The Mysterious Purple Fairy

Well, it's been an exciting past couple of days! I've lost another pound (172 wooo!!!) and, with Halloween coming quickly, I began digging through old costumes. Usually I sew my own (that way I get cute costumes that are modest and fit), but unfortunately, budget and time constraints made that impossible this year. So, like I said, I began looking through past years. I had already decided that I didn't want to wear the same one as last year - I would need to go at least a year back...and honestly, I wasn't sure I still fit in any further back than that.

But you know what?! I do fit!!! I even got the guts to try on my Jr. Prom dress and it's a bit tight, but I fit!!!

Wooohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried this dress on back in May for an awards event and I couldn't even get it to zip!

Anyway, so a couple of years ago I was a fairy for Halloween:

I made this outfit, which looks much better when I stand up straight, but this is the best pic I have...as you can tell, the corset is pretty tight, and being a costume, is not meant to do the work of a real corset...

but, after going through all my old costumes, I decided that it might be fun to be a fairy again. I thought I could pretty much get the corset to fit any size and the shirt and pants are meant to be big (plus the wings are one size lol).

So I dig out the costume and try it on - guess what?! The corset is TOO BIG!!!! Yay! (but a bit worrisome because I didn't really have a fix or the time to make one.) Then, after some thought and research, I found the perfect, CHEAP, replacement:



Yay! A real corset not costume :o)  It's 50% off right now over at www.orchardcorset.com (along with many more designs on sale) go check it out!

I'll post some pics when I get it in and w/the rest of my costume.

That's all for now - just wanted to spread my excitement ;0)