Eve's Grass Hat

Tonight is Halloween. Abby is going to be a flapper and Eve is going to be grass. You know, the stuff that lawns are made of. Getting Abby's costume together was not too challenging -- mostly this required combing our collective closets for appropriate garments. It helped greatly that I had the perfect dress and that Abby already had a navy wool cloche. Our only purchase was a long string of pinkish pearls. Fortunately Outlet in Hiroo came through for us.

Eve's costume, on the other hand, required some creative handiwork. Eve started with a length of fake grass purchased at the Cainz home center in Minakami. With Francia's help, Eve turned the pseudo-greenery into a cape and matching mini-skirt. There is even a square left over that will become Pippi's place mat in the country. Eve paired her custom garments with her "Green is the New Black" tee shirt and emerald tights, also procured at Outlet. (What would we do without Outlet?) I helped the cause by concocting Eve's head wear, pictured above and below. This entailed stapling strips of plastic sushi garnish together and affixing them in a spiral-ish pattern to a leftover party hat. Not bad.