As the post Halloween sadness kicks in I always find it helps me get through it by updating my Freaky Fanatics with my holiday shenanigans. As most of you know from my past posts, Halloween is also mine and my husband Frank’s wedding anniversary. This year we have been together 26 years but hit a milestone of being married for 15 of them. To celebrate, we decided to take a special road trip and escaped to a magical week long getaway at the Ancient Lore Village in Tennessee. We decided to go in September when the weather was more promising and had the most magical stay!
To say we did not want to leave would be an understatement. Getting back into the swing of the real world took a little getting used to because we felt so in our element when we were there.
Halloween crept up on us quickly, though, and although we have been having out-of-the-norm warmer temps here in the Midwest, it ended up being a sunny but very chilly and windy Samhain here in the Chicagoland area. As I always say, though, you have to count the blessings where you can find them. For instance, last year it snowed, and because of that, I was not able to wear the costume I worked really hard on for months leading up to Halloween. The costume has literally been hanging in my art room, and I have been gawking at it for a year now, waiting for the opportunity to wear it. So when I saw clear skies were in the forecast, I didn’t complain about the cold or the wind because I could finally wear the costume and also cross another one of my favorite Jim Henson characters off my costume bucket list.
So here I am. The Jim Henson geek that you all know and love dancing my cares away and channeling my inner spirit animal fraggle, Mokey ✨️🧘♀️🎨✍️💗✨️…
📸 Pictured here with me are my nephew Michael 🧙♂️ and my nieces Violet 🦊⚔️ and Kayla
As you can tell I was super excited to finally wear the costume and was so relieved the headpiece held up even in windy conditions. Having used thermal lined leggings for the arms and legs and a blanket for constructing part of the body it actually kept me toasty warm! Now that you can see the costume, you can understand why I didn’t risk wearing it last year in fear that the wet, blowing snow could’ve destroyed the headpiece.
Just like when I transformed myself into a lifesize Mrs. Dr. Teeth a few moons prior, it really put into perspective and had me dreaming about what it must be like for the folks who get to bring these amazing characters to life at the Jim Henson Creature Shop.
I have to admit this is definitely now on my list of one of my favorite costumes I have attempted and there have been MANY! You can see a few of them featured on the Skinned page of my portfolio website.
Hmm now what to be next year?! 🤔
Stay Spooky & Magical!
LDG Nicole
