Thrift Store Dress to Costume

My sister-in-law was the master mind behind this one - at least the first one.  Elise wanted to dress up for RenFest and Mandy needed a costume for a tutorial on her craft blog, so for me it was a win/win.  We found the dress at the thrift store. 

Since Mandy already wrote a detailed tutorial, I'm going to send you there: Elise's Costume

 
I also found this wedding dress and later wished I didn't cut it because had seen a great witches costume made from a wedding dress afterward, but I thought I'd like a corset so I cut off the bottom of the dress (which only cost me $.47 so it was ok to cut, I promise) and dye it brown.  Unfortunately it came out grey instead, but Elise put it on top of her big dress  to wear another time.