Baba Yaga is the legendary witch of Slavic folklore, particularly Russian fairy tales. She lives on the edge of the forest in a hut that stands and moves on chicken legs. Baba Yaga herself fills the hut from end to end, stretched out on her stove with her nose growing into the ceiling. She travels […]
Backers of our Kickstarter project will get to vote on which new costumes we do for 2013. This series of posts is designed to briefly introduce the many notable women and legendary figures we’ll be considering. Baba Yaga is the legendary witch of Slavic folklore, especially Russian fairy tales. She lives on the edge of […]
Prizes are here! A huge thank-you to everyone who participated in the contest. I’m in awe of all the beautiful costumes, the boundless creativity, and the warm sense of camaraderie in our little community. I was delighted to see so many familiar faces again and thrilled to welcome new participants to our contest. I will […]
Every year the entries to our contest get better and better. I want to give everyone a prize. So many beautiful costumes, so much creativity, so many agonizingly difficult decisions. I’m just in awe of all this heartfelt handiwork. Some of the categories were brutally competitive this year. If you didn’t win, don’t be discouraged! […]
Announcing the winners of our 2016 Costume Contest! Thank you so much for your patience in the wake of recent events. All the winners will be uploaded to our 2016 Costume Contest Winners album on Facebook. You can also review all the entries this year in our 2016 Costume Contest Album. The prizes track pretty […]
They’re here! The winners of our 2015 Costume Contest! Our contest was huge this year, and we were astounded by not only the number of entries but the quality and variety. They’re all in our Facebook album, which I invite you to marvel over: 2015 Costume Contest Album. And if you need a refresher on […]
We had over 200 entries to our costume contest this year, which was way more than we expected. That’s the kind of response big newspapers and magazines get when they run contests, though I daresay the level of quality of our entries was higher. But that just made the judging harder. To make it manageable, […]
Note: Winners have been posted here. Our costume contest last year was such fun that we’re going to do it again this year. And this time with more prizes! We’re thrilled to announce that five Amazon gift certificates have been donated for our costume contest this time. That means we can offer a prize in […]
For most of the world, the 2013 Halloween season is just starting. For us, the 2013 season has been going on for months, as we designed and published the new costumes funded by our Kickstarter campaign. This week we unveiled the last of the 19 new costumes with Baba Yaga and Hedy Lamarr. Here’s the […]
The results are in for the 7 new costumes! Today I’m going to tell you about the first 6 because those are easy; tomorrow I’ll tell you about the 7th place tiebreaker. Ready? The first 6 are easy because they were far and away the favorites. Interestingly, the voting pattern was the same both with […]
The official ballots have gone out to all our Kickstarter backers to vote on the 7 new costumes their support is making possible (that’s in addition to the 10 costumes already announced and the two special commissions). We’re also inviting all of our friends and fans to vote in an unofficial straw poll that’s open […]
If you’ve been following along you know that of the 19 new costumes we’re introducing this year, 7 are to be voted on by our Kickstarter backers and supporters. I think of those as the People’s Choice costumes. The way things are shaping up, we’re going to go ahead and try to get the voting […]
