It's been awhile since my last post and that's cause we've been so busy. Unfortunately, not necessarily exercising my creative muscle. My friend did give me the opportunity when she invited us to the local renaissance faire. The theme the weekend we were going was heroes/villains. I knew right away I wanted to blend Ren Faire with Superhero. I was inspired on pinterest by the sight below. While I knew I would never be able to capture this like the TuxBoard did (link over name), I wanted to try. ![]() I looked in my closet to see what I already had. Reminder, I was busy so I was working with what I already had. Remember the dress from my Princess Bride Pary post? If not, here it is again -> I knew this would be my best option for a starting point. This mean I was looking for heros/villians that wear red. While we could just go with our Westley/Buttercup combo I felt like that was cheating because Buttercup didn't really count as a hero or villain. ![]() Knowing that red was going to have to be the base, it wasn't long before I chose Supergirl. It wouldn't require a lot of makeup work and would be iconic with the symbol and colors. So I started thinking about how to incorporate blue on the top. I started thinking corset-esque item. I found a how to for a turkish vest (below) out of a t-shirt and score, I had a blue t-shirt. I kept the cut a little high to save room for they symbol.
Now I just needed a costume for their baby. My husband got me stuck on "Crier Tuck" so she was going to be a monk. I took to pinterest and used Jennifer Roberts Idea which you can find here. Final results were pretty good! (even if the baby did only stayed dressed long enough for the picture...) even in that time she turned some heads! Now for my husband. He wanted to be the Green Arrow. A great choice because he seems to slightly resemble Oliver Queen. However, we couldn't agree on anything for the hooded top. Finally, fed up with his refusal to agree with any patterns I could find I jokingly I said well then just go like this: To that he agreed. That left me with a new challenge of giving him tattoos and scars. Again, I went to youtube! I stuck with ones that looked like I could do it and used materials I could find.
These both worked, but took a while. The scars were hard to make big enough to be seen really well. But if you were standing next to him in person they were definitely there and freaked our friends out who hadn't seen my husband shirtless. They were concerned and asked what had happened. But they were not as obvious as in the video because I just brushed a pinkish foundation over the top instead of painting them because I did not want them to look fresh. They looked good but not as big as what Oliver Queen has. Here were our final results: Our costumes were just what I promised! Not the best, not the worst. The highlight of my day was when people would ask to take a picture with Robin Hood or the boy excitedly pulling at his mom's arm pointing and exclaiming, "It's the Green Arrow!" To me, that was the truest indicator of success!
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AuthorI am someone who loves to write. I like to think and be creative. I was encouraged by my husband to write more and so this is me writing. Hope you find something of value in these words. Archives
December 2019
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