It's giveaway time!!! Please help meeee!!!
It's giveaway time! It's been a while since my last one and you deserve it! You're always too good to me :)
Here's the catch... I have to attend a costume party on the 22 (a week from now) and we decided to dress as the Alice in Wonderland characters (I wanted to be Frida but my daughter insists in Alice)... My daughter goes as Alice (she has the cutest dress!)... my husband as the Mad Hatter... and I don't have idea who to be!!!! So, I'm giving one print of this new collage (for sale soon) to one person. To participate you have to leave me a comment with a link to a Hat tutorial (to complete the Mad Hatter's costume) or a cheap and cool idea for me to dress for the party (remember I live in the desert and it's the middle of august). I'll pick a random winner this Monday!
Please help me! The stores don't have Halloween things yet! (what do you think of Alice in Fridaland?)
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and how about if you take a look at the hat for the cheshire cat at the same place and maybe you could go as that:) hope this helps and I love the Painting:)
I found a tutorial on making a hat similar to one your Mad Hatter could wear, check this link out: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/making_silly_hats_with_mr_buns
You could definitely use some of the instructions and manipulate them a bit to make it much cooler!
Also here's a couple of other good tutorials:
http://kuki.deprada.net/?cat=6
(scroll down a bit to get to the mad hatter one)
http://ramblingsofafuturemrs.blogspot.com/2008/10/diy-derringer-hat-tutorial.html
http://chioky.deviantart.com/art/The-Tip-Top-Hat-Tutorial-103451650
If your daughter is Alice, your husband's the Mad Hatter...I think you should be the Queen! Not sure how you could stay cool with this type of costume...but I'm sure your creative mind can think of something! :o)
HAVE FUN!!!
Allison
I think you would be an adorable White Rabbit - some bunny ears and tail, a waistcoat/vest, a tie, and a pocketwatch with chain (real or crafted)is all it would take.
LOVE your art. That new collage is just gorgeous!
heidig@gmail.com
♥Heidi
and link to pictures of two idea's to alter a hat:http://www.ehow.com/way_5283327_ideas-mad-hatter-costume.html
How about the rabbit? Check out this image:http://media.photobucket.com/image/alice%20in%20wonderland/rachellatekko/Photoshoots/Alice%20in%20Wonderland/AliceRabbit008.jpg?o=102
You could leave out the jacket and use a sleeveless white dress~
Hope this helps...and have fun at the party!! I love your artwork.
:)Theresa
http://www.ehow.com/how_2165526_diy-craft-top-hat.html
I actually made a top hat for my daughter many many moons ago when she sang from in Cabaret in a school musical.
Frida would really be fun for you. A trip to the Thrift Store for a long summer skirt and peasant blouse would do it. You could have so much fun with that!
But what if you went as the Queen of Hearts in Alice...or one of those playing cards? You could draw of paint yourself a sandwich board costume and make a mask. Think outside the box...it doesn't have to be clothing.
Good luck!
Micki x
http://mommo.typepad.com/mommo/2006/09/cheery_rain_hat.
You could embelish it however you want and it stands up nicely. I think you could make a lovely queen of hearts and I bet you could do it pretty simply and have good results.
http://www.ehow.com/video_4433514_cutting-foam-butterfly-mask.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deliciously_decadent/sets/72157616259103302/comments/
Love, love, LOVE your art!
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/queen_of_hearts_costume
http://www.ehow.com/how_5016603_make-queen-hearts-costume.html
http://family.go.com/halloween-costume-contest/family-group-costumes-2/the-queen-of-hearts-and-her-cards-family-group-costume-2149/
I am partial to cats, so I'd love for you to go as the Cheshire Cat :) You could wear long nails, kitty ears, whiskers from black thread and painted-on stripes or felt stripes maybe? I hope I helped a little (or hopefully didn't make it worse!) HAVE FUN at your party!!!
Hugs,
Tami
Your work is amazing... You make me dream! <3
I found this tutorial, hope it helps you a little:
http://www.costumzee.com/how-to-costumes/view/4293/
Hum... but I´m already imaginig a Frida in Wonderland :)))) or Alice Kahlo :)))) with a flowers headband, colorful dress... white apron!
Super idea! ;) ****
http://www.costumesinc.com/p15843/Teapot-Costume-Adult-Fairytale-Costume.html
Or maybe a flamingo- all hot pink dress and just make a "flamingo head" hat and black sandals sorta like this but not as hot:
http://www.buycostumes.com/Flamingo-Adult-Costume/19180/ProductDetail.aspx
You could totally paint your face you are so talented! Make sure you show us pictures when you get all dressed up! Have fun!
xo, kim
Here's kinda what I'm thinking about but of course you could make your own and do it better!
http://www.halloweencostumes.com/queen-of-hearts-card-costume.html
i'd love to see the pics!
http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2009/07/bush-hat.html
It counts.... right? =)
I think you should go as Queen of Hearts! you could event just wear a red or black dress and make a collar or belt out of Queen of Heart Playing cards!
http://kuki.deprada.net/?cat=48
The above link is a top hat for a little boy but I'm sure that you could re-size the pattern.
Wow....I could spend hours going through the links on her page looking at all the other hats she makes!
This one is pretty cool...http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Duct-Tape-Top-Hat.
Making the hat is the tricky part. Once made you can go to town on decorating it.
Some of the other links that are mentioned are good too..
good luck!
The collage looks lovely...always inspired when I visit your site!
cheers Grace
Love the new art piece of Alice in Wonderland :)
Chica, go as Cheshire Cat! The site is:
buycostumes.com
search: Alice in Wonderland Cheshire Cat Adult Costume
I was looking at the New for 2009 Cheshire Cat costume, but there may be others there you may like.
It can give you some ideas of how to put together a cute Cheshire Cat costume for a female...it looks like some of the items can be found at a craft store or some of the pieces may be fairly easy to make.
The Alice in Fridaland idea sounds cool!
Abrazos!
Esmeralda
Here's a simple tut for a top hat that you can completely embellish however you want to!
http://www.amtgard-wl.com/library/howtos/how2toph.pdf
GOOD LUCK!
I hope you will post pics!
Smiles,
Sonia ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Movie_alice_in_wonderland_flowers.png
Sounds like it will be a fun party. I hope you post pictures.
Here's a link to a good tutorial on making a top hat: http://www.amtgard-wl.com/library/howtos/how2toph.pdf
The Chashire Cat would be a better representation of Alice in Wonderland, but it would be hard to dress up as the cat. I would say, if you have a bodysuit and leggings, that could work along with a hair band with cat ears and a tail made out of fabric like felt.
An easier character to dress up as would be the Queen of Hearts. Even though she plays an evil role in the story, it is definately unmistakeable that she is a main character in Alice in Wonderland. You could wear a red or black dress with red ribboned hair band. You could sew on some fabric on the dress of a heart. The white collar can be made out of felt since felt has the ability to resist from falling flat down on your shoulders. I recommend pump shoes or flat shoes in the contrary color from the dress (if dress is red, shoes are black, vice versa).
I hope this helps!
My thoughts is that because you are an artist and your tool of choice is a paintbrush it would be if you went as cool one of the playing card guards... the ones that were painting the roses red... I think it would be very appropriate and at the same time unexpected...everyone thinks of alice, the queen, madhatter, rabbit, chesire cat....
Here's a cool link I found with examples.... the best part is this costume seems easy enough and the materials needed for it are easy to find!/make!
....love the paintcan! Also contains a mini tutorial on how they created the hat.
http://bl111w.blu111.mail.live.com/mail/TodayLight.aspx?n=341282929&wa=wsignin1.0&n=666168734
another cool idea I found was Alice busting out of the rabbit's house costume....now this is different! the dress could be made or bought at thrift store (maybe dyed to the right shade of blue) then the overlay's details could be sewed using felt and such (as the example shows...or even better, painted on! how cool would that be????? ohhhhhh the possibilities.....check it out;
http://www.instructables.com/id/Alice_busting_out_of_the_White_Rabbits_house_costu/
Hope these links all prov euseful to you and I cannot wait to see what you come up with. :)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27096128
With all of you art skills I'm sure whipping up a fantastic costume will be easy peazy! Good luck!
Has visto las imagenes de la nueva pelicula de Tim Burton?? creo que si,te dirÃa el gato Cheshire ( que es mi favorito pero serÃa muy dificil y caluroso :P
Saludos Danita
You daughter should be happy to have such a creative mom)))
Love you painting as usual...
Frances
And you could go as a play card (should be easy to create with paper) or of course as the red queen (all you need is a black dress and a lot of hearts cut outs..) Good luck!!!
I'm having a giveaway too if you're interested : http://labaleineaplumes.webou.net/?p=197
laure(dot)ientale(at)gmail(dot)com
but then I saw randy gabriel's
comment!
As close as you and your baby are
Big and small Alice is perfect!
Way to go Randy!
I would also look at a local second hand store for a hat that might work - that you could embellish.
You could be Alice with a simple summer white dress with a blue gingham apron... pretty cool...
Have fun! We want to see photos.
Jamie V in MT
amzanioli@yahoo.com
http://rem-nants.blogspot.com
Good luck with whatever you choose...sounds fun! <3
Encontré este precioso sombrero: http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/11/13/pilgrim-hat-favors/ fácil de hacer, barato y fresquito pues es de papel. Luego podrás darle el toque del sombrerero loco (estoy deseando verlo!!)
En cuanto a tu disfraz... qué tal de Reina de Corazones? seguro que tienes un fresquito vestido blanco al que sólo has de coser corazones de fieltro, dos puntaditas y ala!! sólo tienes que pasarte la fiesta gritando "que le cooooorrrrten la cabeza!!" hahaha (y no te olvides de la rosa roja en el pelo).
Un besito grande, a ver si tengo suerte, ains!! me da algoooo :DDDDDDDd
Vest and Striped Sleeves
loks pretty easy! Ears, vest, pink stripe sleeves (Modified soccer socls?)!!
It seems like everyone else has posted the links of most of the hat tutorials...but here is a fun site about having a mad hatter party and you may get some ideas there...
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/shop/category/costumes
Sorry, I couldn't be more helpful. I love your artwork if that helps at all, tee hee...thanks for the chance at winning your lovely print!
Jamie :)
p.s. I hope this didn't go thru a million times...it seems I keep getting an error message.
Have fun!!!
cheerio!!
I was going to suggest that you go as the Red Queen, which is Helena Bonham-Carter's character in the new Alice movie...but mix it with a bit of Frida. The crown could have flowers on the top of it, you could exaggerate the eyebrows, etc...
For pix from the new movie:
http://ravenxxxx.blogspot.com/2009/07/pretty-thingsalice-in-wonderland-pt-2.html
and
http://ravenxxxx.blogspot.com/2009/06/sweet-treats-alice-in-wonderland.html
and inspiration on the Frida part:
http://www.radiotania.org/images/frida-kahlo.jpg
HAVE FUN! :)
xxx
Raven
As for you....living in the desert...a baby pig nose and wrapped in a blanket? Dress in red with rabbit ears ?
I don't know...good luck though~
I am a newer fan! I love your art! It is so fun and colorful! Google the new "Alice in Wonderland" film by Tim Burton. It will show pics of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen. The makeup is wonderful! I live in a very hot climate myself. Maybe you can take a simple white pleasant blouse and pizzazz it up with a skirt... Have a wonderful time! Good luck!