कोस्तुमेस किंग अलोंग ७ वीक्स तो गो

Well,
the costumes are coming along slowly. I should be further along by now. We are filming the week of October 11th, and I've assigned a costume or three per week. Ran into some snags this week. Though my scarecrow costume came out exactly as I pictured, the big evening gown is a disaster. I was trying to recreate the gown Glinda wore in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz for "Briginda" who Geoff will play. I had made a poofy wedding dress for one of his characters last year for easter Tales, and so I tried to use a trick I saw once, spray paint. I know , *GASP*!!!
I chose a more vivid pink spray paint than the original gown; I actually bought a lavendar and a duller rose color to. The gown came out looking rather ghastly. The lavendar did not blend well with the brighter pinks, making it look old, rather than the subtle magical effect I was going for.
I'm going to keep playing with the dress, adding some silver glitter glue swirls and some sequins and hope that pulls it together. I fear I may have to buy more fabric and drape it over the nightmare now. But I can't make it over from scratch; i can only afford about $30 to waste a week.

Also, Geoff has a character called Pippa who I am designing a rather dramatic nun like costume for. Including the big "Flying Nun" style headpoece. Tried to make it tonight to know success. Thankfully, Poster board is cheap, and I should be able to get this one done by finding the right combination of design and fabric folding. Another of Geoff's characters is a mythical Warrior Queen ( from one of his own books, seperate from Oz) and the headpiece I made for her is like a combination of a green light house and the Sydney Opera House. This one turned out ALMOST right. One of the ridges is uneven with the others.
Sigh. I hope inspiration and skill will gather in my sewing studio here at Drama Queens Studios tomorrow.
I also have to start working on writing half the scenes. Geoff and I brain storm bi-coastally for about 3 months and then we write the script together. So far, he has written 4 of his assigned 10. I have yet to begin.
Am I devoid of inspiration? You try being creative and inspired in the heavy crotch like heat of Central Florida in summer.