Sailor as Hedwig for Halloween

So, this year, I decided to make a Halloween costume for my four month old daughter Sailor.  I got lots of inspiration from Pinterest, and finally chose to have her be Hedwig from Harry Potter!

A friend of mine made the hat for me, and I used an old long sleeved white onesie as the base of the costume.  Not going to lie, I didn't sew ANY of this.  I hot glue-gunned everything, and used felt so that I wouldn't have to finish any of my edges.  It still looks so cute, though!  Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures as I was making it, so I don't have a full tutorial, but I do have some detail pictures and links for my inspiration. 

 I chose to make individual feathers on the front, and one large tail section on the back.  I cut the feathers out of white and grey felt in a soft, rounded edge triangle shape.  The most important thing to me was to not worry about all of the pieces matching each other perfectly.  I wanted some smaller and some bigger, so that they would look more realistic.  I laid out the feathers in rows to decide the placement of the grey pieces, and then I hot glued the feathers together in their rows, and glued them onto the onesie. 

For the wings, I went here, and followed her link to the Martha Stewart site (which seems to have removed the template) and eye-balled everything.  I used the basic shape shown, and made templates for myself with extra felt, that way I could draw on the felt with sharpie, make them bigger or smaller, and then cut the actual wings out after I had decided on the shape and size.  I really love how it came out, and think that she looks adorable!

Daily Nail(polish)

I've had Essie's Going Incognito on my fingernails for the last few days, and it's safe to say I'm in love.  It's a creme polish, and the color is a deep emerald green that I can see myself wearing all through the winter months.