It's all about the accessories

I had planned to post this closer to Halloween so the pictures were more applicable, but accessorizing is a year round endeavor, so it doesn't really matter if I'm using my Halloween costume as the example, does it? 

I've been wanting to get some other crazy people to go along with me and be the Clue Characters for Halloween. This past Halloween I finally did it! Right after Halloween 2012 I found a pair of shoes with peacock feathers painted on them, and it was fated I would be Mrs. Peacock. I then started looking for a dress, and couldn't find one I liked in teal, so I went with purple. I was going for the same time period as the movie, more than I was a specific color. I was worried, though, about stealing Professor Plum's color, so I made sure to add as much teal as possible. 

Here is the dress without accessories (which I plan to shorten to knee length and wear to summer weddings, or other events I can get away with this style of dress) and with my accessories:

Now we'll go over some of the details. You will notice that under my dress I now have a tulle skirt in teal. This helped poof out the dress a little and add some more teal. This was made by my wonderful friend Jennifer Staack in Des Moines. Even with her crazy schedule, she was able to whip this up for me. 

Now, the shoes. I fell in love with these when I saw them on Modcloth.com and KNEW I had to have them. I found the glasses on Bleudame.com. These were actually the 2nd pair I purchased. The first pair weren't as true to the era. Most of the jewelery items I already owned. I happened to find the teal ring online just before our party, and bought it to add to the teal color I thought I needed as Mrs. Peacock. I added a peacock pendant to my own wedding necklace, and bought a second pendant so I could take off the dangling "feathers" to add to real peacock feather earrings that my mother has had since the 70's. The rhinestone bracelet was my grandmother's and I had worn that for my wedding too. Everything else I had. 

I found a teal faux fur wrap online at Express after the holidays in 2012, on clearance for $10. And the feathered fascinator on ebay. I added some feathers to it to make it even more crazy, since Mrs. Peacock in the movie had problems with feathers in her face. This was the most fun I had had at Halloween. We won 1st prize at VooDoo Lounge's costume contest and came in 3rd for an online costume contest against a bunch of college students. 

And here is the whole cast of Clue. Thank you Shane & Molly Kahler, David and Krista McNurlen, and of course, my husband Eric, best Colonel Mustard ever!