Jane of the Jungle 3.0

This year Jane came back with some new and improved accessories: real flowers, false eyelashes, green eyeshadow, and JUNGLE ANIMALS.

Despite the fact that these masks are truly some of the creepiest things I've ever seen, I was ok with Steven and Adam wearing them to complete the look. The flowers were a last minute addition thanks to me forgetting the usual go-to's in Chicago. I ended up buying some fake vines from Michaels, some Alstromerias, and hot gluing them both to an old bangle and a hair barrette. They were wilting by the end of the night, so they were really a one shot accessory, but I LOVED them. (Not to anyone attempting this: super glue is NOT an option. I first bought the wrong sized glue sticks and ended up trying to settle for super glue which really only got on EVERY FINGER but never made the flowers stick.)

I also ended up loving false eyelashes way more than I thought. They weren't TOO difficult to put on and nowhere near as awkward as I thought they might feel. I only wish I hadn't accidentally dropped them in a sidewalk grate when taking them off later in the night. I'll definitely be buying some more.

Costume Recap: Jane of the Jungle

This costume first made it's appearance on Halloween Weekend in 2008 and I was completely eager to bring it back out this year. It was a ridiculously simply "thrown together" costume the first time around, and my favorite part about it is the makeup and wild hair. Well, I also love the dress, which might be a little too much to wear on any other night that didn't involve a costume part of some sort.

It was only perfect that Kelly chose to be an Amazonian Woman for one of her costumes and made her brother a Cave Man costume to go along with it, and that we ended up wearing them all on the same night!!!

Halloween Costume Time.

In the spirit of October and the fact that Kelly and I are heading off to get the fabric and what not to make our costumes today, I thought it might be fun to recap past Halloween costumes. Hopefully this year's will be just as good, as we've got a few planned. :-)

One of my all-time favorites: Jane of the Jungle, Sophomore Year of College.

Flag Girl- Sophomore Year of College with Kelly the Indian and Lauryn as Raggedy Ann (Gimme Gimme Morree?). Pleather leggings are always a good thing, but particularly when paired with knee high Steve Maddens.

Dorothy, Katelyn as Little Red Riding Hood- Freshman Year of College

Motley Crue Groupie- Freshman Year of College

PIRATE! Senior Year in High School

And this of course was not Halloween, but I just couldn't not include my rendition of Cleopatra paired with Steven's Antony.

AND Our Slash and Axl from this year's Rockstar Party. :-)

(YES a Motley Crue shirt. I'll have you know Nikki, Tommy, and Slash were TIGHT.)