Becca Balistreri

New blog!

2010-11-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

Hi! I have a new blog, and will hopefully be posting more often! Saucy Dolls is my new line of handmade, one of a kind dolls. You can also find me on Etsy!

Sweet and simple 50's wedding dress

2010-08-28T11:29:00.000-07:00

Simple and lovely! Chiffon overlay on the skirt and a pleated waist sash on a tea-length satin gown. Gaby knew exactly what she wanted, and I was happy to make it for her.

Ernst Toth Indiana Jones doll

2009-11-19T10:47:00.000-08:00

Do you remember in Indiana Jones, at the end, when the badguy's face melts from looking at the Arc? Well, here's my version. I made this for a charity auction next month with an 80's movie theme.

Bustle dress - 1880's

2009-06-28T14:03:00.000-07:00

This dress would be worn during the day in the 1880's, by a woman 11" tall of course

Italian Renaissance dress

2009-05-27T18:58:00.000-07:00

Second miniature dress - this one would be worn in Italy in the 1500's. The dress form is 11" tall.

Miniature dress- 1760

2009-04-05T16:58:00.000-07:00

I had some free time, so I decided to branch out and start creating miniature historical costumes. The first is a 'robe a la francaise' dress from the middle of the Eighteenth Century, complete with paniers and petticoat.

This was fun - I don't think this will be my last one.

Jeff Dunham Christmas Special

2009-01-16T16:22:00.000-08:00

I had a great time making costume accessories for "A Very Special Christmas Special" for Jeff Dunham. I made a shoe for Peanut, a sombrero with Christmas lights for Jose Jalapeno, and this T-shirt for Bubba J -

My sister's wedding dress

2009-01-07T17:39:00.000-08:00

My sister got married in August. She wanted a traditional gown with draping pick-ups, but only in the back of the dress. I was more than happy to make it for her.

Love is Evil

2008-09-30T21:22:00.000-07:00

This week I made a cupid costume for a photo shoot with comedian Christopher Titus. The eye-patch was a last-minute addition on set. For wings you can use either a harness around the shoulders or from the waist. Since his shoulders are bare, I went with the waist harness. I used boning on either side of the wing support to keep the harness from buckling.

Pirates

2007-10-27T16:07:00.000-07:00

After patterning and sewing, I used tea and coffee to weather the white shirt and pants, and acrylic paint and sandpaper to wear down the rest of the new costumes. Pirates, after all, should never look crisp nor clean.

dupioni wedding dress

2007-10-21T09:54:00.000-07:00

The bride showed me various images she liked and aspects she wanted. She wanted a removable, unobtrusive bolero jacket. We came to this design.

Fairly Oddparents puppets

2007-10-17T18:04:00.001-07:00

I didn't have very long to make these puppets for the Faily Oddparents movie-length Channel Chasers. It's a fun bit where the animated characters enter a Sesame Street-esque show

Here's the animated versions of Butch Hartman's characters I was to duplicate

And some more puppet pictures

Theatrical hats

2007-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

Here are some hats I made for South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa.

Thirties Dresses

2007-10-16T22:39:00.000-07:00

This first dress is my take on one of Madeleine Vionnet's designs from the 1930's

The bronze dress is my own design

Halloween Cobra

2007-10-01T09:54:00.000-07:00

My husband wanted to be a cobra for Halloween this year. So I made him one.