Gonna be a busy one…very excited!

Friday night: “Fright Fest” party at the Volpe house

Saturday night: Halloween party at Mike & Steph’s new place in Westford

Sunday night: Celebrating my sister’s & my sister-in-law’s birthdays

OK, so Sunday I spent a good amount of time getting the chest piece all set. I ended up drawing and printing out a pattern in Adobe Illustrator after studying the cover of the Iron Man movie. From there I put painter’s tape over the glass on the light, cut out the pattern using a mat knife, and removed the necessary pieces of tape so it would look right. Then a nice coat of gray spray paint. After everything was dry I put in the batteries to see how it looked lit up. While it doesn’t look like much normally, it sure does look cool glowing!

I was doing groceries this morning and while standing in line I noticed some Halloween stuff on clearance including this pumpkin light for $2.

A little black spray paint and a cutout to show the right pattern through, and I’ve got myself an Iron Man chestpiece!

My face is itchy…

…but that’s not the real problem. I had planned on buying a blue LED coaster from a glow accessories warehouse for the chest piece of my Tony Stark costume, but it looks like that’s not gonna happen after all. The LED coaster was $3.50, but since it was from a warehouse that likes handling bulk orders, after shipping and a $7.50 handling charge (because I was only buying one item) it would have been close to 20 bucks. I can’t rationalize paying that much for a $3.50 item. So…a little more internet searching is needed, and if I don’t find what I need I may need to do some more costume brainstorming. I’d hate to let all this stubble go to waste…