Roaring Twenties Dress {DIY}

So, for the awesome Roaring 20s party, I mentioned that I made my own dress!  It was very fun to search for great 20s costumes, and I found some amazing ones. Ones that were very expensive; check out my Mystery Party pinboard for all my inspirations.

Source:http://blog.nyiad.edu/home/2012/1/24/100-layer-cake-lets-go-to-a-speakeasy-theme-wedding.html 

Since I did not want to spend much money, I searched my closet and found an old Charlotte Russe dress that would be perfect with a few embellishments. 

So I went to Hobby Lobby, love that place! And looked around. I bought some black fringe, double stick tape, and a strand of black pearls that were in the Christmas section, and some elastic sequin stuff. I think my total was maybe $6.00.  By the way, regular old double stick Scotch tape  is AMAZING instead of the Victoria Secret Double Sided Stylist Tape for $10. 

Here is a picture tutorial on how I embellished my dress:

Isn't it Cute!! 

I made my headband too.  

1.Just elastic sequin thing measured to fit my head. 

2. I took the flowery sequined part off a headband I had.

3. Added black feathers from a Mardi Gras mask of my daughter's. 

4. Put it all together with hot glue gun.