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Ursa Majorette, Halloween 2010. Snazzy pals Cinnamon & Andrew throw the best Halloween parties. This year's theme was Mash-ups. Two things/people mashed together like Anne Frank Zappa.

I came up with a thousand ideas I didn't like. Requirements:

 

- comfort

- use stuff I already had

- be quickly, visually getable

 

I ended up totally rocking 1 and 2. 3... Less so. The first person to try to guess my costume said it was "too thinky." Yeah, not the first or last time I'm called too thinky.

The morning of the party I finally got an idea I could get psyched about + could be done easily by 8:00 pm that night. Ursa Majorette. It was composed of:

 

[ ] Awesome orange jacket I got in MN in September. I painted the brass buttons red with nail polish. After I bought the jacket I looked down at the receipt. The style was calling "Brandy Military."

[ ] Black velvet vest

[ ] Handmade skirt with Ursa Major/Big Dipper on it. I bought the black sparkle denim about 8 years ago. I always held off on sewing with it b/c I thought the sparkles would flake off and be messy. It appears I was wrong. Will make a jumper dress out of the remainder.

[ ] Black knee high boots with tassels attached. I made these tassels maybe a dozen years ago.

[ ] Black tights

[ ] Baton made from dowel, black tape, red paint, styrofoam balls on the ends, covered in tape.

[ ] More eye makeup than I even wear, plus dark lips and silver sparkles in my hair, like the skirt. I felt like a superhero making the skirt, but applying my eye makeup brought me back down to Earth.

 

THE BEST PART: The only two things I bought for this costume was a zipper for the skirt and a dowel. Total: $5.04

The party was super fun. My costume was a hit, though no one "got it" right away. Yes, too thinky. I thought more people would remember the Latin name for the Big Dipper. I was wrong. But it turned out all right.

View these great Flickr sets from friends at the party to see more magnificent mash-ups:jimaizatchudeadhorse

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