Since I'm so late in getting this giveaway posted I will keep the comments open until 6 pm tomorrow night and then post tomorrow's giveaway afterwards. Karsten is under the weather and getting the photo taken for tonight's giveaway just didn't happen until he went to bed and we ate dinner. Such is life of a Mommy!!!
Today's giveaway is one of my favorite things---a small Vera Bradley make up bag in the Suzani pattern. I LOVE this pattern so much that I have the scarf, which can be seen in the adoption photos.
To enter: Leave your name in the comments section of THIS post and tell me what your favorite Halloween costume was as a child. My costumes were always "homemade" and I always loved being Laura Ingalls!
I have always remembered being a giant red M&M and Maid Marian! Both were homemade costumes, how funny.
Posted by: Kate Balbin | October 25, 2011 at 08:59 PM
I had so many great ones. AND my mom always made them... One year my mom made a Princess Lea costume. Complete with a gold braided rope and the buns in my hair. SO FUN!!!!
Posted by: amy | October 25, 2011 at 09:30 PM
It will come as NO surprise to you, my friend, I always had to be a princess, a queen, a ballet dancer, etc...something super girly. My mom was big on Halloween, one year she did a haunted house in our garage...she even had a cauldron with dry ice making smoke...so this old woman comes up the driveway wanting to read my fortune, I ran screaming into the house only to find out later it was my Nana!! LOL. Too funny!
Posted by: Danice Oliver | October 25, 2011 at 09:35 PM
My favorite costume as a child was Cinderella, and thanks to my friend, Hannah, my daughter will be Cinderella as well this year! (My costume was bought at Spicer's, but my daughter's is beautifully handmade)--Michele Pasbrig
Posted by: D | October 25, 2011 at 09:48 PM
Oh this is so hard...I think my favorite costume as a child was when my mom made me a clown costume. I loved it! My brother was also a clown only his costume was opposite of mine. We looked adorable and I think we won some award in our neighborhood. My costumes were also always homemade. So when my girls were little I made all their costumes. My favorite for them was when I made Emily an elephant costume or maybe it was when Chelsea was an Egyptian princess. I made my sister a matching costume so they looked so cute together. Thanks for the memory trip!
Posted by: becki | October 25, 2011 at 10:07 PM
My favorite costume was a "Kansas" cowgirl complete with a vest with the map of Kansas on the back, cowgirl skirt and requisite "Dale Rogers" pistols with white "leather" holster. What can I say -- my grandmother was an overachiever!
Posted by: Mary Hardt | October 25, 2011 at 10:39 PM
I remember going into Dad's closet and grabbing the biggest clothes I could find. Instant hobo!
Posted by: Debbie Adams | October 25, 2011 at 10:41 PM
I loved the simple little sewed ones like a cat
Posted by: Katy Gump | October 25, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Tying colorful, flowing scarves to a belt was the beginnings of a gypsy in the making! Loved it!
Posted by: Beverly Harrison | October 26, 2011 at 07:56 AM
My favorite costume was a Morton's Sale Box. My mother made it out of a box and painted it just like the box looked. This was about 45 years ago.
Posted by: Karen Kessen | October 26, 2011 at 08:22 AM
My mom used to always put my sister and I in footed solid colored pajamas with a bunny tail and ears. It was my favorite! Now my 7 year old son thinks he should wear footed pajamas to school on pajama day :)
Posted by: Samantha | October 26, 2011 at 08:29 AM
My favorite costume was when I was a witch in the 3rd grade. I remember this horrible green mask with black hair attached. I won a ribbon for the ugliest costume. :o)
Posted by: Melissa Sheeley | October 26, 2011 at 08:56 AM
Once Grandma dressed me up like a cowgirl and your Dad (my brother) was a cowboy. He still has his guns that he wore. We always had to trick or treat together when I was little. I loved my hat the most.
Posted by: Karol balbin | October 26, 2011 at 10:02 AM
It's hard to pick between Cleopatra and Wonderwoman :)
Posted by: Christine | October 26, 2011 at 12:22 PM
My favorite costume was the year I was a native American princess and my younger sister was a cowgirl...haha!
Posted by: Chelsea | October 26, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Not a costume as a kid, but last year's costume... a bingo card! A winning bingo card, of course! Seriously fun costume :)
Posted by: Chelsea O. | October 26, 2011 at 04:28 PM
My favorite was the year I was a ghost. My mom offered to make my sister and I whatever costume we wanted. My sister picked a bunny, and my mom worked for weeks on sewing this entire bunny outfit from the ears down to the feet. When I picked the ghost, she took a sheet and cut out the eyes! Ha ha!
Posted by: kaciemckenna@yahoo.com | October 26, 2011 at 04:52 PM