Cody's costume was fairly easy, and no real surprise. He wanted to be a sniper, and had already scoped out a Gillie suit at the local Army surplus store.
See that wonderfully real looking sniper rifle he's holding? The one that he's not allowed to take outside for fear that the neighbors call the police?? He and Mike actually made that out of a block of 2x6 wood, PVC pipe, a Nerf scope and spray paint. They ended up getting pretty fancy with the paint, and collected leaves from the yard and painted the gun brown and green with a leaf pattern.
(The next two costumes will be especially appreciated be Teresa and Lori ;)
Mike decided to be Jayne Cobb for Halloween. Most of the costume was easy, since a lot of it was stuff we already had. I hopped on Cafepress and he chose a "Blue Sun" shirt, and then the search began for the hat. Because, let's face it: The hat makes the man! I found some patterns online, which would be great - if I could read patterns. But I can't. I've crocheted since grade school, but have never been able to properly read patterns (and Lord knows I've tried!) I found 2 websites that sold the hats already made. The first had at least a 6 week wait (though they couldn't guarantee it wouldn't take longer). Next stop: Ma Cobb's Hat Shoppe. OK, I can't say enough nice things about the girl who runs this site and makes the hats. She was quick to answer my questions, and as nice as could be (of course, she's a Browncoat, so no real surprise there!) Best of all, that hat was in our hands and on our heads ('cause we all took turns wearing it that first night. Until hubby selfishly squirreled it away!) in about 10 days.
Mighty cunning, dontcha think?
OK, Firefly fans - can you guess who I am??
Does the red hair give it away? How about the very large breasts? (side note: there's half a roll of TP stuffed in there!) Still stumped? I'm wearing 4 nametags: "Hello, my name is Saffron", "Hello, my name is Yolanda", "Hello, my name is Bridget", "Hello, my name Yo-Saf-Bridge". That's right, it's everyone's (except the crew's) favorite con-artist and serial bride!
Aren't we cute together?
Hey, don't laugh! Cody won the "Best in Show" trophy and Mike and I won "Most Original". Of course, it helped that half of the people there were fans ;)
Here are the hosts - Jana and James. Or last night: a ghostbuster and the ghost he fell in love with and couldn't bear to put in the containment unit. Of course, we had to tease about him being Ray, and her being the ghost who floats above him in the dream scene. Don't remember it? Guess you'll have to watch it again!
One of the highlights of their annual Halloween party is the "Haunted Garage". Every year they turn their unassuming 2 car garage into a fright-fest. It took James and Mike about 6 hours to frame up the passageways this year (you'd be surprised how many twists and turns you can get into a garage!) They spend the next several weeks stapling up black plastic, placing all of the ghouls and getting everything ready. And we're not just talking scary things hanging up. Oh, no. They have holograms, things that pop up or out at you, things that grab you, chairs that rock by themselves, and all the while there's strobe lights, black lights, and creepy music and noises piped in to assault your senses. In other words, it's cool!
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