It took a while to decide on something. One thing I saw at the Halloween store was this:
I knew I wasn't going to get it from the store, though, so I looked for DIY ideas. I already had this skirt I'd worn for a decades prom at work one year, so I went with that, adding more dice images and some poker chips.
Here's my take:
I used printed playing cards because I did not want to waste the ones I had at home, even though they are mostly bent. Also the paper made it easier to attach the cards to the jackets, using safety pins inside the jackets. I opted against putting them on the neck area because they would not be seen there. Since I'd printed all 52 cards out, I had a lot left after first pinning them on the lapels, so I glued others on or behind the pinned cards. Then glued together four cards for each sleeve and pinned those from the inside as well. I was still left with three cards.
I already had this hat from a St. Patrick's Day party at work several years ago. Why I was holding onto it, I don't know but it came in handy for this idea. I also had some dominos, dice and bingo stuff that I'd used for crafting some years ago, so that worked out well.
I also made this money lei from fake $100 bills bought at Spirit Halloween. I found this instructions in a YOuTube video, but can't seem to find the exact one I'd used. Here is a similar one.
I also got a gold dollar sign necklace and a pair of playing card earrings (not pictured) from the Spirit Store.
As I said, the hat and skirt I already had. The jacket came from Goodwill. I was a little hesitant about getting one there, since they no longer allow you to try on clothes. I'm kind of annoyed by this new policy, since now you have a week to see if clothes fit, then exchange them within a week for store credit that must be used the same day. At least I could skip the jacket on over my clothes. I felt it worked fine, so there would be no need to exchange it. The Goodwill store in a nearby town had even more costume options, but they too no longer have fitting rooms. I had not decided on an outfit when I was at that store, but I saw a used SpongeBob costume there. Though I wasn't counting on buying it, but I saw it didn't have a tag so I would not have been able to buy it. The "no-tag, no sale" policy is also bit annoying as at my store last month, I found a white pumpkin bucket that didn't have a tag. I would have liked it to have used it as one of my pumpkin lights. Enough on that for now.
More pictures to come.
