Creating the Corpse Bride Cosplay! First - The Veil

 

My youngest recently watched 2 movies for the first time. She saw The Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas. She fell in love Sally and with Emily. Wanted me to bring those characters to life in costumes she could wear this year. Emily the Corpse Bride for Halloween. Sally for the Christmas event. So, let me show you how the journey went!

We had a veil that my mom had sent ages ago for the girls to play with. I gave it a paint job (even with some glow-in-the-dark paint).

Blue on the flowers, gray around the edges, and made some parts glow!

Sadly, you can't really see the glowing in the photos I took, but I'm trying. It could probably use more grey, but my daughter fell in love and that was good enough for me! 

 

 The final reveal! 

Saying YES to this dress! 

It had to be bride-like, but also be child-appropriate.  And the last criteria? Well, it needed to be affordable. Because I had to be okay with ripping and painting it up. Thankfully, I found the perfect little dress that was half off - costing me only $4! In my next post, I'm gonna show you the alterations and painting that I did to make this look like Emily's wedding dress.