Thrift Shopping

On Friday, the three of us, plus a couple friends who wanted to help, went thrift shopping for costumes and set pieces! After a couple hours of searching through racks of clothes and shelves of strange items, we found what we were looking for.

A candid I took of Kristen while we were shopping. 

Ash and her new mannequin pal.

Kristen posing with the $8 pot/cauldron we ended up buying.

Kristen with our cart of potential costumes and props.

We didn't end up buying all of this, but these were the items we initially picked out.

We had a lot of fun looking for costume pieces and props that fit the time period and plot, plus our total was less than $35, which we split between the three of us.

This is the costume we ended up creating, for a total of around $13. (Including the dress, apron, and shoes)

We went to the thrift store with a vague idea of what we wanted her dress to look like. We knew we wanted warm colors, because they seem inviting and friendly, and settled on this red polka-dot collared dress. Attempting to emulate the style of the stereotypical housewife of the 50's and 60's, we found a bright, floral, orange and red scarf, which we fashioned into an apron. The shoes were picked out by our actor, Bernie, they are meant to fit with the character, without being too distracting.

P.S. Correction on my last post, the character's past lover is not from the Salem Witch Trials, she's actually from the early/mid-1800s, oops.