It's at a gay bar, so.. anything goes, really.. but bear in mind I'm not so much in love with my thighs.

PLEASE PLEASE. I REALLY need help.

(and nothing too craftsy, too, I'm pretty crap at that).

On the flip side, fun to pull off if you're normally more femme, go super glam butch, swank suit, slicked back hair, super super gentlemanly... excuse me while I swoon!

Lots of chicks like uniforms too...

hmm, are any of these easy to come by costumes? What about a pair of men's pants and boyish shoes or high heels, suspenders and a white tank top? You could say you're an enforcer for the mob or something.

Every year - we go to the same island in Lake Erie for a party. On this island - it's perpetually about 1972 in the "downtown" area & 1968 in the outer areas. (the island is only 9x12 miles).
First year - I was excited. I went as 80's girl. Complete with off the shoulder sweatshirt & tank top, side pony tail, bad blue eye shadow, teased bangs & bracelets. I even cuffed my jeans and put a pink bandana around my knee.
It bombed.
Next year - I went as a doctor because I forgot my other costume.
Next year - I went as a road - wore black, had strategically placed mini road signs (one way, exit only, curves ahead) etc. With a hat shaped like a traffic cone that said "Stop-A-Head".
Everyone took one look at me and said "Look, Pete brought his work!" (because he works on the roads on this island).
Last year - he went as a bishop, I went as a pregnant nun.
That was fun - but being a nun was just odd (Catholic school upbringing & all).

So - what to do this year?? I like the thought of making a costume - he wants to be Dr. Evil and wants me to make a Nehru jacket. (my sewing skills are limited - this would take a miracle). But I like making from stuff around the house...

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This probably isn't appropriate, but I found it to be hilarious

http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/niecigirl/besthalloweencostume.jpg

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So - what to do this year?? I like the thought of making a costume - he wants to be Dr. Evil and wants me to make a Nehru jacket. (my sewing skills are limited - this would take a miracle). But I like making from stuff around the house...

Thoughts??

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My Mom once made my brother a nehru jacket by taking a collared jacket she found at a thrift store, undoing the seams on the collar and just sewing the band part back up. Kind of hard to explain, but she's not much of a seamstress, so it was pretty easy and looked great. 'Course she was lucky and found a jacket that didn't have lapels...the hardest part might be finding the right kind of jacket.

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Did anyone else see the Spider decorated porch in Martha Stewart Living this month? It was [b]so cool. [/B]

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Emcarb, I think you are my long lost sister or something because I constantly find myself nodding in agreement to your posts, and all too often uttering phrases like "Right on, Babe" and "I loved that idea, too!"

Anyway, I saw that in the new MSL too and almost died because it looks sooo awesome. I went out and bought white hose, foam eggs and a million little plastic spiders as soon as I saw those icky creepy spider sacks on those pages.

We're having a huge Halloween party this year, and in addition to the huge spider nest we're going to create in the main hall, I'm totally nabbing Yeefan's amazing dismembered doll mobile idea. That is just too freaking fabulous!

In out kitchen, we're going to make one of those "meathead" skulls (I think I first saw the link on Not Martha) and put it in a big pot on the stove next to a "Cookbook for Cannibals". We're also going to put stuffed arms and legs sticking out of random appliances like the oven and from under the refrigerator (I think I read that on this site too). A couple of cleavers and some (fake) blood soaked kitchen towels will complete that room.

In the bathroom, we're going to do something very similar to what someone suggested above; it will be the scene of a "victim of the black market organ trade" (slashed, bloody, half torn down shower curtain, lots of bloody towels, and in the tub, a mannequin (my roommate works at a department store), lots of ice, and some kind of innards. I'm considering wrapping mini spiders and ants into the toilet paper rolls but I don't know if they'd stay or if anyone would even notice them as they'd fall out as soon an the toilet paper was unrolled. I just saw the idea about putting instructions for Bloody Mary and I definitely plan to give that a try. Or maybe I might just scrawl her name on the mirrors three times instead of printing out instructions?

The living room will resemble a deserted haunted house with the furniture draped in white sheets, cracked mirrors, crooked pictures, boarded up windows, dead houseplants and vases of dried red roses, and cobwebs. The centerpiece will be a huge creepy looking skeleton ghost that will drape starting at the ceiling and cover an entire wall.

There'll also be other random decorations like a noose or two (I just learned how to tie them tonight). I'm thinking I might hang one on the front door, with or without a dummy. Lots of black candles, some skulls, a ouija board, etc.. I love pumpkins but I'd like to keep the living room all white so I think I'll try to get those pale white pumpkins if possible. I'm also renting a strobe light and a fog machine (I don't know if I'll actually bother with the fog machine, though.)

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Did anyone else see the Spider decorated porch in Martha Stewart Living this month? It was [b]so cool. [/B]

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it's here for anyone wondering what it looks like.

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Every year - we go to the same island in Lake Erie for a party. On this island - it's perpetually about 1972 in the "downtown" area & 1968 in the outer areas. (the island is only 9x12 miles).

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My sister and her boyfriend are thinking of going as Neo and Trinity from the Matrix. Also really simple - head-to-toe black outfits, leather jackets, and sunglasses.

Still can't decide...
White trash (with pieces of white garbage pinned to me)
Cereal Killer (with small cereal boxes attached to me)
Fallen angel (wearing a black bridesmaid dress from a few years ago, wings & a crooked halo)
Witch (same bridesmaid dress, with hat)

The cereal killer is a costume I have heard about lots but never actually seen. You can't do it around here, cause we actually had a serial killer here last year.

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My friend and i want to go this year as laverne and shirley - any suggestions - i cant really find any good pics of them on the net - please help! I would also like to know what some of your other adults are going as - and if you have anymore ideas for a girly two-some. in case this one flops -

thanks so much!!

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Two of my friends did this a few years ago. It's a great idea - I love Laverne & Shirley! For Laverne, you really need a V-neck 70s top with an "L" monogram. I remember my friend who was dressed as Shirley carrying around a beer bottle w/ a rubber glove over the top of it.... I guess that's a joke from one of the episodes?

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That's from the show's intro, when she takes off her glove and puts it on the bottle as it goes by on the conveyor belt.

So is this cool, or the most pretentious idea you've ever heard of? Personally, I just like the idea of going around to my female friends and asking them to join SCUM (the Society for Cutting Up Men)...

I had an idea for a couples outfit: Nick & Jessica.

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The easiest and cheapest costume I ever did (and one of the most popular) was Tippi Hedren from The Birds. I had a vintage ladies suit similar to the ones she wore in the film. Then I just fixed my hair similarly to hers (it was the same length and didn't matter to people that it was red instead of blonde). I got some fake birds from a craft store, spray-painted them black, and attached them to my hair and clothing to make it look like they were attacking me. Then I just finished it off with some fake blood. People loved it. If you don't already have a suit you can probably find one at a thrift store for pretty cheap.

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