Costumes

So, our house has a whole room of costumes. But it's not about just dressing up as specific characters; it's having pieces that can be mixed and matched, modified and made, to create a new character as the situation requires. A keen observer might note that many parts of the costumes below are the same, used in different ways. And it is not just for Halloween, but festivals, movies, projects, parties. It's fun getting dressed up! :)

Halloween 2000, Anna made me a St. Pauli Girl costume. Anna, converted Stacey, herself, and me into the Power Puff Girls (Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup) for Halloween 2001.

My winning scary costume at Hyseq makes use of SBHS band and winter guard props. Halloween 2001

Victorian style lingerie. April 2002

Photos at Burning Man. Belaying for a balloon project, 2002. With Chiara at the burn, 2003. (photos by others)

My tattoo dressed up in a dragon by All That Glitters Face Paint. I really love this picture by Chrysa. 2003

Shannon made tails for us all for Year Of The Monkey... here I, Shannon, and Anna are avoiding evil. January 2004.

Opening night of Serenity! Zoe/Anna, Inara/Dawn, Simon/Patri, Book/Jerome, Kaylee/Shannon, Jayne/Rob. September 2005. Picture by Anna.

We at the ABL are well able to blend into the Harry Potter scene on opening night of Goblet of Fire. November 2005. Picture by Anna.

Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest. Joe, Sahana, Darryl, Rob, Megan, John, Dawn, Anna. July 2006. Picture by Anna.

We dress up for the Dickens Fair. With Rob and Anna, 2006, photo by Matt. With Angela, 2007. My family! Mike, Phaedra, Angela, Aurora, Phil, 2018.

Acclarent Summer Picnic, July 2010, nautical theme. I once was a sailor, but our boat was taken by pirates. It seemed like a decent life, so I took up the pirate way. But then it looked as if many might get wet, so I donned my bathing gown.


Acclarent was really into Halloween. A group of us were Kiss in 2011. I was The Catman drummer.


Our product at Acclarent was the Relieva Scout. For Halloween 2012, Jess and I made our whole team custom sashes with individual badges for what each person did on the project.

A group at Intuitive has a theme for Halloween every year. In 2017 it was Nintendo, so I was Link. In 2019, it was villains, and I was Harley Quinn. The Accessories team also designed a t-shirt with images of our products, so I incorporated that.

I have participated in several photo art projects, some described on RawBanana.org, and have been Kaylee, a horse, a hound, a telegraph operator, and others. Photos by Anna.