fire friends & fire make-up

Now don't faint - I actually worked on my Fire costume last night! I put in the zipper (only took two tries *sigh*) and sewed up the side seams and shoulders. Tried it on (forgot to take pics oops!) and success! Fits well, looks good - it's all starting to come together. While I had it on I had B mark the hem on the front panel then sewed that up. Wow part of the hem done already - yay!

( boring list for me )

I'll be working on the under sleeves and underskirt on Friday. The darling dancinseamstres is going to let me use her serger - yay no rolled hems! That should save me about a week of work. I love you Brooke! The Fire costume is turning out to be the "it takes a village" project. More proof that costumers (and sisters) are the best people.

Oh and I found some really cool make-up for the Fire yesterday too. I came across Urban Decay while browsing in Ulta. I was in there innocently enough, looking for a OPI nail color, when the Heavy Metal Glitter Eye Gel caught my eye. B and I had been talking about how fun some dramatic eye make-up would be with the Fire mask.

I really wanted to get the whole look the chick at the counter showed me but just got the eye gel for now. If I get it all I will end up spending more money on make-up (that I will probally only wear one night) than on almost all the fabric for the costume. That is hard to justify! Maybe I've been a Mary Kay consultant for too long - I'm not used to paying retail for quality make-up anymore! :> However MK doesn't carry Heavy Metal Glitter Eye Gels, Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliners, 24/7 Eye Pencils and heavily pigmented Eye Colors. Moo.