obviously belated. ah such is the life of a law student. this year we actually did things for halloween! we went to a halloween party at a friend’s house during the weekend and hosted a dinner party on actual halloween night.
the tricker treater’s were ADORABLE. we got so many cute kids, and it definitely brought back memories of the excitement of halloween, getting to dress up and have an excuse to eat a buttload of candy.
in the past we have resorted to store-bought costumes (my parents would be so sad…as kids we prided ourselves on our creative home-made costumes). this year, ideas about some group theme costumes had been bandied about and later rejected: a hunting party (too hard to find the red coats and to train marleau to hunt foxes), an airplane flight (replete with a pilot, flight attendants, air marshals, etc). Then the idea of various permutations of lady gaga was suggested, and it stuck with me. quite cliche, and perhaps even “so two years ago” but i thought it would be a cheap fun and covered-up costume idea.
i wanted to do a version of this costume (one of her less-known ones):
one of her fancy costumes 
i had some of the requisite pieces already: black lace tights, black gloves, and black shoes. The others i figured would be fairly easy to procure or make. Found a lace leotard at american apparel. this i can definitely wear again, so i didn’t mind the purchase. next, i needed a mask, and some sort of headpiece.
so i headed to michaels. i can spend HOURS in that store, dreaming of all the paintings i could create, jewelry i could fashion, memories i could preserve in scrapbooks, and scarves i could knit.
alas.
i browsed for a while and filled my basket with beads, wire ribbon, a plain black mask, feathers, flat backed jewels and sequins. then i crafted:
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- one of her fancy costumes :)
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- goal: costume creativity
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- armed with my trusty glue gun and sparkles…
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- beading
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- can’t not have sequins
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- feather potential
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- lady gaga
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- power couple: lady gaga + her boyfriend rapper. (idk, fiance wanted to wear that shirt!)
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- everyone trying to be in character
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- we’re all adorable
i took pictures only while making the mask…i macgyvered my headpiece just hours before my first debut and forgot to take pictures of the creation process. derp.
here is the finished mask:
and here is the finished costume:
lady gaga
power couple: lady gaga + her boyfriend rapper. (idk, fiance wanted to wear that shirt!)
here are some funny pictures from our dinner party: costumes include emma & mr. schue from glee, knights (and their hobby horses!) rachel maddow, lady gaga, danny mcbride’s character from pineapple express, & minnie mouse.
everyone trying to be in character
we're all adorable
and there you have it: halloween 2011 successfully celebrated!
oh and the food was bomb too: homemade tortilla soup à la rick bayless, a curried butternut squash risotto, moroccan-spiced hummus, cheese plate, and of course, candy. and bevs.
