Neat Shirt Tutorial

If you're like me and you really hate the high-collar aspect of t-shirts, but love their comfort, I've found a great tutorial that teaches you how to combine the best elements of a button-down and a t-shirt.

Head over to Cut Out + Keep for an awesome tutorial on how to make this comfortable, classy shirt.

Sale on Formals at Great Lengths

And, we're back. Sorry again for the extended hiatus, but I promise that December will be full of fun winter-appropriate tips and tricks. Today I would like to share with you the news that Great Lengths Shorts is having a sale on their formal dresses - 20% off of already modestly-priced dresses. For those of you planning on a winter formal, winter ball, or New Year's dance, you might want to take advantage of this awesome sale. Here are a few of my favorites. Click on each image for pricing and ordering information.

Taking November Off

I think what it's come down to, folks, is that I cannot handle too many things at once. I've decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month this month, so I am trying to channel all of my creative forces toward that. That means I will not be posting on this site throughout the month of November. So, while there will be no Modestify posts, you are more than welcome to mosey over to nanowrimoexperiment.blogspot.com and see how things are going, maybe leave an encouraging comment or two. Thanks for putting up with me!

Last-Minute Ideas: Twilight Costumes

So, sorry for the lack of postage lately. I have been busily working away at building our costumes for this Friday. It has not been easy, but I think we're going to pull through this with something decent. (I promise to post pictures.) Hopefully, none of you are such bad procrastinators as I am, and you've had your Halloween costumes since Nov. 1 of last year. But for those of you who are more like me, here are a few last-minute ideas for Halloween costumes:

The Twilight Theme

I debated for a while about this one, just because I am not the biggest fan of the novels. I don't hate them - I just don't love them. But I figure the Twilight series would make for a great Halloween theme (what with all the vampires and werewolves and all that), so I decided to just go ahead and shoot off some ideas:

Bella
Be Bella at the prom from Twilight by simply wearing your old prom or formal dress. Bring crutches. Carry a sign that says "I hate Forks" or "I wanna be a vampire when I grow up." Ok, the signs are silly, but the prom dress idea is a good one. I'm sure of it.
Be Bella from New Moon by wearing a motorcycle jacket.
Be Bella the bride from Breaking Dawn by wearing a wedding dress, or by going all vampy with white/pale makeup, glitter all over you, and dramatic eye makeup. You could probably wear anything dramatic.

Edward
Be Edward (or convince your best guy to be Edward) by wearing pale makeup, glitter, and very dark/dramatic/semi-preppy clothes.


Cullens
I am of the opinion that the best costume would be to go with a bunch of friends/family as the entire Cullen family. Basically, look hot. :P No, seriously, pale makeup, your best dark clothes. Pick your character and try to fit the description the best you can - Here's a movie pic for inspiration.



Jacob
My favorite character of them all. I really don't know how you could pull off Jacob, unless you really wanted to go the whole werewolf route. Or you know - look hot.

Well, those are my ideas. Anyone else have some brilliant suggestions? The best thing about the Twilight costumes is they can be pulled off with little to no monetary investment, and very little time. Just... you know, look hot.

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Ghost busters!

I've always been very much intrigued by the idea of getting your family/friends together and all dressing up in some kind of team costume. When I was fourteen, I went as the Tin Man, one friend was Dorothy, another was the Scarecrow, and our other friend was a Cow. We also had a nerd in attendance. So, while I haven't always had much success with this idea (though, this year will be different!) that doesn't mean you can't!

Instructables member Honus has an awesome tutorial on how to make yourself and all your friends into an elite team of evil-fighting Ghost Busters!




Warning: This tutorial is not for the faint at heart!