13 August 2010

Heavenly

I just returned from a sleepover at Elránia's, which ended with a shopping spree and the disaster of me leaving my overnight bag in her car (she lives 45 minutes away, and I leave bright'n'early tomorrow on a 4-5 day trip! Argh! Please, kill me now. I don't think I can live without my essentials). Anyway, we watched Clash of the Titans (3/5 stars, in my opinion) and Elránia had the awesome idea of dressing up like the Greek goddesses.

Okay, so I *love* costumes. I love acting. I love photography. And I adore Greek mythology. So I hopped right on board. This morning, I raided Elránia's linen closet and came out with three bedsheets and a pillowcase. Yes, to wear. I proceeded to (with the aid of only safety pins and a long vest) fashion us four completely different Greek ensembles. Check it out!

Elránia went first as Aphrodite. Love it! This is the only 'real' chiton dress.


Next, I became Artemis, my favorite goddess — protector of women, goddess of the hunt, and guardian of the moon. I hadn't brought my bow and quiver, so I had to make do with this flimsy fake instead. For this, the pillowcase acts as the front of my fake-chiton, and the long vest was the back. They stayed together with a belt.


Here we see Elránia as Athena. I had fun with her toga — since the sheet was enormous, I brought the hem up and pinned it in the back. It's like a built-in belt!
Nice "sword", Elránia.

Finally, I became my total opposite personality-wise, Hera. This sheet actually has no safety pins whatsoever... it's wrapped around like a towel, and I added a sari-like shawl bit to make it seem more put-together. This was SO fun to act!
^^^ Expression of total evil, right there... ^^^


The dress may have been epic fun, but it was AWFUL to walk in! Look at how badly I'm failing here...


Later at the mall, we purchased some lovely goods {me: hat (below), sweater (below), liquid eyeliner, and an adorable London-themed shirt; Elránia: jeans and a really pretty shirt} and had fun with the photobooth! (Yes, unflattering wide-angle lens below. Not caring right now.)

So! I'm off to wander small towns and take photos. See you lovelies later!

22 comments:

  1. Wow sounds like you two had a great time!! You both are so pretty, oh, I'm jealousss! :) Love how you made your own costumes, that's a first for blogger ;) Hahaha. Artemis is my favorite tooo, lol what a coincidence!! I still want to know how to make a bow and arrows, any chance you'll do a tutorial on that??? Please reply.

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  2. Sure, I could do a how-to on that. I'll make another bow so I can take pics.

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  3. And sorry but unfortunately we can't bring your stuff over to your house, sorry bout that

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  4. Sounds like too much fun! I never knew bed sheets could looks so beautiful on a girl! ;)

    Love all of the photos. You both are quite gorgeous!

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  5. Hey, OT!

    What fun! I love dressing up with my sibs...especially when you can make costumes out of sheets and things:D

    Your costumes came out stunning! Wow, great job, girls!

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  6. Elránia: Argh! I'm going to have to make do... *gulp*

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  7. You girls are so pretty! Looks like you had fun!
    -Katie-

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  8. How much fun! While you were doing that I've been drawing my heart out! LOL!

    ~*Brooke*~

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  9. Oh, you two look so pretty! Splendid idea!

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  10. That looks like SO much fun! Last time I dressed up was when my friend and I had the bright idea to have a pirate fight...that ended interestingly! LOL You both are so pretty!

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  11. My favorite goddess is Athena, but my favorite costume here was definetly Artemis!
    You're so pretty Olive Tree!

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  12. Artemis was my favorite too. You're both so fabulously gorgeous :) Wish I knew you.

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  13. I love greek mythology too....

    I especially like Cassandra and Artemis...

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  14. MY SISTERS MAKE AWESOME COSTUMES!!!!!! Out of tablecloths and stuff. and sheets and jewelry. They made a pharoh and his daughter costume for a costume party and won first place! My two older sisters Bethany and AnnaLiisa.....

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  15. That does sound like fun..dressing up from Greek mythology time. I love all of your outfits.

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  16. Those were so awesome!! I love Artemis and Athena!! My favorite goddesses EVER!! =D Greek Mythology is so awesome! Love it!! And I give Clash of the Titans a 3/5 star rating, too. It wasn't as good as everyone made it out to be. :/ Anyway, great job on the outfits, girls. ;) If I didn't know you were human, I'd have really been fooled. ;P

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  17. It looks like you and Elrania had a lot of fun! Great job on the outfits! I think the Artemis one was my favorite. :)

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  18. Haha! Awesome! That would be awesome for Halloween! Lol! I like the blue dress. It does look hard to walk in! :)

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  19. Those are soooo great! I can't believe you made them out of sheets and pillow cases! That's so cool. You have a lot of imagination. :) Love it!

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