Happy Halloween guys! Hope you are having a spooktacular evening. My night will be spent watching The Walking Dead Season One. Or attempting to. The first time I wanted to watch the series I had to quit after only about five minutes. Yes, I'm very easily scared.
I haven't picked out a Halloween costume to wear, but can't wait to see what (possibly bookish) characters you will be embodying. When I started to collect post ideas for my YA Halloween Fear Factor special I wanted to do something with costumes. I thought of all the beautiful book covers on my shelves and knew I had to compose a list of my favourite YA book cover inspired costumes. I selected pieces of clothes, accessories and beauty products and put together looks for a fancy costume party.
And what would a party be without a great cocktail? Of course every YA cover costume heroine or hero gets her/his appendant drink.
For larger versions of the pictures below, click here to visit my Cover Costume Candy Pinterest board.
A Darkness Strange and Lovely - Deadly Chic
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8 blueberries (fresh or frozen and thawed), plus more for garnish
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) freshly squeezed lime juice
2 teaspoons sugar
8 fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish
1/4 cup (2 ounces) white rum
1 cup ice
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) club soda
lime slice for garnish
Through the Zombie Glass - Zombie in Wonderland
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1/3 part black vodka
1/3 part Chambord
1/3 part cranberry juice
Club Soda
Blackberry for garnish
Dry ice pellets
The Selection - Dystopian Princess
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1 fluff of cotton candy
Champagne to top
Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Monster Princess
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3 oz box of Berry Blue Jello
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 cup Malibu rum
1/2 cup Blue curacao
1/2 cup pineapple juice
Asunder - Flowery Soul
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1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz liqueur framboise
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz raspberry syrup
3 drops rosewater
1 egg white
1 1/2 oz sparkling water
rose petal for garnish
Raspberry Syrup:
1 cup raspberries
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
The Girl In The Steel Corset - Steampunk Warrior
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1 bottle Prosecco
1 1/2 cups fresh blood orange juice
1 tablespoon super-fine granulated sugar
2 tablespoons orange liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
1 1/2 cups fresh blood orange juice
1 tablespoon super-fine granulated sugar
2 tablespoons orange liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
Tiger Girl
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2 slices fresh or frozen (thawed) peaches
1 slice fresh orange
1/4 oz Vanilla Simple Syrup (1 1/2 teaspoons)
1 oz vodka (2 tablespoons)
4 oz lemon-lime soda (1/2 cup)
Everneath - Underworld Goddess
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Ice
2 oz gin
2 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz ginger simple syrup (above)
2 oz prosecco
1 tablespoon pomegranate seeds
Vixen - 20's Seductress
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1 ounce cranberry juice (sweetened)
1 wedge lime
Champagne or sparkling wine
Cranberries (frozen)
1 wedge lime
Champagne or sparkling wine
Cranberries (frozen)
Victorian Gentleman
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1 oz Sweet Vermouth (M&R Rosso)
2 oz Irish whiskey (Jameson 12, Redbreast)
3 dashes Angostura bitters
absinthe wash
Con Man
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1 1/4 oz Smirnoff Red Label Vodka
1/4 oz triple sec
1/4 oz lime juice or sour mix
Ice Prince
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3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons whiskey
2 tablespoons Simple Syrup
Ice
Lemon zest
Q! Which costume do you like best? Would you dress up like a YA cover model and which one would it be?
OK.. this was a great great post!! You should start a Polyvore http://www.polyvore.com/ !! I really love some of the things you picked and now I am going to go try to find them and buy them!!
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Thanks so much! Thought about making an account. I'm in love with the looks, too, because it took many hours to put them together:) I'm so getting the Asunder ring!
DeleteWow I'm loving all the effort that you went to with this post, the outfits and drinks you've come up with are incredible! I wish that I had read this post a lot sooner! There are so many great outfits to choose from here, I'd probably choose between the Everneath one and A Darkness Strange and Lovely, because they look gorgeous! Thanks for sharing such a brilliant post! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I bet the Everneath and A Darkness Strange and Lovely outfits would look very nice on you. I'm so into purple at the moment, so I'd probably choose that outfit as well. Thank you for commenting. Happy about everyone who likes this post!
DeleteGreat post! I loved every one! My fave is The Selection one. I've always thought I was royalty lol I also really, really like your graphics!
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Nikki H @ Take Me Away...
Oh wow, these are amazing!! you did such a great job. I love that you included some guy costumes too. I haven't read the book but I LOVE the look for Zombie in Wonderland.
ReplyDeleteLove these looks, girl! I think the Vixen one is my fave or the Tiger Lily. But really I love them all and want these pretty dresses.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool idea, these were so much fun to look at and they're all so fitting. I love how you didn't choose a dress for Karou but still made her costume fancy and chic.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorit is A Darkness Strange and Lovely :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post,thanks for sharing :)
The Selection one! it's great.
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