Halloween: A Look Back

I just realized one of my first posts on this blog was about my Halloween costume last year, but I never posted anything about my costume this year... oops! Well here it is, I was Captain Hook!

It may not look like much, but I pretty much made the whole thing. I had my mom teach me how to use a sewing machine so I could make the coat and the white ruffles. I bought the hat, but added the feathers to the top (didn't look right otherwise). And yes, that's a wig (I know, it looks so natural!). All I have to say is thank God for half-off coupons at Jo-Ann Fabrics, this was expensive enough as it was!

I also built the hook myself. It's completely metal, no wimpy plastic hook. I spent a Saturday afternoon drawing out designs on paper until I finally got it right. I took the left over sheet metal from my Edward Scissorhands costume and bult a cylinder and built the dome like part on top (I'm still impressed with how the dome turned out, considering it was a very basic pattern I cut out). The hook itself is an antique farm tool used for hauling hay (I got it on eBay!). I cut the handle off the tool and glued the hook into the cylinder/dome contraption I made.

Here's a close-up.


Songs of the Post:
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
Jay-Z - Kindom Come
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Snakedriver
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
Ryan Adams - To Be Young
Strokes - You Only Live Once