him. Next year I won't be so lucky. 2) This is what Diego looks like:



Easiest. Costume. Ever. I have purchased a Diego lunch bag that has the little badge that's on the vest, which I can then cut off, and, you guessed it, HOT GLUE to the vest. I bought the vest from LLBean & we have cargo shorts & hiking boots already. All I have to sew is the Rescue Pack. Hopefully that will only take me a couple of hours. (Famous last words)