For Halloween make your own costume

“And to round it all off, an actual Halloween costume. This was the year that I was living in New York City and decided to go out on the town with my super beautiful roommates and super beautiful sister [...] I decided I was going to be a “warrior version of Marian from Robin Hood.” (Seriously. You can’t make these things up, people). Long story short, we ended up at a club, guys were swarming around the other girls, and I was dancing by myself in my homemade costume. Classic Elizabeth.”

“But this year, my daughter asked: can we make a homemade costume? And for the first time in a long time, I looked around and realized I had the capacity to make something. Not just the time and the money for materials but a kind of softness inside that gives a person room to be creative and flexible. [...] I cut the orange t-shirt and made a large patch to go over the lettering on the sweatshirt. My daughter (8) and I took turns hand-sewing it on. She loved the rough look of it — which was good because my skills weren’t going to get any…”