Lego Movie Costume DIY

For Hallowe'en Corbin and I were invited to a Will Ferrell themed party and it seemed like doing a costume together would be the most fun. I scoured Will's IMDB and found a lot of strong contenders but based on our mutual adoration for a certain movie, there was one clear winner:

Lord Business and Princess Unikitty from The Lego Movie.

This seemed perfect for us and a fun opportunity for some arts & crafts. I picked up some paint, brushes and bristol board and Corbin helped secure the right sized cardboard boxes and a 72 hour marathon of building and painting began!

Corbin and I make a great team (probably because everything is awesome when you're part of a team) and it was a joint effort to bring both costumes to life. Princess Unikitty was outfitted with a hockey helmet inside to keep everything stable, while Lord Business had a fedora strapped to some cardboard to stay put. My tail was made from cardboard and bristol board and then attached to a belt for wearing. After building the structures we painted the faces and pieces and added costume pieces to bring everything together. The end result was pretty fantastic!

Taking public transit in our costumes was maybe not the best choice (having peripheral vision comes in handy while trying to hold on on the bus), but we got to the party safely. Everyone loved our costumes and later it was funny to chat with people who didn't know that it was us inside. It was also humorous to observe people checking us out without realizing that we could fully see them doing so from inside the masks. 

There's more footage of Corbin dancing out there, but this will suffice for now. Side note: Part of the hilarious...

Posted by Ashley Gibson on Sunday, November 1, 2015

Watching Corbin dance as Lord Business was pretty epic and hilarious.

All of the work was definitely worth it and we had a fun night at the party. The walk home was also pretty great (we decided that taking the bus a second time was a bit too risky seeing that it would likely be even more crowded and by that time people would be more intoxicated and we weren't sure that we'd fit in an Uber with our giant heads + my tail) Folks who hadn't seen the movie would shout things like "LEGO MAN" and people who were familiar with the movie started losing their minds over Princess Unikitty, even singing to me about Cloud Cuckoo Land. Totally made my night!!

It was definitely a Hallowe'en to remember and I had such a blast creating our costumes with Corbin! That being said, I'm going to appreciate taking the bus this week without a massive head complete with 18 inch horn. So. Much. Safer!

I hope you had a super fun and creative Halloween!!

PS - If you haven't yet seen the Lego Movie, you should make that happen. 

My current iPhone app loves

I switched over from Blackberry to iPhone about a year and a half ago and I have to say, I love my iPhone. It seems so silly to love a piece of technology, but my iPhone replaced functionality of a bunch of other devices (camera, dictaphone and phone) and smooshed them all into one happy fun package. I don't have a crazy amount of apps, but I wanted to write about a few that I'm really loving at the moment!

Instagram

I think Instagram was the first app I downloaded (and maybe one of the reasons I wanted an iPhone in the first place) and it's still consistently one of my faves. I love sharing photos and liking/commenting on the photos of everyone I follow! Like many, I'm guilty of posting many selfies, food photos and pictures of cats, but it's still a tonne of fun. And free! Follow me to see all of the above coupled with outfit photos and random snippets of my life

A Beautiful Mess

I don't think I've ever been more excited for an app to come out! I practically squealed when I found this in the App store bright and early yesterday morning and then had a blast exploring its functionality all day. Emma and Elsie of A Beautiful Mess have created an awesome photo editing / embellishing app that oozes cute, sweet and functional.

I can't stop playing with it! There are some really lovely filters, fonts and doodles you can add to your heart's content and additional content that is available in the app to purchase. 

My little sister sent me this quote yesterday and it only seemed fitting to add it atop some cherry blossoms and make it extra pretty. Great words to live by.

I also had a mini fangirl moment yesterday when both Elsie and Emma liked some of my photos that I had tagged with #aBeautifulMess(!!!)

If you follow me on Instagram, you can expect to see lots more of it. I seriously can't stop.Love. This. App.

Robot Unicorn Attack 2 

Come on, customizing a unicorn? WHO DOESN'T WANT TO CUSTOMIZE A UNICORN!?

It's easy enough to figure out the controls (jump and dash) and it's pretty addictive. I'm currently at Level 12 (a Marvelous Mare) and it's a silly, fun way to pass the time on the subway. And it's free! And I've heard more content is coming!! So many wins. AND unicorn customization.

So those are a few of my current faves for my iPhone. I would love to hear about some of your favourite apps or check out some of your photos on Instagram! Be sure to tell me about them in the comments below!

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