Masquerade Ball Winners

Happy Halloween!!!!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Masquerade Ball. There were so many adorable costumes.  But we finally got it narrowed down to the top 3! Drum roll Please.

In first place:

By Girl Loves Glam

Second Place:

Little Red Riding Hood & Wolf

by:Freshly Completed

Third Place:

Merida

By: Sew Can Do

I will be sending you all an email to get your information to send out your prizes! 

Thank you to all my wonderful Sponsors and Judges.  I hope you have a safe and fun Halloween!

Masquerade Ball Top 5!!!

Thank you to every one who entered the Masquerade Ball!  All the costumes are amazing.  Your kiddos are adorable and you all have some mas crafting skills. I wish I could give all of you a prize but alas we had to choose a top few.

52 Mantels,  Family Ever After,  Brassy Apple,  Uncommon Designs, My Sister's Suitcase

Thank you so much to my judges.  You all had a tough job to do. If you haven't check out there blogs, take a few minutes and go see what they are all about.

A Big Thank You to all the Sponsors.  

   

Now onto our top 5! At the bottom of this post you can cast your vote. Voting is open from know until the 30th until 11pm MST. You can vote every 12 hours.  Spread the word and share on Facebook, Twitter, G+ or any other social Networking.  

Mary Poppins

Merida

No Sew Owl

Curious George

Little Red & Wolf

Rainbow Brite Costume

One afternoon I decided to share some of my childhood with my Little Miss.  We sat down together and turned on You Tube.  I decided to show her Rainbow Brite.  She fell in love, and had to watch every episode.
Later when I asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween and she said Rainbow Brite.  And the search began for a Rainbow Brite costume.
Here is how I did it.

Royal Blue fabric
1/4 yard Rainbow fabric
White t shirt
Rainbow leg warmers 2 pair
yellow felt

I started by making a circle skirt and using a wide elastic from Joann's for the waist band.

I used a basic peasant shirt pattern. Instead of peasant sleeves I made a stiff flutter sleeve.

For the belt I used red for the sides and a rainbow fabric for the center.  Then added red suspender style straps.  Add a big star and you are ready to go.

Add your leg warmers to her arms and legs and she is ready to trick or treat!

{No Sew} Snake Charmer Costume, How to

My second son defiantly beats to his own drum. For Halloween this year he wanted to be the "devil". I was not totally comfy with his choice so I sent him back to the "thinking board". After much deliberation I finally convinced him to be a Snake Charmer.  He has a small collection of stuffed snakes he got from the zoo and he enjoys teasing his sister with them.  This is by far the easiest costume.  It only took and hour to put together! Here how I did it.
Supplies:
Tunic shirt
baggy pants
scarf with tassels ( Go buy yourself a new scarf and let your sone use it for the day.  Its a win win!
(2) $1 store baskets
snake
$1 store whistle or flute
1.5 yards cheap cotton fabric

Most of his costume is pretty self explanatory   For the snake basket I glues the 2 baskets together. I cut the bottom of the top basket off so the snake could go inside.I also glued a piece of ribbon around the basket seams and the top of the basket.

 I use a 1 foot piece of fishing line and tied one end to the whistle and the other to the snake.  When they play and move the flute the snake will move too.

For the Turban I watched a few you tube videos to learn how to wrap and tie it.

So that's it. Super simple.  If you ever need a quick costume you can't go wrong with this one. Happy Halloween!!