My costume, sans the mask:





Welp, that is all the photos I want to publish on here. I didn't really follow the original Batgirl costume, obviously, but I'm still rather proud of it. Shooot, I thought it'd look too much like the, um, risqué, Halloween knock offs, but I tried my best to avoid that. I was initially going for the classic Barbara Gordon getup, but no yellow boots nor gloves in sight. Anyway, thanks to Katrina (the one dressed as Padme--her DIY costume is amaaaazing! No sewing, no nothing! Just the right pieces) I didn't have to go on a hunt for black boots to finish the deal! #win

Hope yall liked it!

So all that talk about being Cleopatra is all nil because at the last minute I decided to be Batgirl. I bought the material yesterday and just finished it an hour ago. Not bad, I'd say! It isn't traditional Batgirl and actually leans towards the usual skimpy Halloween get up.

I wanted to kick myself because I didn't buy material that was stretchy/elastic, which made everything 100x harder. I didn't even know how to make a body suit or pants so I went with a "simple dress." Unfortunately, it wasn't "simple" and I had to adjust the one piece (dress) dozens of times! In the end, this is all I can muster up!

from this:


to this:


I haven't really got tutorial photos for you (because it was just a jumbled mess in the making), but here are random pictures that should give you some sense of how I went about it:











The experience? Let's just say I don't ever want to work with this material again for a very, very long time.

I mean, I think it turned out decent, but it was very troublesome. My seamripper is both my best friend and worst enemy.

Materials:

• Costume pleather (I used 2 yards)
• Yellow foam and felt
• Simple, black masquerade mask (luckily, this one had a kind of pointed shape, somewhat resembling "bat wings") 
• Sewing machine or needle and thread + pins + scissors
• Tacky glue :) 

I bought the kit from Target... but the saw, the most important tool, broke immediately, which made everything so much more difficult. In the end, they were recognizable designs & still managed to look awesome [in the dark].

I went to Bates Nut Farm for my first time. To be honest, I had never even heard of it before last week. They made the area into a mini fair with face painting, a hay ride, a petting "zoo" section, funnel cakes and more booths. We didn't stay too long, but it was pretty enjoyable. It's about an hour away from my house, up in the San Diego county boonies, so by the time I got home it was near dark. I almost forgot we still had to carve our pumpkins! The pumpkin carving was first for me. We went for a Star Wars theme, because well, I love it!

I just finished making this video collage today after putting it off for a few weeks. I almost forgot about it. I only used Windows Movie Maker -_- and I'm no expert, so bear with me. I hope you like it anyway! :)