…and crows and owls and mice and and and…. So many last minute and ‘small’ roles had to be sorted, some I’ve mentioned along the way. The crows were made using the fab PDF download I bought from Wintercroft Designs The three masks took me about four hours to assemble, as they are quite detailed. … Continue reading Oz Coz #9- And your little dog too!…
I left the scarecrows until almost the last stage, as after all, I only needed old clothes, some patches, and ‘straw’. I’ve already mentioned how I decided to make the wigs from craft foam ‘caps’ and lengths of raffia sewn onto strips of cloth, then glued to the foam. The boy one, complete with ‘manga’ … Continue reading Oz Coz #8- grasping at straws!
The wizard… The drama teacher had only supplied me with a few images to start me off, and she was very keen on the wizard having a gold cloak, like the one Whoopi Goldberg wears in ‘Ghost’. While hunting in Barry’s warehouse, I found some fabulously liquid metallic fabrics, for only £2/m, one being this … Continue reading Oz Coz #7: A whizz of a wiz
Time for the lion suit! Although the two kids laying the lion have a height difference of about 6″, I decided to go with a shared costume, which surprisingly worked, as the girl had longer legs, the boy had longer torso, it averaged out fine! I found some nice lion-coloured fleece on eBay for a … Continue reading Oz Coz #6 :In the Roar…
Wicked Witches, Fairy style! No pointy hats, no broomstick, I want glamour and sass. Engineering research? Definitely! Inspired by these costume patterns, I went for a rummage in stash and found plenty of remnants of black fabrics: I still have quite a lot of the very cheap peach-skin textured stuff from the rag market … Continue reading Oz Coz #5: What a World!
…well sort of. I keep telling myself my list is down to one page, crossing several things off, then thinking of more ‘small’ jobs to do to improve things. Sigh. I was doing very well last week, using up all my gain time at work making or sorting or laundering things. The rail is filling … Continue reading Oz Coz #4.7 The end is nigh…
AAARGH I very rarely glance at the wordpress ‘reader’ option to look at the blogs I follow, relying on email notifications….I popped in this afternoon and found MONTHS of posts which I haven’t seen any notification for. MONTHS. If any of my faves thought I’d dropped out of chatting distance, please be assured I’m reading … Continue reading WTF WordPress/Bloglovin’ etc?
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