Free, Creative Halloween Costume Ideas
From Sherri Osborn,
Your Guide to Family Crafts.
Halloween will be here before you know it. Have you figured out what your Halloween costume will be?
If you have your Halloween costume picked out already, share your idea with everyone using this form! If you are still trying to find a Halloween costume, give some of these creative ideas a try; find easy and inexpensive homemade costumes for everyone!
You can make costumes out of a variety of items you may already have at home:
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or purchase your costume from FancyFlappers.com. Unique, Complete, and Affordable.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Saturday, May 05, 2007
"Jazzamatazz" 6th Official Regional Convention Red Hat Society
The Red Hat Society promises to paint the town red and purple at this years "Chicago" convention. The theme? Razzle-dazzle "Chicago" of course. Flappers and jazz, Gangsters and hooch, and everything Roaring 20's.
Please be sure to take a look at my red and purple flapper dress costumes. All costumes are complete with accessories and totally UNIQUE! See www.FancyFlappers.com for the most current Red Hat ensembles.
Please be sure to take a look at my red and purple flapper dress costumes. All costumes are complete with accessories and totally UNIQUE! See www.FancyFlappers.com for the most current Red Hat ensembles.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
1920's Themed Proms
Yes, there are 1920's themed proms. A bunch of juniors and seniors dressed in their finest Roaring 20's flapper dresses. Haven't gotten yours? Need it in a hurry? Be sure to check Fancy Flappers Unique Costumes.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Businesses Growing Together
Welcome to Businesses Growing Together. We are a network of sellers who specialize in online sales and are dedicated to helping each others businesses grow by referring current customers to each other. Our high level of standards to join our network ensure that we only deal with quality sellers and this gives us the confidence to pass those sellers on as referrals to our customers. Businesses Growing Together is all about EXPOSING YOURSELF to online shoppers!
If you are a seller we invite you to join our network. Please read the information regarding participation by clicking here.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
FancyFlappers.com in the News
FancyFlappers.com in the News
Online Yard Sale Fever Expands Around Houston
Written by Administrator
Houston, Texas: Most people have heard of Ebay, but have you ever heard of an online yard sale? Kingwood residents certainly have and the success of KingwoodYardSales.com is currently spreading to other areas around Houston.
KingwoodYardSales.com is the brainchild of brothers Adam and Austin Allgaier, who developed the site in 2004 to give their wives a venue to get their yard sale fix, even though they live in Kingwood, where garage sales are prohibited.
Since its launch, the site has grown to over 4 million page views per month with over 25,000 unique visitors and has developed a cult following in Kingwood and the surrounding areas. The Allgaier brothers have launched sites in sister sites in the Houston suburbs of Conroe, The Woodlands, Spring, Cleveland, Cyfair, Katy, Baytown, Sugarland, Pasadena, Pearland, and League City.
"We wanted the experience to be similar to going to a real yard sale where buyers could come back each day and see what was new," said Adam Allgaier. Allgaier is a daily browser himself and peruses new listings every morning.
Visitors to the site can browse through the variety of offerings from area residents. Interested buyers can send a message to the seller requesting more information or to schedule a time for pick-up. Those wanting to sell items can sign up for a free account and list up to ten items at a time for sale. Premiere listing are available for only $7.95 per month and allow unlimited listings, bold item titles, expanded descriptions and photos in the listings.
Users of Kingwood Yard Sales come from all walks of life, but they all enjoy turning that unwanted item hanging around the house into extra cash and finding a good deal. Some sellers just post an item here or there. Others turn it into a business.
Sheryl Enright is one of those who has turned KYS selling into a side business. A year and a half ago, Enright heard about KYS through the grapevine. She quickly became one of the sites most prolific sellers as love4bdd and her KYS sales have rivaled her Ebay sales, where she has been a powerseller for five years.
Enright brought neighbor, Sade DeBoer, into the KYS fold as well. Sade uses a variety of online venues to promote her handmade costumes which she sells online at http://www.fancyflappers.com/. Beyond listing her costumes on all of the yard sale sites including those out of state, DeBoer uses her seller profile, Sade, to generate awareness for her own online shop. She has seen a significant increase in traffic to her site since selling on the yard sales family of sites.
KingwoodYardSales.com has become the online sales venue of choice for both Enright and Sade due to the low cost, ease of listing, and no shipping. Rather than per listing and per transaction fees, premiere accounts are only $7.95 per month. The friends turn that into zero cost by taking advantage of the offer of a free premiere account for users who promote the site. "Even without the free account, a six month membership would still only be a fraction of what I pay in weekly Ebay fees," stated Enright.
Other sellers use the site to clear the clutter from their homes. Barbara Erwin, known as BBQBarbie, and Rhonda Schnitz, CAS, both live in Kingwood villages that prohibit garage sales. They turn to KingwoodYardSales.com to get rid of unwanted items.
The discovery of the site came at an opportune time for Erwin, who was unable to work outside of the home due to an injury. Her KYS sales gave her an opportunity to make extra money as well as clear out her garage after moving to a new home. "It's wonderful that the Allgaiers have given us this site and the opportunity to make money," stated Erwin, "It's been a real blessing."
For those interesting in giving an online yard sale a whirl, a recurring refrain among successful KYS sellers is "pictures sell." "Get the premiere account," Enright advises new sellers. Erwin agrees and adds, "Be honest in your descriptions and you'll have happy buyers."
The face-to-face interaction during the transaction has created many friendships among KingwoodYardSales.com users. Enright, Sade, and Schnitz are all part of a Bunco group made up of people met through KYS sales. Erwin and Schnitz have made many new friends through repeat buyers from the site.
Some buyers on KingwoodYardSales.com are looking for a specific item and take advantage of the city-wide search function. Others browse the listings religiously looking for that yet to be found great deal. One such buyer is Veronica Galbreath. Galbreath visits the site daily, "you never know what is going to be out there," she states.
Her tips for finding that perfect item: "Refresh, Refresh, Refresh," referring to the fact that over 2,000 items are posted daily. Items move off the front page so quickly that some may be missed unless the browser cache is refreshed.
"Keep it short and sweet." Galbreath insists that she has missed out on great deals by minutes because she was too lengthy in her inquiry email. Her last piece of advice is to "say that you want it and show up when you say." The secret to the success of KingwoodYardSales.com may be found in a statement by Galbreath, "what one person may not want, another person may need."
The next time you want to clear out that cluttered closet, make a little extra cash, or find a great deal, visit the yard sale site nearest you.
KingwoodYardSales.com is the hub of an online network of classified and for sale sites. Free and premiere memberships are available. For more information, visit www.kingwoodyardsales.com. For a full listing of yard sale sites in the Houston area, visit www.kingwoodyardsales.com/houston.jsp.
Online Yard Sale Fever Expands Around Houston
Written by Administrator
Houston, Texas: Most people have heard of Ebay, but have you ever heard of an online yard sale? Kingwood residents certainly have and the success of KingwoodYardSales.com is currently spreading to other areas around Houston.
KingwoodYardSales.com is the brainchild of brothers Adam and Austin Allgaier, who developed the site in 2004 to give their wives a venue to get their yard sale fix, even though they live in Kingwood, where garage sales are prohibited.
Since its launch, the site has grown to over 4 million page views per month with over 25,000 unique visitors and has developed a cult following in Kingwood and the surrounding areas. The Allgaier brothers have launched sites in sister sites in the Houston suburbs of Conroe, The Woodlands, Spring, Cleveland, Cyfair, Katy, Baytown, Sugarland, Pasadena, Pearland, and League City.
"We wanted the experience to be similar to going to a real yard sale where buyers could come back each day and see what was new," said Adam Allgaier. Allgaier is a daily browser himself and peruses new listings every morning.
Visitors to the site can browse through the variety of offerings from area residents. Interested buyers can send a message to the seller requesting more information or to schedule a time for pick-up. Those wanting to sell items can sign up for a free account and list up to ten items at a time for sale. Premiere listing are available for only $7.95 per month and allow unlimited listings, bold item titles, expanded descriptions and photos in the listings.
Users of Kingwood Yard Sales come from all walks of life, but they all enjoy turning that unwanted item hanging around the house into extra cash and finding a good deal. Some sellers just post an item here or there. Others turn it into a business.
Sheryl Enright is one of those who has turned KYS selling into a side business. A year and a half ago, Enright heard about KYS through the grapevine. She quickly became one of the sites most prolific sellers as love4bdd and her KYS sales have rivaled her Ebay sales, where she has been a powerseller for five years.
Enright brought neighbor, Sade DeBoer, into the KYS fold as well. Sade uses a variety of online venues to promote her handmade costumes which she sells online at http://www.fancyflappers.com/. Beyond listing her costumes on all of the yard sale sites including those out of state, DeBoer uses her seller profile, Sade, to generate awareness for her own online shop. She has seen a significant increase in traffic to her site since selling on the yard sales family of sites.
KingwoodYardSales.com has become the online sales venue of choice for both Enright and Sade due to the low cost, ease of listing, and no shipping. Rather than per listing and per transaction fees, premiere accounts are only $7.95 per month. The friends turn that into zero cost by taking advantage of the offer of a free premiere account for users who promote the site. "Even without the free account, a six month membership would still only be a fraction of what I pay in weekly Ebay fees," stated Enright.
Other sellers use the site to clear the clutter from their homes. Barbara Erwin, known as BBQBarbie, and Rhonda Schnitz, CAS, both live in Kingwood villages that prohibit garage sales. They turn to KingwoodYardSales.com to get rid of unwanted items.
The discovery of the site came at an opportune time for Erwin, who was unable to work outside of the home due to an injury. Her KYS sales gave her an opportunity to make extra money as well as clear out her garage after moving to a new home. "It's wonderful that the Allgaiers have given us this site and the opportunity to make money," stated Erwin, "It's been a real blessing."
For those interesting in giving an online yard sale a whirl, a recurring refrain among successful KYS sellers is "pictures sell." "Get the premiere account," Enright advises new sellers. Erwin agrees and adds, "Be honest in your descriptions and you'll have happy buyers."
The face-to-face interaction during the transaction has created many friendships among KingwoodYardSales.com users. Enright, Sade, and Schnitz are all part of a Bunco group made up of people met through KYS sales. Erwin and Schnitz have made many new friends through repeat buyers from the site.
Some buyers on KingwoodYardSales.com are looking for a specific item and take advantage of the city-wide search function. Others browse the listings religiously looking for that yet to be found great deal. One such buyer is Veronica Galbreath. Galbreath visits the site daily, "you never know what is going to be out there," she states.
Her tips for finding that perfect item: "Refresh, Refresh, Refresh," referring to the fact that over 2,000 items are posted daily. Items move off the front page so quickly that some may be missed unless the browser cache is refreshed.
"Keep it short and sweet." Galbreath insists that she has missed out on great deals by minutes because she was too lengthy in her inquiry email. Her last piece of advice is to "say that you want it and show up when you say." The secret to the success of KingwoodYardSales.com may be found in a statement by Galbreath, "what one person may not want, another person may need."
The next time you want to clear out that cluttered closet, make a little extra cash, or find a great deal, visit the yard sale site nearest you.
KingwoodYardSales.com is the hub of an online network of classified and for sale sites. Free and premiere memberships are available. For more information, visit www.kingwoodyardsales.com. For a full listing of yard sale sites in the Houston area, visit www.kingwoodyardsales.com/houston.jsp.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Flappers of the Jazz Age
1920's Flapper
The 1920s flapper costumes embrace the women of the Roaring Twenties. Flappers really came "alive" in 1926. They represented all things/styles modern. A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, and wore a straight, shapeless shift dress (shorter than usual. These women were generally flat chested, applied makeup in public, smoked cigarettes in a holder, and symbolized rebels who danced the Jazzy nights away! Want to be a flapper? There's more to it than just the costume, you have to walk the walk as well. To walk like a flapper, swing hands forward and back in the opposite direction of the matching foot. Fingers should be held together, pointing sideways away from body, leaving palms even to the floor. Accomplish this and you're on your way!
~FANCY FLAPPERS Unique COSTUMES~
The 1920s flapper costumes embrace the women of the Roaring Twenties. Flappers really came "alive" in 1926. They represented all things/styles modern. A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, and wore a straight, shapeless shift dress (shorter than usual. These women were generally flat chested, applied makeup in public, smoked cigarettes in a holder, and symbolized rebels who danced the Jazzy nights away! Want to be a flapper? There's more to it than just the costume, you have to walk the walk as well. To walk like a flapper, swing hands forward and back in the opposite direction of the matching foot. Fingers should be held together, pointing sideways away from body, leaving palms even to the floor. Accomplish this and you're on your way!
Flapper Culture and Style
Short hair, short skirt, turned down hose and powdered knees, a flapper was a young women who was often considered fast and unabashed. She offended older generations because of her unacceptable "feminine" behavior. The flapper was "modern." She wore makeup - often applying it in public. Wearing baggy dresses with exposed arms and legs from the knees down, she scandalized her elders. Flappers did more than revolutionize the fashion industry; they personified the spirit of the Jazz Age. Do you know what Jazz is? Jazz originated from African Plantation dances starting as early as 1518. It includes popular moves such as the Charleston, Jitterbug, Swing, and Twist. These days musicals and dance in theaters are popular everywhere, particularly in cities like New York.
Attainable Fashion for 1920's Women
Until the 1920's", fashion was only for the richer women of society. However, the construction of the flapper dress was so uncomplicated that most women were capable of creating the straight shift dresses (trimmed with fringe) using Butterick dress patterns. Flapper fashion style thrived among the middle classes, which closed the fashion gap between the middle and upper classes, yet continued to distinguish them both from the lower class. Although rich ladies continued to wear brilliantly embellished silk evening clothes, most basked in their newfound sophistication of fashionable flapper clothes. What were the favorite colors for a flapper dress? Black tops the list followed by red, navy, mauve and gray.
1920's Short Skirt Misconception
People often assume that all dresses were short in every year of the twenties and that flappers were the only style. However, most dresses and coat lengths were to the calf for most of the decade. The flapper period, between 1926 and 1928, was the only period when evening and day dresses were both short enough to reveal the knees! Why the misconception? The movie industry that played up the flappers doing the "Charleston" probably had a lot to do with it.
What were 1920's fabrics and colors?
1920's fabrics included the likes of linen, cotton, and wool mixed with acetates, rayon and pure silk. Daytime clothing was medium to lightweight in crepes, georgette, knits, and light suiting with natural color tones of browns, blues and grays. Evening wear meant silk, in sheer chiffon and denser fabrics boasting of more vivacious colors. Prints for both day and night were common but as small, checks or floral. Want to add a little spice to your 1920's attire? Add a colorful boa, roll out those fishnet stockings, get a long, feminine cigarette holder and don those 72" beads to jazz up your outfit!
1920's Accessories
The necessity of the times brought along with it the creation of accessories for women! Cigarette cases and/or cigarette holders became available and useful jewelry (such as perfume scent bottle rings) was the "in" thing. Fishnet or incredibly shiny, but affordable rayon stockings hit the stores. And, evening time found ladies sporting feather headbands, 18" gloves and large strands of pearls. Coco Chanel made sun bathing so popular that Jean Patou invented the first sun tan oil called Chaldee.
1920 shoes as an accessory
Shoes had become an accessory item once the over-the-knee, fashionable "Flapper" dress permitted more visibility. Woman began to select their footwear more seriously, according to style and complimentary value. Heels were over 2 inches high and ankle strap button shoes called Mary Janes were in style. T bar shoes or others with buckles and bows made attention-grabbing fashion statements along with sequin or diamante trims that were customary.
Top Rated "1920s" Movie Titles
The Big Parade (1925), The Wind (1928/I), Metropolis (1927), Greed (1924), Safety Last! (1923), Napoléon (1927), The General (1927), Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die (1924), Faust (1926), The Last Command (1928), Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (1920), The Kid Brother (1927), The Gold Rush (1925), The Crowd (1928), The Wedding March (1928), Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, Die (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), The Kid (1921), Letzte Mann, Der(1924), Tagebuch einer Verlorenen, Das Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922), Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928), The Cameraman (1928), Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, Die (1924), Our Hospitality (1923), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), The Circus (1928), Müde Tod, Der (1921), Seven Chances (1925), Körkarlen (1921), The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Freshman (1925), Stachka (1925), Girl Shy (1924), The Navigator (1924), Show People (1928), The Unknown (1927), Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit (1922), Oktyabr (1927), Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), The Scarlet Letter (1926), Büchse der Pandora, Die (1929), Way Down East (1920), The Thief of Bagdad (1924), My Best Girl (1927), Seventh Heaven, Kurutta Ippeji (1926)
The image above is an original oil painting titled "1920s Flapper Fashion Victims" by Juan Coronado
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