I’ve got that morning-after glow.

Last night was the stuff of fantasy.  A wild, rollicking evening filled with role play, boundless imagination, secrets, and games galore.  I, no we, have been anticipating this for weeks, each quietly unfurling the salacious details in our heads with mounting excitement!

Beh, mind out of the gutter.  I’m talking about Halloween. Though, this was truly a Halloween of firsts for us both.

• Our costumes were entirely homemade.  With pleasure we doffed consumerism, and dawned the handcrafted.
• We collaborated, musing and executing a unified vision. Pure feel-good teamwork.

Seizing the Halloween spirit, the one that demands play, fluid thinking, and infinite dreaming, we unveiled ourselves as …drumroll…

The Costume

Pilot Dick Sully and World Class Attendant C. Harlotte Hudson.

Yes, we took the pilot of legend and, well, sullied his good name.  C’mon it begged for it!

The Process

The planning took us all over.  Ebay sleuthing turned up a real USAir pin and a bag of plastic wings. Don’t you remember the excitement of getting those as a kiddie?  So sad the airlines in a cost-saving measure gave this up, along with you know water and food.  The hubby found a vintage pilot’s hat, which received a lot of attention at last night’s party.  You could feel how well made it was and what dignity it must have brought to the man wearing it.  What an inadvertent, yet delightful way to channel the spirit of those before.

Round two brought us to the recently opened, first-ever Michael’s craft store in Manhattan. If you didn’t know that crafting has gained popularity, you should have seen the snaking lines and packed aisles when we went!  We collected a few yards of tinsely gold ribbon to embellish the pilot hat and suit cuffs.

Finally, I hauled my tush to Etsy Labs Open Craft Night (last Monday of every month) in Brooklyn to make medals honoring the sexploits – Mastered the Hudson, Mile High Marshall, Cum Fly the Friendly Skies -  of my highly decorated captain.  I had so much fun playing around with a button making contraption (proper name?) to simulate round medallions.  I also revisited the Janome sewing beast.  This Halloween I tamed it!  Granted, I was only sewing 5 stitches at the bottom of fabric that were ultimately going to be covered by the button medals, but hey I’m going to just pat myself on the back.

The Outcome

The feel-good emotions that well up when you have seen something through from conception to completion is the high we’re riding on this morning.  That and a Snickers-Crunch bar overload.

You got a Halloween High?