DIY Halloween Costumes - Coke and Sprite

Want an unusual Halloween costume? Or just an unusual costume for any occasion? Me and my friend hate conventional costumes and wanted to go as something different. After a lot of conversation we decided that Coke and Sprite bottles were the way forward! I wanted to document our hard work, so here's a photo explanation of how its done.

 

We got a meter of tubular material from the Birminham Market and cut it to size. The Sprite bottle needed to be sprayed in order to look authentic.

Shoes from Primark. They were sooo horrible when I bought them but looked suprisingly good after I'd sprayed them. One pound trainers and six pound paint, so a pretty cheap pair of shoes.

Next we drew out our general template for our main writing and went round it so it  was dark enough to trace onto the sheet that we were going to cut it out from.

Paint the writing with fabric paint so that it shows up more clearly when you put it onto your fabric.

We wanted to look exactly like the sticker on the bottle so we made most of the signs so we looked more like bottles than just girls in coke and sprite dresses! We put our own cheesy touches like the 100% sugar (above)

When my friend put on her dress the green paint stretched and looked less obviously so, because it was just the easiest way around it, I spray painted her whilst she was wearing it. I took precautions (above) and she was left with green legs for two days. This technique is not advised!

Once all the bits were cut out we had to hot glue gun them onto the dresses. Unfortunately, the material was too stretchy so we had to glue them on whilst wearing them. This is a very painful procedure due to the heat of the glue, so wasn't the cleverest of ideas but we endured it and get everything on.

Hot glue gun the little bits that've been missed on yourself so that it is entirely stuck. This is very hot so be aware! 

It's wise to use a piece of paper under the dress when gluing with boiling glue onto your skin, especially our your bum and stomach!

I made a quick, pretty crappy collage of all the little bits of my friends Sprite costume, we were thorough and made most of the little silly things on the bottle. We put in our own cheesy little jokes for our own amusement by putting '100% sugar' and 'served seriously chillin'', we even wrote 'best before end see neck of bottle' and wrote the date on our actual necks; we thought about everything!

 

And so, after three days and like a million glue gun burns we were finished and ready for Halloween, even though we weren't scary! But that's what's best about these costumes, you can wear them to any costume party! Next year we have said we'll be Budweiser and Carling!

The nails, coke/sprite top earrings and even 'drink me' underwear, are DIY, no cheating whatsoever!

Irregular Choice

My blog is about making your own stuff to make yourself unique, and Irregular Choice has some of the most unique stuff ever, these shoes being my favourite! You could, of course, make your own, but only if you have that many $100 bills; it's probably easier to just buy them from www.irregularchoice.com 

Get a signature item - DIY

Polly Pocket has always been a nickname and as a kid I played with them non-stop. Which is why this necklace is my signature necklace that is special to me and not on sale which makes it all the more unique. Find something that means something to you and make it wearable! If you want to put something on a necklace like this one, drill a very narrow hole in the center of the top of your pendant and fill with superglue. Cut an eye pin  to the right length, put it in the hole and leave it to set. Then, when its secure, thread a chain through it and wear you're unique accessory when you wish. Try it with necklaces, rings, earrings or bracelets; my sister Daisy even got her signature symbol, a daisy, tattooed on her back. 

Make it your own! 

Jaguar Skills

I listen to this when I'm sewing, hotglue-gunning, sketching or just thinking up new outfits. It's the kind of track you can listen to whenever. 

DIY Collarbone denim shirt

Adjust your old denim shirt and refresh your look. 

Use a ruler and a pencil to draw the shape you're going to cut out, going in with a freehand cut is risky because you want the cut to be straight. Make a cut right in the middle of the shape and very carefully scissor out the panel making sure you get all of the material from the side of the button strip so it goes straight up onto the collar. And that's pretty much it. Tidy up the sides so that it looks neat and professional and button it up! You can create a preppy look with coloured shorts or jeans or dress it up with a body-con skirt and heels. Have fun!

Ps. the collar acts as a necklace so no need for neck accessories, but make sure you button it right up otherwise you wont get the right effect.  

Animal Print Shoes

I am in the process of making a pair of shoes, and seeing as my two very favorite things are shoes and animal print, this blog is my favorite thing ever at the moment!

I'm buying some but I want to see some outfit ideas, so if you have any animal print trainer (or sneaker) outfits, I'd love to see how you pull them off!
Click here to check out animal-print-shoe.blogspot.com

Mad Future

Promoting www.madfuture.com

I made the 'Supreme'-looking label on Powerpoint - copy and pasting specific letters from an example alphabet with the 'Supreme' font - which is by the way Futura Bold Italic if you want to use it. I also had the t-shirt made at Oasis market in Birmingham, but it's easy enough to make a 'Vogue' tee, - or anything you like - with a plain tee and some transfer paper.