I love to do a little behind-the-scenes post about the annual Halloween photo to tell you a little about it and this year there is a neat story. First some fun facts you might not know when you look at the photo.
- There is only one half of the box. We made 1 and took two photos of Andy to assemble the scene. Much easier than actually sawing him in half.
- There are no star decorations in the background. We added them later because it needed a little more bling. Andy also gave our glitter a little more oomph.
- The saw is our Christmas tree saw that has now been painted gold and had jewels added. We will be very styling for Christmas.
The neatest part of this photo is the tuxedo.
I originally had a whole other plan for the Halloween theme, but then I got this tuxedo in the mail. It belonged to my Uncle Lester (actually my great-great-uncle). Lester Grimes, “The Paper Wizard”, was a magician in the 1920s and 30s. He was known for tricks that involved paper and origami and performed one of the opening acts at the 1932 World’s Fair. He was a friend and colleague of Harry Houdini and actually acquired Houdini’s collection of books about “spiritualism” after Houdini’s death.
The tuxedo is one that he wore in one of his acts and family history says that it was made for him by the costumers at Radio City Music Hall. I raise my coffee in a toast to those costumers because it is beautifully made and it amazing condition. My dad found this in a box of old family treasures and decided that since I am the family expert in all things fabric that the tuxedo should come to me. The minute I pulled it out of the box, I knew it would fit and I knew it had to be the Halloween theme. The rest wrote itself.
Very cool story. And I was so impressed with how much work you put into that costume. The true story is way better! Yay for Uncle Lester!
I agree that the true story is amazing. I love that you have relatives like this! I also appreciated the canines cavorting on the list of attractions in your act.