Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Simon the Fish

posted by micah    « 16 Comments »    tied to Uncategorized   

Sorry this is a bit late, but, as can be seen in our last post, Simon really likes to play with our camera. The moment he hears it turn on he runs straight for it and ruins any shot we were about to take. Due to this and poor lighting, we didn’t get any good pictures of his costume during the Halloween festivities. Luckily for us, however, today was a beautiful day for a photo shoot and his costume still fit. So, without further delay, here is what we did with all of our free time proceeding the 31st.In case you were wondering, we made it out of an old moving blanket which we dyed (for the darker fins and eyes) and cut up. The felt was great because it didn’t require any hemming and gave it a nice, almost japanese paperish look. We then used some pajamas from Goodwill as the “frame” which we sewed everything onto. It turned out pretty well. The only problem was that the hood wouldn’t stay up, but it almost looked better down, anyway.

Comments

  1. Chris says:
    November 9, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    Simon is the cutest fish I have ever seen in my entire life. I must say it is really creative. Simon is just too cute.

  2. Stephanie J. Robertson says:
    November 10, 2008 at 4:28 am

    i bow down before you. seriously.

    you guys MADE THAT?!?!

    i shouldnt be surprised, but come on people. could you guys be any more creative, fresh, hip and/or cool?

    i didnt think so. move over french chef, for reals.

  3. Melissa says:
    November 10, 2008 at 7:35 am

    I love that you made that! and I love just as much that you made it out of a blanket! Before you said what you made it out of, I was like “I bet all that wool felt was EXPENSIVE” But then you made it out of an old blanket! the best costume of the year and also so affordable!!

    I’m not surprised, you are the craftiest duo I know.

  4. lizzie says:
    November 10, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Let’s be honest here. I did nothing. Credit goes 100% to Micah. He designed it, gathered the materials (well, I found the pajamas at Goodwill), cut up the blanket, dyed the fabric, and sewed it all together.

    He has more craftiness in his little finger than I have in my entire body. :)

  5. Emily says:
    November 10, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Simon is so adorable and that costume is amazing! Great job!

  6. Danielle says:
    November 10, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    I am totally in awe of this costume. Micah has way too much talent for it to be fair to the rest of us. Simon is totally cute and the costume rocks. Thanks Micah for giving the rest of us a complex… :-)

  7. Rachel says:
    November 10, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    That is so cute. You never cease to amaze me with your creativity.

  8. Jodie says:
    November 10, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    I agree with Danielle. You give the rest of us a complex, Micah. Especially those of us who are lame at thinking up Halloween costumes—I stitched a jack-o-lantern face on an orange sweatshirt and called it good for Clark. :) Just remind my kids never to go trick-or-treating with yours! :) Just kidding, I think this is awesome.

  9. diana palmer says:
    November 11, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    two things:

    1.Holy Awesome of all holies (i love you simon and your cute face and your amazing fish hood!)

    2. please ship costume immediately to me immediately to use in endless amount of photographs. i’ll credit you and keep it in good, okay, decent, condition.

  10. lizzie says:
    November 11, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    I would very much like to see what you would do with the little fish, Diana. Hmmm . . . if only we’d made two of them, I would ship one of them today. (and when i say “we” I mean “micah.) Sigh.

  11. Missy says:
    November 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    SOO stinkin’ cute! Well done guys! Can’t wait to see you all at Christmas!

  12. Tysha says:
    November 13, 2008 at 5:21 am

    SO CUTE!

  13. Sarah says:
    November 13, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    Oh my goodness. If I don’t have the cutest nephew in the world, I don’t know who does. Awesome work guys, he is adorable!

  14. meg says:
    November 13, 2008 at 8:01 pm

    great costume! and cute little guy inside too.

  15. Treston & Shelley says:
    November 14, 2008 at 6:26 am

    As if I need to say it, because it has been said 14 times already, but that is way adorable!! Very impressive. AND, Simon is the cutest. Those pictures are some that you should enlarge way huge, and hang up somewhere. Especially that last one. Cute, cute, cute!!!

  16. sanpo says:
    December 12, 2008 at 3:05 am

    Sorry, I haven’t been visiting here in a long time… but just can’t help to say the fish costume is AMAZing! I love fish!

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