Isn't it fun? My mom and I made the cloaks back in 2005 (well, mom made the cloak and I made the felt gryffindor patch) for a "dress as your favourite fictional character from a children's novel" party I attended with my sister. I picked up our wands at the Kelowna farmer's market (where I was living at the time) and mom (once again to the rescue) sewed our maroon ties and knit us scarves too! Here we are in our matching attire:
More than just my hair changed in the last six years - I swapped out the pants and loafers for a skirt, tights, and flats for a more updated (and less Ron Weasley-like) version of Hogwart's student. Just take a peek at my outfit under the cloak:
And to keep the crafty wonderfulness going I even upcycled my skirt from a very matronly old lady $3 number I picked up at a thrift store. Check out the awesome before and after shot:
Amazing what a little cleaning, hemming, and ironing can do! I actually thought I made the skirt a little bit shorter than I had hoped (no skanky mini skirts for me!) but once I tried it on with the rest of my costume I felt better about the alterations and I do love skirts with pockets! I even tried to keep up the Harry Potter fun in my accessories too:
Didn't Fraser do a wonderful job of photographing me this time? We had loads of fun playing in the front yard with the camera and by the end I was even casting spells on him:
Outfit details: cloak, scarf, and tie = homemade (thanks mom!), white dress shirt = swapped, sweater vest = smart set sale rack in highschool, skirt = thrifted and modified, tights = joe fresh, flats = payless, owl ring = pike place market in may
After my posing and picture taking fun was over, I picked up Lindsay and a huge bag of ice and we headed to the party! I (as usual) didn't do an amazing job of picture taking but I assure you it was wonderful! Sarra was wearing her dress robes and prepared an amazing HP/English/movie watching feast for us to enjoy! Her cousin even made golden snitch desserts:
Sarra made some delicious uplifting non-alcoholic potions for Lindsay and I and super tasty smelling butter beers for everyone else! We even had little bowls of treats around the house:
No spinach, liver, or tripe every flavour beans here! Oh what a great time it was and I do love any excuse to get into costume. So how about you? Any Harry Potter fans out there? Have you seen the movie yet? How will I survive the long wait for it to come out on video!? Eep!
Your costume looks great! I like all the handmade and thrifty goodness ^-^ And, with your hair, you could totally fit it at a Weasley family reunion!
ReplyDeleteI went and saw the movie in costume (loved it!) but my friend and I were the only people dressed up! Oh no! It was ok though - our costumes were pretty awesome thanks to my friend's mad fashion design skillz. Some people even asked for our photo!
And to pass the time til the video release, I recommend re-reading all the books ^_^
I can hardly wait to see the movie. I think I will wait until the line ups are shorter.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I am not a harry potter person at all. But I think this post is absolutely amazing, and I was chuckling to myself reading it.
ReplyDeleteI mean, madame, you are made of awesome. Pure awesomeness. Just in case you didn't know.
I love it! It's so, so, so cute!!! Now I really want to have a Harry Potter costume. Too bad it's all over. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I love it!!!! You did such a great job!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming!!! It was lovely and the majority of the food did turn out well!
ReplyDeletevery cute :-)
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