Getting close to time for me to start assembling this year's "haunt." I usually do Halloween in a fairly big way at my haus. This will be my third haunt and it just keeps getting a little bigger every year. Neighborhood kids have been asking me as early as February if I'll be doing another haunt. I've gotten a lot of good ideas and props and other materials from different sites around the Internet.

Behold the linkage...
http://www.frightshop.com
http://www.frightcatalog.com
http://www.virtualplacebo.com/halloween/
http://www.hauntedhouse.com/search/Marketplace_,045_Shopping/Props/
http://www.unpleasantstreet.com/index
http://www.scaryguys.com/
http://www.halloweenpropshop.com/
http://www.halloweenplus.com/
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/
http://www.terrorsyndicate.com/
http://www.ghostsofhalloween.com/
http://www.halloween-l.com
http://www.halloweenonlinemagazine.com
http://www.alarmingproducts.com/index.html
http://www.hauntproject.com/
http://halloweenmonsterlist.info/
http://www.freewebs.com/halloweentower/index.htm

Those are some good sites for starters. Some have really good ideas for building your own props, costumes and effects. Others just sell stuff but it's often really good stuff. I'm trying to get an early start to construction this year so it should turn out better than ever and I'm really excited about it all. Does anyone else do a home or yard haunt for Halloween? Anybody have any special plans for Halloween?

This halloween, I'm hoping to just hang out with one of my friends and give some little kids candy. I might go as a cartoon villain just to see the looks on their faces.:D

Beacon Hill in Boston goes all out for Halloween, and a lot of college students go there to trick-or-treat, so that's what I'm doing.

I want to go as a pirate, but I'm having issues...I'm picky, so none of the cheap, cheesy Party City costumes will work for me lol. So I'm trying to get the missing pieces of my costume elsewhere, and eBay is being decidedly disappointing.

I have black leggings, almost-knee-high boots, and a possible black ruffled skirt (I'll have to decide if it looks good or not). I need a chemise/blouse and a waist-cincher/underbust corset...or a sash. Gah. It's confusing. AND I'm poor so I can't spend a billion dollars. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions as to what I should go for and what I should look for? I assume I should look for a red/black striped sash, a red or black underbust corset, and a white chemise/blouse...

Yeah. I need help. Haha. Anyone good with this stuff?

I want to go as a pirate, but I'm having issues...I'm picky, so none of the cheap, cheesy Party City costumes will work for me lol. So I'm trying to get the missing pieces of my costume elsewhere, and eBay is being decidedly disappointing.

I have black leggings, almost-knee-high boots, and a possible black ruffled skirt (I'll have to decide if it looks good or not). I need a chemise/blouse and a waist-cincher/underbust corset...or a sash. Gah. It's confusing. AND I'm poor so I can't spend a billion dollars. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions as to what I should go for and what I should look for? I assume I should look for a red/black striped sash, a red or black underbust corset, and a white chemise/blouse...

Yeah. I need help. Haha. Anyone good with this stuff?
Try looking at the thrift store, sometimes you come across some awesome finds. you could make your own sash or whatever by getting something you like from the thrift store, or go to a fabric store (hope that helps a little)

im planning on having two costumes. me and my friends are all gonna get a hilarious cheesy costume from the halloween store that will just crack us all up every time we look at each other, and then i'm going to be something...dead? a pretty ghost? i'm not sure but i want to make my costume. i'm not exactly sure what my second costume is going to be, but unless i think of an awesome costume that wont go well with these all i know is i want to wear my knee high black leather lace up boots. i never get to wear those things anymore:( lol.

any suggestions?

Yeah. I need help. Haha. Anyone good with this stuff?

I would suggest putting one arm inside your blouse, and putting a stick through the sleeve. Katya the peg-armed pirate.

I not only build my haunt by myself I'm also the only "actor" in it. So when I want additional "people" for monsters or whatever I make the frameworks from PVC and wire but the costumes/clothing is almost always thrift store and bargain basement stuph. Some of the sites I linked in my above post also sell costumes but I can't vouch for their quality since I've never bought one from any of them.

I havent really thought about Halloween to be honest. i normally do something, like have a party but i'm not sure. i'm going to see Lordi around halloween so that'll probably be the only thing i do for it this year lol

This thread reminded me that I want to dress-up for Halloween this year. There's one problem though... we don't celebrate Halloween over here. So I'll only do it if there's some sort of theme party or something.

And I was thinking of going as Puss 'N Boots. :p

I wish I was going to some sort of halloween party this year. I would have loved to dress up as little red riding hood (I've wanted to do that before I see the Call me when your sober video)
I could have given little red riding hood a little twisted yet haunting look!

Halloween's the biggest holiday of the year for me haha. There's a show playing here, and one of my friends is having a huge party. Everyone is apparetly going to do acid, but I'm pretty sure I won't be. So I'll just be drunk and trying to take care of all the fucked up people. Grand.

But I'm going to be a vampire, of course. I have these like.... teeth implants I got made. They were so expensive, but they actually lacerate skin, lol. It's pretty cool. They look so real.

I was thinking about being a fucked up version of Alice in Wonderland, but I don't think I can deviate from the vampiness, lol.

Halloween's the biggest holiday of the year for me haha. There's a show playing here, and one of my friends is having a huge party. Everyone is apparetly going to do acid, but I'm pretty sure I won't be. So I'll just be drunk and trying to take care of all the fucked up people. Grand.

But I'm going to be a vampire, of course. I have these like.... teeth implants I got made. They were so expensive, but they actually lacerate skin, lol. It's pretty cool. They look so real.

I was thinking about being a fucked up version of Alice in Wonderland, but I don't think I can deviate from the vampiness, lol.
But I thought you were already a vampire? Halloween is supposed to be a holiday when you dress up as something you're not, pfft. :p

I think a pink glittery princess dress would suit you this year. ;)

But I thought you were already a vampire? Halloween is supposed to be a holiday when you dress up as something you're not, pfft. :p

I think a pink glittery princess dress would suit you this year. ;)

Yeah, but that's the only time it's okay for me to flash my fangs to the general public.
;)

i'll be at the ev show on 29th. :mrgreen:
hopefully i'll be at a halloween party that weekend too. me and my boys are talking about dressing up as the "Channel 4 News Team"(Anchorman).

Yeah, but that's the only time it's okay for me to flash my fangs to the general public.
;)

Halloween or not my friend Angela and I do it all the time. You have no idea how fun it is to freak out all the people driving by at night. Stand completely still and stare at them wide-eyed while baring your fangs the moment their headlights make you visible. Love it. :D

Like many of you I too love Halloween. I don't know if I'll be able to do anything the day-of this year though because I might have a rehearsal. In any case, I'll find some way to celebrate my favorite holiday.

Seriously, can it get any better than tons of free candy? I submit that it cannot!

Seriously, can it get any better than tons of free candy? I submit that it cannot!

I dunno. I get as big a kick outta designing and building the stuph for my haunt as the neighborhood kids do in visiting it. I also get a kick outta putting on the hockey mask and hanging around my carport with my axe and scaring the bejeezus outta folks.

Yeah Halloween's my favorite holiday too. :)

I'm going as Delirium of the Endless.

All my friends and I are going as the Endless - my boyfriend as Destruction, his brother as Dream, his girlfriend as Death, and her ex-husband as Destiny. We're only missing Desire and Despair, which is pretty good.

But for work, I think I'll go as Death. Delirium doesn't realy clothe herself properly as she's, well, DELIRIOUS. So.

I actually have no idea what I am going to be for halloween. I was thinking Little red riding hood from The brother's grimm but yea I don't know. I don't have the money to buy a costume either.

I want to go trick or treating but I also want to go to a party. It sucks Halloween is on a Monday I believe this year. Blah...

Does anybody have any good costume idea's that would be easy to make (I mean super easy haha)??

<3 Michelle

aww i love halloween but i have no idea what i want to go as *thinks hard*

Man, I so wish we had Halloween here. I'd love to get all dressed up for it.
I think it's on a Tuesday, so if I go out I might just wear my fairy wings or something. Be a kinda fucked up fairy, and scare the little kids I see. I don't know how well it'd work though, kids love me. Even more when I'm wearing my wings. lol.
If we had Halloween, I'd really like to be something completely different to how I usually dress. Something more like how I'd like to dress all the time, but am too... shy to.

For Halloween this year, I actually get to hand out candy to the kiddies who go trick or treating! I'm so excited, before I moved I lived in the middle of no where and there was no trick or treating there at all. Ever :(

The choir at my new school is doing a set of Disney songs, and we all have to dress up as characters. Seniors get first pick :D I picked Snow White, because I'm not Asian, so I couldn't be Mulan, haha. My boyfriend's mother is making the costume for me, and I'll be wearing that for Halloween. :p

My own "costume" is really quite simple. I just wear my regular clothes but I put in my contacts and wear a hockey mask. *prang!* Instant "Jason Voorhees." I usually have my axe nearby on which I've splattered some Rustoleum Sunrise Gloss Red paint which even when dried looks like fresh blood (especially in blacklight and strobes). I've been "Jason" for three haunts running so the neighborhood has come to expect it. For that reason I may do something different this year. I may make a PVC-framed version of myself and dress it in my old clothes and put the hockey mask on it and have a different costume on inside the haunt itself. Sometimes the key to frightening people is throwing some surprises their way. :)

Okay this is what my cousin and I are planning this year. Basically our friend Sara is moving so this will be her last Halloween here:( I was thinking making a little haunted house thing. Like infront of our steps put a trap so people have to go through it. Then in the ground dig wholes and but a cardboard box in them and have my sister(Sasonie) in it then lightly sprinkle it with dirt so they cant see it. And we would have all our friends over and put them in varoius places and such. We could have spooky music too! lol.

I was gonna dress up as.....well I dont really know yet...last year I went as Amy. I bet you're all laughing at me....I would be too. I want to be all gothic..and thats not hard for me but be a vampire too. I could paint my face white and put fake blood around my mouth, and make it look like I was crying with my eyeliner. I could be a Gothic Vampire! Man, evboard makes me so smart!:cool:

I absolutely LOVE Halloween - it's honestly my favorite time of the year. Maybe it's goofy at my age, but I'm really into ghosts and the paranormal, etc. so needless to say I love this time of year. I love the chilly weather, the colored leaves blowing and falling all around you, the decorations, carving pumpkins with your significant other, and most of all - haunted houses and hayrides! In addition to that, there is nothing greater than snuggling up under a blanket on a cold night reading books on ghosts and paranormal. Yeah, I'm weird. :rolleyes: But hey, that's what makes me, ME, right? :)

Well, i never do anything for it. But i wanna dress up like Amanda Palmer! :D

The last few Halloweens have been pretty crappy (last year all my plans fell through and the year before I got my heart broken) so I am hoping good things for this year. It's gonna be tough since it's the first Halloween that my mom isn't around but I plan on trying to spend alot of time with my friends, watching horror movies and maybe getting drunk once or twice lol. I may even throw a party....I dunno. I'm getting a Halloween tattoo next week so thats how I plan on starting my favorite time of the year. Let's hope it's a good one.

I think I'm going to have a Halloween party at my house this year. Ghost Stories, games, all that jazz.

We're also going to ShocktoberFest in Pennsylvania this year...should be fun. And there's this great haunted corn maze that they do every year just a few miles from me. I love haunted houses and all that stuff.

-jenna

OMG OMG OMG
The store behind my house that sold lamps and lighting fixtures went out of business.
Guess what it is now?


A Halloween store with costumes and probably everything you can think of!! A friend and I want to go check it out so bad, I may even head over there today if I am bored enough

^^ A Savons that used to be near my house has now been turned into a costume store. I haven't checked it out yet, but maybe I could find a good deal. Either that, or I'm making my own costume. I'm going to be Lady Deathstrike.

It sucks because it seems like Halloween gets worse and worse every year. I see a lot less kids going trick or treating. I end up eating all the candy I buy for them. I hope that it'll be a good one this year. And I hope I don't go broke because of it.

ooooo thanks for those links im gonna have a big Samhain party so yay I wonder if they post to the UK *goes and checks*

ooooo thanks for those links im gonna have a big Samhain party so yay I wonder if they post to the UK *goes and checks*

Glad ya like 'em. Thanks! Scope out the initial post in this thread. I just today added three more links you might enjoy.

^^ A Savons that used to be near my house has now been turned into a costume store. I haven't checked it out yet, but maybe I could find a good deal. Either that, or I'm making my own costume. I'm going to be Lady Deathstrike.

It sucks because it seems like Halloween gets worse and worse every year. I see a lot less kids going trick or treating. I end up eating all the candy I buy for them. I hope that it'll be a good one this year. And I hope I don't go broke because of it.

Good luck with the costume. I'm so glad you're doing that because, at my haunt every year, there are several (not just a few) trick or treaters who show up with no costume, no mask, not even face paint. They show up for the candy and for no other reason. They don't get into the "spirit" (no pun intended) of the thing at all. I really get kinda torqued about it because I typically spend well over six hundred dollars a year (much more this year) trying to make my haunt the best in the neighborhood.

I cant wait for halloween this year my college DCU has a big halloween ball ever year,but I dont know who to go as.I want to dress up as something/someone gothic.Anyone got any suggestions for me!

Im going as a "Gothic Vampire" basically I'm gonna wear my corset and my awesome black pants that and make my face really white and use lip liner as blood coming down from my mouth and use my eyeliner to make it look like I was crying or do some cool little design thingy. Man I cannot wait till Halloween. I keep thinking its October and not September:rolleyes:

I'mma be a black cat this year. I bought the ears and tail at Otakon. I've got black clothes, now all I need is some extra fur.

By the way. I'm not just dressing up for Halloween. Anyone going to the Ev show at the 9:30 Club in DC? I'll be there, possibly with vampire fangs stuck to mah teef. ^-^

Im going as a "Gothic Vampire" basically I'm gonna wear my corset and my awesome black pants that and make my face really white and use lip liner as blood coming down from my mouth and use my eyeliner to make it look like I was crying or do some cool little design thingy. Man I cannot wait till Halloween. I keep thinking its October and not September:rolleyes:

Why don't you just get fake blood instead of using lip liner?

I got invited to a halloween party, but I have no idea what to dress up as. Any ideas would be helpful.

Every year for like the past 3 years I've been decorating the front porch to try and make it cool/scary looking. But it never really looks good to me because, we don't really have any good halloween stuff. All the good things are broken :( I've also been a vampire every year for 3 years. I'm going to try and get contacts this year for the costume (or is it just and excuse to get contacts? :D) One year I even died my hair black. Oh and my English teacher is taking the whole class to a Frankenstein play on Halloween! It's going to be really cool! :D

Yay! i cant wait till Halloween, it will be my sons first Halloween, hes going to look soo cute in his little costum, hes only 3 months old, his father was a little tiger for his first halloween and his mom still has the costum, so we might barrow it and let little Jayden wear it.. Hes going to bee soo cute! cant wait. Im not sure yet what im going to be yet.. hmm:confused:

I will be forced to walk my young siblings around houses to get their candy.Even though it will not be fun to walk with the two most obnoxious children in the world, i bought myself these huge black angel wings, and these fake fangs to scare the smaller children...

I'm kind of in a pickle here. Every year I know exactly what I'm going to be. My mind is flooded with ideas and I always have trouble picking the best costume. I'm always something original.

This year, I've got nothing. I can't manage to think of anything. I think there's something wrong with my brain.

Any suggestions?

If we could either set one up or get to one this year I would be game for it, bit of a problem seeing as almost all my friends have gone to Uni, and we only get back from Austrailia on the 29th... plan is foiled really. Someone dress up as god or a pirate or something for me. Even if you arn't going anywhere. :p

i love halloween! my room is filled with halloween decorations! mostly from the 99$(i cant find the cent sign) store.

I really love halloween but nothing ever really happens in australia. I still want to dress up as Amanda Palmer :P I've got the stockings, the garters, appropriate shoes, etc. I just don't know where i'd go...

(i cant find the cent sign)

That's probably because there isn't one, lol.

;)

That's probably because there isn't one, lol. ;)

¢ :)

Anyway, just an update on my haunt preparations. Got three more blacklight bulbs and another flourescent fixture. Going to a paint supply store today to get some heavy grade paper for making my own scene setters. Using a concrete paver mold as a stencil I'll paint a stonework pattern on it and cover the monitor boxes to make them look like stone columns. Perfect perches for my gargoyles. This is gonna be a great Halloween. :)

I'm kind of having Halloween this weekend; tomorrow night I'm going to Field of Screams, and Sunday I'm going to the Renissance Faire, and me and my friends are dressing up for it. I have no idea what I'm going to do for actual Halloween, it's still too far away. Can you believe some stores already have Christmas stuff out?? Time flies...

i love halloween! my room is filled with halloween decorations! mostly from the 99$(i cant find the cent sign) store.

If you would like to make a ¢ sign then you push Alt and type in 0162 (with the # keys on the side) and then let go of Alt. Hope that helps! =]

I love halloween too!! I think that i might have to be a cow this year I can't find any thing that will fit a pregnant belly!!!

Every Halloween I tell myself that I'm going to attend the Mansfield Reformatory. But, every single year, I back out. This place is really haunted, and I cannot tell you how many shows this place has been featured on television for. Not only is it a tourist attraction for its hauntings, but it was also the place for which the Shawshank Redemption was filmed at.

Mansfield, Ohio also has many other haunting spots.... like Mary Jane's (''Bloody Mary's'') grave yard. Apparently, she was burried near a very large tree, and the stree still remains today with her name etched within the tree.

I love Halloween, it's my favorite holiday!

Even though I know I'm too old and some people think I'm immature, I go trick-or-treating anyways. I'm like, screw you guys! FREE CANDY! woot!

This year I'm going be a pirate! Arggh!

-Maria :)

-giggle-
I'm being Amy Lee in the "My Immortal" music video for Halloween.
xD
And then my friends Ellie and Emily are going to silly string little kids.
And then have a Seance' (sp?)

I going as a person as a chicken...lol, as u can see

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/angelfire1901/3a0023da.jpg

Halloween!!! time to scare!!! my favorite holiday without doubts! though in my country there's also another kind of celebration (Death's day) when we celebrate our departed, anyway I love when lil' children come to my house and tell me "trick or treat!!" I'm like oh you look so lovely with those costumes :p!! I used to wear a costume too, *sniff* that was a long time ago :o but I'm going to scare my friends until they pee in their pants!! muahaha!! I'm evil :D

For Halloween haunts and decorations try visiting a Big Lots store if you have one locally. For costume stuff, try the local Goodwill or Salvation Army thrift store. Even as much as I love Halloween there's no point spending too much money.

Getting close to time for me to start assembling this year's "haunt." I usually do Halloween in a fairly big way at my haus. This will be my third haunt and it just keeps getting a little bigger every year. Neighborhood kids have been asking me as early as February if I'll be doing another haunt. I've gotten a lot of good ideas and props and other materials from different sites around the Internet.

Behold the linkage...
http://www.frightshop.com
http://www.frightcatalog.com
http://www.virtualplacebo.com/halloween/
http://www.hauntedhouse.com/search/Marketplace_,045_Shopping/Props/
http://www.unpleasantstreet.com/index
http://www.scaryguys.com/
http://www.halloweenpropshop.com/
http://www.halloweenplus.com/
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/
http://www.terrorsyndicate.com/
http://www.ghostsofhalloween.com/
http://www.halloween-l.com
http://www.halloweenonlinemagazine.com
http://www.alarmingproducts.com/index.html

Those are some good sites for starters. Some have really good ideas for building your own props, costumes and effects. Others just sell stuff but it's often really good stuff. I'm trying to get an early start to construction this year so it should turn out better than ever and I'm really excited about it all. Does anyone else do a home or yard haunt for Halloween? Anybody have any special plans for Halloween?

WOW. thanks for those links. anyone else on here whos bday is on halloween. mine is:mrgreen: i love it too!

edit: i think im going as a fallen angel, a dea wife, or amy lee in going under. anyone know where you can buy the corset when she was onstage or the outfit that she made for underwater?

I#m hopefully going to my local rock night

WOW. thanks for those links. anyone else on here whos bday is on halloween. mine is:mrgreen: i love it too!

edit: i think im going as a fallen angel, a dea wife, or amy lee in going under. anyone know where you can buy the corset when she was onstage or the outfit that she made for underwater?

You're most welcome. Hope the linkage helps. Some of those sites specialize in costumes. My "thing" at Halloween is the home haunt so I'm more into automation and special effects. In addition to the listed links you might try https://www.orientaltrading.com and browse their Halloween stuff. They often have some good items.

You're most welcome. Hope the linkage helps. Some of those sites specialize in costumes. My "thing" at Halloween is the home haunt so I'm more into automation and special effects. In addition to the listed links you might try https://www.orientaltrading.com and browse their Halloween stuff. They often have some good items.

thanks. take pictures of your halloween setup when you get it up?ill chekc that site out right away too!

Have added a new link for other home haunters on the front page of this thread. It's http://www.hauntproject.com/

I am so in the Halloween mood...only problem is I have no idea what I'm going ot dress up as or do (I'm too old for trick-or-treating this year :()

I have never been trick or treating.. was meant to go last year but didn't, and I aint gonna go next. Ah well, I'll just have some fun with mates next year XD

I am so in the Halloween mood...only problem is I have no idea what I'm going ot dress up as or do (I'm too old for trick-or-treating this year :()
Ummmm...I'M going trick-or-treating this year and I'm four years older than you...You're never too old to trick-or-treat! :D

Ummmm...I'M going trick-or-treating this year and I'm four years older than you...You're never too old to trick-or-treat! :D

You lucky bitch :p :mrgreen:

According to my Mom...I'm too old this year (and apparently I was last year too). I should just sneak out this year!

Ummmm...I'M going trick-or-treating this year and I'm four years older than you...You're never too old to trick-or-treat! :D

Ummmm. If everyone went, then there'd be no one at home to hand out candy.... DUH :rolleyes:


;)

I've only asked for candies 2 times, well 3 times, but the candies were for my little niece not for me :rolleyes: actually I don't like trick or treating very much so I really don't care

I'm going trick-or-treating! I think... I'm going to be (what else?) a ninja. Last year I was Pumbaa, and my friend was a Zoltan. Basically she covered herself head to toe in bubble wrap. Best. Costume. EVAR!

I'm not going all out this year as I did last year... I'm just being a devil.... last year I made an Amy Lee costume.... actually thats my avatar lol though u cant actually c the costume part lol

I'm going as mullet man. First time I've gotten that costume out of the closet in 3 years.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/milesdials/MulletMan.jpg

Oh! I'm gonna go trick or treating as a Deployed Airforce Troop! :::sigh::: Aw, i get no holiday fun. :( But my best friend Justin is going to be a " Petefile" I admit, it's pretty fucked up, but it's gonna be funny because he is going to wear a Mullett wig, a fumanchu mustach, aviator sunglasses, holy jeans, and a shirt that says "My mustach brings all the girls to the yard". I was suppose to get my old Catholic School Uniform from home from my mom, and wear pigtails and give myself rosy cheeks..but thats not happening. He's gonna send Pics though. last year i was a Demonic Fairy. It was AWESOME!!! I had these Massive ass wings, and they hit everyone in the bar. Haa haa..how did i Not get in a fight you may ask? Because although they were big and annoying, they were the Coolest freakin wings EVER!

Cameran

Ummmm...I'M going trick-or-treating this year and I'm four years older than you...You're never too old to trick-or-treat! :D


When you get "too old for trick-or-treat" you just have to find a good costume party to go to! Or even better - throw one of your own!

Once you're over 21, there's always bars with good Halloween/costume stuff. When I was in college, it was always great to go out to the bars in costume. I went once as Alex from Clockwork Orange, (and got VERY drunk).

Some friends of mine always a host a big medieval themed Halloween costume party. Two years ago I went as Connor MacLeod from Highlander. (I posted a pic from that one). Last year I went as the gravedigger from Hamlet - I carried around a shovel and Yorrik's skull. I'm still working on my costume for this year - I'll post photos later.

The gravedigger from Elsinore Castle? Coolness!

Hahaha I'm going to make my husband go as the fruit lady! You know the one in the striped skirt with ruffles and the little tied cleavage top with all the fruits on the head!! LMAO and then were going to go down Hillcrest! If you lived in SD you'd really know why that's funny...

Gee! Glad I'M not married to you! hehe

I've been tinkering with the idea of doing a different costume for my home haunt. Every year I've been "Jason." The reason is simple, I'm a big guy and I usually wear work clothes so the hockey mask is pretty much the only thing I need for a costume. Also, since I'm usually working like mad to get the haunt ready for Halloween night I don't have to worry about messing up my costume. Still, though, I've been Jason enough times the "regulars" have come to expect it. I might build a PVC framework and cover it with some of my old clothes and put the hockey mask on it. That would make 'em think, however briefly, that it's me again. This time I'm thinking about maybe being in some kinda "Jack the Ripper" type costume. Just thoughts at this point. Still have way too much decorating and prop construction to do yet before I can worry about that.

So I have a problem. I realized that I cannot afford to buy a shirt for my pirate costume, as the cheapest one I could find was $40.

Does anyone know a good place where I could find something like that, besides eBay? I just need the shirt itself, not attached to a bodice or anything.

I'm gonna be my friend, Jose, for Halloween...except, when he used to have this cross between a fro and a mohawk (frohawk?).

The one on the right, obviously:
http://myspace-859.vo.llnwd.net/00785/95/85/785365859_l.jpg

So I have a problem. I realized that I cannot afford to buy a shirt for my pirate costume, as the cheapest one I could find was $40.

Does anyone know a good place where I could find something like that, besides eBay? I just need the shirt itself, not attached to a bodice or anything.

That's why you should have been a ninja. Pants and two black T-shirts, and you're done. ;)

Oh well, I suppose you'll just have to go topless.

My group of friends and I are decorating a room for our church's Halloween party. We did the exact same thing last year. We always get room 13, and we decorate it really cool with strobe lights and all this stuff. I think we spent something like $200 dollars last year, but we are just going to reuse the stuff this time.
Also, I'm going trick-or-treating with them again this year. A few of us are all going to be Dead Gothic Private School Girls. We put the costumes together ourselves. It's going to be so cool!:D

So I have a problem. I realized that I cannot afford to buy a shirt for my pirate costume, as the cheapest one I could find was $40.

Does anyone know a good place where I could find something like that, besides eBay? I just need the shirt itself, not attached to a bodice or anything.



Would you be able to get a men's dress shirt or old tux shirt from Goodwill? If you're handy enough with a sewing machine, you could probably make that work.


Or you could always go topless.......


For my costume, I've spent about $8 - for some thread and fabric. See, I'm kind of a packrat - the positive side of this is that I have a large supply of stuff to draw from for my costume. Combined with many years of SCA garb, and thankfully I can pull together a cool costume without breaking the bank. Pics when it's done - or possibly after the party.

I wanna go trick or treating!!!
I haven't been in...well, last year but it was a date with this guy and we ended up taking his neice and nephew trick or treating (still fun, great kids) but I wanna be dorks and not have to babysit any children!! :D
Not happy at how all the parties Ive been invited to are on the 28th...but I got the better end of the stick there...Ev at the wiltern!

Ok I have my costume, was planning on being a pirate and got it at Hot Topic, and I like it but the sleeves are a tad on the, odd side I guess. My boyfriend wants me to be a devil, I want to be a fairy or a vampire. I have the fairy wings with spider webs on them from last year, or I could go and buy horns. Then I just need to somehow alter the dress and take the sleeves off and decide what to be from there. Only one problem, I dont know how to take the sleeves off and if I do I might give people a show since the elastic goes around the front across the sleeves and across the back... i think I have an idea but I'll have to mess with it next week. :)

Anyhooch heres a .::link (http://img.hottopic.com/is/image/HotTopic/666563_hi?wid=199)::. to the pic of the costume on the HT site.:mrgreen:

What's wrong with the sleeves? I think they're cute!

What's wrong with the sleeves? I think they're cute!
I just think they are overly poofy! :p

I just think they are overly poofy! :p

They don't look too poofy, I like it! But I guess it's different when you see it in real life.

Gee! Glad I'M not married to you! hehe

hahah I just remembered that one year I also made him go as Frankfurter form rocky horror picture show!!!!
Oh god I just had to put this up!! (thanks to Heather;))
Taken Before the wig was on...
my poor hubby Halloween '03 (http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h92/cavercheer03/Williamhalloween2003.jpg)

hahah I just remembered that one year I also made him go as Frankfurter form rocky horror picture show!!!!
Oh god I just had to put this up!! (thanks to Heather;))
Taken Before the wig was on...
my poor hubby Halloween '03 (http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h92/cavercheer03/Williamhalloween2003.jpg)

*dies from lack of oxygen* That is hilarious! Good job on actually getting him to do it! I want to go as columbia one day but its too cold to wear shorts and that >_<

So...

I stumbled across this just now.

Dress up as Amy Lee! (http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/costumes/hcost2v11.htm)

For all you who want to dress up as Amy, here you go. :mrgreen: lol

I want to dress up as a pirate this year, but I don't know what I'm doing that day so.. we'll see.

My cousin is actually dressing up as Amy from the Sober video (the little red riding hood thing). I went with her to get the materials yesterday and the only thing she had no luck finding was the red headband thing, which i thought was so funny.

hahah I just remembered that one year I also made him go as Frankfurter form rocky horror picture show!!!!
Oh god I just had to put this up!! (thanks to Heather;))
Taken Before the wig was on...
my poor hubby Halloween '03 (http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h92/cavercheer03/Williamhalloween2003.jpg)

Oh My Gosh...your husband gets a round of applause for that one!
I dont know too many people (guys or girls) who would dress up like that, let alone willingly have a picture taken!

Im at work this year for Halloween so I have to be a little on the good side; for porfessionalism sake, so Im going to be a ballerina. Surprisingly my tutu from when I was 10 still fits. I just need tog et a new leotard and some shoes and Im set! Yay!

I want to go trick or treating too...never too old!

Gettin' close now. Everybody ready?

I had a minor mishap with one of the black light fixtures (dropped) but I tested 'em out yesterday and looks like they still work so everything's groovy. *whew* Got the new "walls" system pretty much perfected and won't have to worry about that anymore and will be easy to store for next year. "Stone" columns are almost finished. Started working on building the big coffin. Got a whole buncha candy to give out. Will be taking off work Monday and Tuesday to get everything finished and setup for the haunt Tuesday. No time for costume changes so will be "Jason" again this year.

Now if it would only stop f***in' RAINING around here!

I just found out that I have a costume party to go to. So I got a pair of butterfly wings from K-mart. I'm VERY excited!!!! I'll paint my face and be all sparkly!!!

I'm going to be a faerie. I own a couple pairs of wings already, so I don't have to spend any money. Normally I would go all out, since I love dressing up, but all I'm doing this year is taking my little sister trick or treating.

I got my boots yesterday, so I'm all set! My cousin is having a Halloween party tonight, so I'm going there after the movie. I'm excited.

I think I am going to be EMO for halloween lol
That is what my hubby is doing so i figured we could be teh emo couple.

My best friend has this black fairy wings she said i could use.

I joked around with my hubby and told him i was going to go as amy in the broken video. He freaked out. Just the reaction i wanted ;)

Me and my friend are going to like 3 different haunted houses tonight. I haven't been to one in years. Hopefully it'll be worth it.

Wonderful Halloween (Well, Halloween Weekend), went to a party with friends whom I've known since High School. To say the least, I think a few where a bit wary of the outfit ;)


Mask On

http://pics.quipwit.net./Misc/halloween06maskon.jpg



Mask Off


http://pics.quipwit.net./Misc/halloween06maskoff.jpg


BOOOO! :mrgreen:

I'm either going to be:
-Amy (but I was her 2 years ago...)
-Snow White
-Amy from the Hit Me Baby One More Time video, with the side ponytail and plaid dress, haha
-A cheerleader in my uniform from middle school (I rarely admit that)

We're having a Halloween/surprise birthday party for my friend on Tuesday.

I got bored last night, and designed a little hallowe'en thing. :)

http://193.164.158.132//p/oo/001/006/1006137.jpg

Hee, took me ages to do the darn pumpkin, and it still doesn't look right :eek:

I got bored last night, and designed a little hallowe'en thing. :)

http://193.164.158.132//p/oo/001/006/1006137.jpg

Hee, took me ages to do the darn pumpkin, and it still doesn't look right :eek:

Awww cute!!!


I went to the movies in my costume last night. \m/

woooo i love halloween! i love to dress up! im having 2 different outfits; something for during the day and something for when i go out in the evening. for the day i was thinking something simple like a pair of cat ears or horns. but for the evening im going full on purple pixie/angel. i've got some ace purple angel wings and i've got a lovely purple skirt. i just hope my wings dont get wrecked!

Help! I seem to have injured my back and I still have work to do to complete my carport haunt. I can barely move today and I still need to build a gallows, finish building a coffin, hang more black plastic sheeting and re-paint some of the graveyard fencing. Been tottering around the place like a 90-year-old and can't seem to get anything done today. :(

So, as I posted before, some friends of mine host a medieval-themed costume party every year. Two years ago I went as Connor MacLeod, and last year I went as the gravedigger of Elsinore castle.

Anyway, a couple months ago a bunch of us got together to watch the old Errol Flynn "The Adventures of Robinhood". So I decided to go to the party as Errol Flynn's Robinhood.

Here's a frame from the film:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/robinhood_jw/robinhood/Flynn_robin_hood_sm.jpg



And here's my costume:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/robinhood_jw/robinhood/me_rh.jpg


A lot of people commented that they thought it was a cool costume, but a lot of people gave me a hard time about the tights too! (Which, I have to add - WERE FREAKING FREEZING! It was only about 30 degrees when I left the party. I was SOOOOO glad I had my wool coat in the car!)

In case you're wondering - yes, the bow, arrows, sword, and daggers are real weapons, not plastic. I'd never been that well armed in my life!

Well, I had gone through many costume choices, but I couldnt find the pirate costume I wanted. All of the stores we went to were sold out. So I decided to use my cheap $10 cotsume that I wore last year, but this time add some "bloody" handprints to it, and add glow in the dark spray on it also.

The "blood" faded to pink within a few days, and the spray makes me gag.

So I decided to wear my suit that I had for my eighth grade graduation. Luckily, it still fits me!

The whole idea for the costume is being "late" for work. What I mean by that is, I will be dead and look like I put on the suit in a total rush; the tie will be crooked, buttons will be offset, shirt will be hanging out of my pants. Stuff like that.

I'll have some makeup that I used last year for my ghost costume that I will use for this one. I'll have dark shadows under my eyes and on my cheek bones to make me look gaunt.

Here's a link to the picture of how the upper part will look without the makeup an such. But be aware that I'm trying to look really creepy and serious so don't mind the "MySpace"-esque expression in the photo!

Pictar. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v306/strangelittleman1221/Me/?action=view&current=Me004.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1)

I'm going to be a fallen angel.

Me and my friends are going to have a party. We're going to go trick or treating and then we're going back to my friend's house to watch movies all night and then we have to go to school the next day, probably have an audition and play practice... that should be interesting.

I'm being Fang the cat from the kids cartoon Mona the Vampire. One of my best guy friends is being Mona :D

I made my own bat wings out of sticks from the little forest behind my house, hot glue, string and black nylon stretched over the. And I made my own kitty ears with a red sparkly headband and foam and felt. AND i went to walmart and bought my self a cat collar (red) with a bell. You can always hear me coming because I dingle.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/monathevampire/monavampir.gif

such a typical costume of an Ev fan...i know. lol...but i still love it!!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c280/mpreiser23/edPict0014.jpg

I have a question. is halloween on the 30th or the 31th????????
I thought its tomorrow, on the 31th but the kids already come and want candy. wtf?

I have a question. is halloween on the 30th or the 31th????????
I thought its tomorrow, on the 31th but the kids already come and want candy. wtf?

tell them to get their asses back home :p
it´s on 31th!!!
... but our spoilt german children always want more more more, so they roam two days...
remember singing at st. martin-day (das martinssingen)?! it´s just one day and they keep singing for sweets whole three days :mad:

tell them to get their asses back home :p
it´s on 31th!!!

I agree. Halloween is always on the 31st and that's the way it always has been. Any messing around with the holiday for people's convenience is just "wrong" IMO.

Three years ago when I started this home haunt I had to run it for two days straight because Halloween itself fell on a Sunday. A lot of people, for some odd religious reason, thought it would be a good idea to do the trick or treating on Saturday instead of Sunday. I did notice a lot of those people who came Saturday were back again Sunday. Greedy bastages. :)

BTW, Monica, nice outfit :D

such a typical costume of an Ev fan...i know. lol...but i still love it!!


If you wear a tiara, then you could be the Snow White Queen.

Happy Halloween!!!

http://img431.imageshack.us/img431/8866/halloweennw6.jpg

Happy Halloween!!!

http://img431.imageshack.us/img431/8866/halloweennw6.jpg

RIGHT BACK AT YA!


WOOOO HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

Yeah! Happy Halloween everyone!

I'm not dressing up as anything today. I wish I was though.

Hope it's a great day for everyone! :mrgreen:

10 am and I'm already on a sugar high!!!

I love the fact that people in my office have giant bowls of candy!!!

I made these on Sunday:

Not my finest, but I had 10 templates, asked my nephew to choose, and these are what he picked:

http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/9498/p1010167zy1.jpg

loving the pumpkins :D

We don't have any this year.

I just put my makeup on and I look REALLY weird white.

I went "goth" this year. Was quite interesting at work and out and about around town. I got quite a few looks and compliments and wtf's.

I went "goth" this year. Was quite interesting at work and out and about around town. I got quite a few looks and compliments and wtf's.
Did you go as your avatar, lol?

Did you go as your avatar, lol?

haha nope. I'm not that talented with makeup.

About 20 of my friends walked around a rich neighborhood trick or treating. I went as a whore.. uh I mean a cheerleader... and my candy bag was a Victoria's Secret bag.

I got a lot of candy. It was awesome.

I saw a ton of slutty people. I was leaving Molly's building and two girls were leaving wearing plaid skirts and button-up shirts that they had rolled up to show off their belly button rings. I'm sorry, but if you're not wicked skinny, that look does not work.


One of Molly's floormates was dressed up as the green M&M and some guy was like "I know what you are! A condom!" and the girl was like "NO!"

About 20 of my friends walked around a rich neighborhood trick or treating. I went as a whore.. uh I mean a cheerleader... and my candy bag was a Victoria's Secret bag.

I got a lot of candy. It was awesome.

Hay now!! Not ALL Cheerleaders are whores!!! I was a cheerleader and remained a virgin all throughout highschool LOL

WooHoo for picwhoring:

Costume party on 10-28-06

Close-up of my make-up
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4962/img1761xf8.jpg

The whole outfit:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8886/img1775oy7.jpg

Good vs Evil?
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7947/img1763va2.jpg

Cowboy Nick:
http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/8283/img1778jo2.jpg

What happens to a butterfly if you give it 5 glasses of Sangria?
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4899/img1786rl6.jpg

The guys:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4030/img1789wu0.jpg

Superman loves his devil:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9544/img1799qf5.jpg

Little Red loves her big bad wolf:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2029/img1782ss2.jpg


Halloween:

My niece Lily and her brother Ben (the pumpkins I carved behind them):

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7476/p1010101op2.jpg

I took Ben out for more candy:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4814/p1010137cy3.jpg

TheLady: I love your shirt, it's so pretty!

TheLady: I love your shirt, it's so pretty!


Thanks. I've never really owned anything like it before. i tend to avoid anything with patterns of pictures. I like solid colors.

But I saw this in the window of Conway, Turns out ot was $8, so i was like "what the hell". Even if it falls apart in the laundry, which it probably will, it was good for my sexy butterfly costume.

So I and Heather (LuckyStar) went trick-or-treating last night with my roommate and a bunch of other random people. It was fun!!! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/piratesaresexy.jpg

I am a pirate. And I am sexy. MUARRRRRR.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/omgitsamyleeagain.jpg

Three guesses as to who Heather is going as. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/skeletonpimppirate.jpg

A pimpin' skeleton. And a hawt pirate. Oh yes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/kissykissy.jpg

Kissy, kissy! Aimee likes her birds of prey ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/omgahitsamylee.jpg

ZOMG IT'S AMY LEE!!!!!@#41231421one But she's being a diva and blowing me off. Ew @ her. :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/heatherizamy.jpg

Amy skirt twirl moment. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/amypirate.jpg

Me looking sexy and Heather trying to look gawth but looking dead instead. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/amysgawthhouse.jpg

We decided that this is Amy's new house. Since it's all gawthed out and all.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/groupshot.jpg

Partial group shot!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/sexaypirate.jpg

PIRATE FLAG FTW!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/pirateplunder.jpg

More pirate sexahness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/supahstah.jpg

Supastar! :D

Haha there are more but I wont bore you guys. We had a ton of fun and got lots of candy goodness :D

Oh yeah and me and my roommate were walking back to the T and this big creepy black guy walks toward us, looks right at me, and goes "hey, sexy" and I was like O.O lol. No lie. I wouldn't have thought that I'd attract black guys since I'm so white but...I guess I got proven wrong? haha. It was funny.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/KatyaNoctis/Halloween06/omgitsamyleeagain.jpg


is her tongue green?

i love heather as amy!!! haha dude you should have let me known you so could have borrowed my wings! i have two pairs ahah! one big and one small, although my small ones took a beating the two years i was amy for halloween... stupid idiots in the hallway in school -.-

i wanted to be a disney princess this year but the only place that had a costume wanted 60 bucks for a princess jasmine costume and i said fuck that. im not spending 60 bucks of my money on a costume. so i went home to see if my parents would buy me one. but the three places i went to only had disney princess costumes for youngns..like 8 and younger -.-

so i bought a new wednesday addams costume.
i was her in 6th and 7th grade. i dont have any really good pics. i got one with my mom's camera but it's on her computer at home

lis is the cheerleader and allison is the sexy cop
http://photos-851.facebook.com/ip002/v48/57/69/1360740271/n1360740271_30020851_1668.jpg

http://photos-850.facebook.com/ip002/v48/57/69/1360740271/n1360740271_30020850_587.jpg

i lsot my headless doll saturday night :( so i had to make a replacement and this one isnt as good

http://photos-429.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v49/102/98/838552/n838552_32918429_4071.jpg

these are girls from my dorm floor

heather is the sexy secretary and casey is the bunny

edit---

oh and i shot that for some future halloween - we all go as amy lee. i wanna trick or treat with katya and heather and we can all dress as amy hahaha. the amy lee triplets ftw.

i love heather as amy!!! haha dude you should have let me known you so could have borrowed my wings! i have two pairs ahah! one big and one small, although my small ones took a beating the two years i was amy for halloween... stupid idiots in the hallway in school -.-

i wanted to be a disney princess this year but the only place that had a costume wanted 60 bucks for a princess jasmine costume and i said fuck that. im not spending 60 bucks of my money on a costume. so i went home to see if my parents would buy me one. but the three places i went to only had disney princess costumes for youngns..like 8 and younger -.-

so i bought a new wednesday addams costume.
i was her in 6th and 7th grade. i dont have any really good pics. i got one with my mom's camera but it's on her computer at home

lis is the cheerleader and allison is the sexy cop
http://photos-851.facebook.com/ip002/v48/57/69/1360740271/n1360740271_30020851_1668.jpg

http://photos-850.facebook.com/ip002/v48/57/69/1360740271/n1360740271_30020850_587.jpg

i lsot my headless doll saturday night :( so i had to make a replacement and this one isnt as good

http://photos-429.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v49/102/98/838552/n838552_32918429_4071.jpg

these are girls from my dorm floor

heather is the sexy secretary and casey is the bunny

edit---

oh and i shot that for some future halloween - we all go as amy lee. i wanna trick or treat with katya and heather and we can all dress as amy hahaha. the amy lee triplets ftw.

Why, thank you. *bows* I look freaking scary as a white chick. I don't like it. I was very happy with my tanness when I washed my makeup off.

JASMINE FTW. &hearts;


And YEAH!!!!! We can all go as a different Amy. And just tons of fun.

Thanks for the pics Katy. :) whore.

Blah blah blah blah pictures blah blah pictures pictures blah.....

Oh yeah and me and my roommate were walking back to the T and this big creepy black guy walks toward us, looks right at me, and goes "hey, sexy" and I was like O.O lol. No lie. I wouldn't have thought that I'd attract black guys since I'm so white but...I guess I got proven wrong? haha. It was funny.

I love you guys. With a passion. That's brilliant! *wishes I was there*

And Heather was a white girl for a day. LOL! white chicks....


Yeah so I don't have any pictures of myself, so I won't bore you with random ones of my friends. They showed up at my house 20 minutes early, so I was running around like a lunatic trying to put on my mask without my hair getting in the way.

I seriously got like, 11 pounds of candy. It was amazing. I love trick or treating in my neighborhood. Sometimes you'll get a really drunk person just shoving fistfulls of candy at you. \m/

A couple of friends of mine dressed up as really girly faries with the Yankee logo on them, and they were the "Yankee Faries." BEST COSTUME OF THE NIGHT! They either got shunned by zealous Sox fans, or congradulated by some of the smarter fans who understood that they were dissing the Yankees. It was hilarious. Practically perfect in every way. :)

Another friend was trying to be a clown and had this fatsuit on, but hadn't put any makeup on. So we decided she was Humpy Dumpty.

And I fended off an attacking Catholic priest (Jacob) with my katana. Then I got kissed by a dog. What is it with me and getting sexually harrassed on Halloween?????

Beautiful.

Me, with my crappy makeup job, right before we left to get me some candeh.
http://myspace-448.vo.llnwd.net/01366/84/46/1366636448_l.jpg

I forgot to put makeup on my neck, and the green hair spray didn't show! :eek:

Here are a few pics from my haunt. I had more fun this year than any Halloween before. Kudos to my neighbors for helping out and getting into the spirit of this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/axe-1.jpg
I was definitely ready for Halloween this year.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/john_as_specter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/angie_as_witch.jpg
Neighbors were ready this year too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/graveyard1.jpg
A pic of my graveyard.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/customer_apprehension.jpg
This kid couldn't tell if this neighbor was a person or a prop. Serves him right for not trick-or-treating in costume! When this guy moved toward him, the kid went screaming back into the street. The night was full of incidents like this. Was great!

I went as Amy two years ago, but it didn't work out so well because I have blondish brown hair and temporary black hair dye is crappy...

Maybe next year I'll go as Beth:p and then get my friends to be Amy and the guys.

I love the kissing the raven picture! And the Amy blowing off the fangirl one too. Haha.

Katya, you look so sexy as a pirate!
Though I maintain that Ninjas rule...;)

And Heather, you make a very good Amy Lee. It could be quite cool if we made a music video of every Evanescence fan in the world dressed up as Amy Lee and roaming about the streets...female AND male.

(Sorry, that was a random thought which could be taken as stalker-esque...maybe it could be the video for Snow White Queen?! :eek: )

Happy Halloween indeed! Y Feliz Samhain...

Love to you all,
Gail xxx

Katya, you look so sexy as a pirate!
Though I maintain that Ninjas rule...;)

And Heather, you make a very good Amy Lee. It could be quite cool if we made a music video of every Evanescence fan in the world dressed up as Amy Lee and roaming about the streets...female AND male.

(Sorry, that was a random thought which could be taken as stalker-esque...maybe it could be the video for Snow White Queen?! :eek: )

Happy Halloween indeed! Y Feliz Samhain...

Love to you all,
Gail xxx


I'm not sure how us male fans would look dressed up like Amy O_o lol. Can I be Ben instead? :P

my cousin went as little red riding hood- Amy Lee style. :D

http://x42.xanga.com/633d54226133686887297/w59934561.jpg

I think it came out pretty good.

Here's a few more from this year's haunt. Sorry these pics really don't do it justice. The flash required from the camera pretty much negates all the lighting effects I spent so much time on. If you were to see this in person, though, you'd see everything bathed in blacklight with strobes strategically places to highlight certain props.

Like this one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/reaper.jpg

Somebody lost their mask in the haunt. so I decided to put it on the skeleton. After all, it was just "hanging around." *dies from own pun*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/missing_mask.jpg

Speaking of hanging around, here are some more odds-n-ends from the haunt.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/background_items.jpg

And THIS GUY is my next door neighbor. He rapidly became the real star of the show. He would stand stock still as if he were just another prop. He'd even let people poke at him and pull and whatever until they had it in their minds he was "fake" and just then he'd come to life on them. Scared even the adults with this one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/fraggenaught/Haunt06/Monster-with-axe.jpg

Again I have to stress how these pics don't give you a real idea what the haunt was like because of lighting but try to imagine all this in blacklight. I don't mean the cheapie little coated bulb blacklights either. I mean actual dedicated four-foot 40-watt flourescent blacklights. This was the most expensive single effect of the whole haunt at about $30 a bulb and there were four bulbs in two fixtures to give the whole area the effect. The strobes were well placed this year too. Overall this year's haunt was a quantum leap above last year's and am already planning on making some other improvements for next year's haunt.

And Heather, you make a very good Amy Lee.


Why, thank you. It was fun. Halloween is a good time...I like pretending to be other people. I wish I had had speakers to carry around with me.

my cousin went as little red riding hood- Amy Lee style. :D

http://x42.xanga.com/633d54226133686887297/w59934561.jpg

I think it came out pretty good.

Wow! That's an amazing costume. Who made it? (or at least customized it...) I wish I was as creative as that!
I didn't get to do anything for Halloween this year, sadly - even though there was what looked like a really cool 'Halloween Ball' on at my school. I had the dress rehearsal for the show I'm doing at the mo. I don't mind, though. The show opened last night and it was great. :D

I think I'm going to try and go as Amy Lee next year, and get a gorgeous black wig. Oh yes. (random thought no. 2) Or maybe I'll go as a butterfly! I've never gone as a butterfly...