{ last minute }

if your anything like me, you leave halloween costume determination and design to the last minute.  i always am finding myself scrounging around the few days before for the most perfect costume to wear.  im not one to go out and buy one of those $50 pre-made ones that you can buy at the halloween stores (and look like about 80% of the people at the party).  instead, i like to use clothing items that i can reuse.  last year i was a peacock where i used a bright blue dress and attached feathers to it.  it turned out beautifully and cost my about $20 overall.  i have worn the dress since such as in the summer for a dinner party (the blue looks great against tanned skin).  i figured i would supply some of you last minuters with a few ideas as well.  if you already have one, share with me.... what are you going to be??

{ loopyboopy } dolls

{ lola }

with halloween a week away, i feel as if i can share these strangely goth art dolls by loopyboopy that i have secretly been coveting since i had found them on etsy about a year ago.  as i had stated here, the nightmare before christmas is a regular flick around this time a year.  but just because it is halloween does not mean that i do not watch it consistently throughout the other months.  i love the gothic-esque ambiance tim burton develops while incorporating a more modern design to what would otherwise be a victorian style.  each doll is hand sculpted, painted and dressed in the finest handmade costumes.  wouldn't it be cute to get one personally designed to resemble yourself?  if you are interested in looking at others that loopyboopy has previously designed, you can check them out here.

{ bridgette }

{ sonya }

{ sophia }

{ isabella }

{ storyville mathilde }

{ hazel }