New costume requests

Lately I have found that there are more costume requests for Austin Powers, mexican, cuban, various animals and different eras. Unfortunately some people are also expecting that the moment they request something that I suddenly have it. Costumes are expensive and take time to get or have made.

Going on vacation to namibia in December 2009

On Sunday, 13 December 2009, I am going by bus to Namibia and will return around 13:30 on 4 January 2010. Costumes bookings will be stopped this coming Friday and my tenants in the main house will handle any existing bookings.

Costume repair person needed with imagination

The person who is currently doing my costume repairs and creates new costumes, is busy working on a movie. This might still go for a long time, so I am now looking for a replacement who has imagination and can work with different materials. In the past I have had too many people taking chances when I advertised. This time around the advert is a bit more specific about these matters.

Costume renting website product list layout changes

The recent change on my website for the costumes results layout to compact the information has helped quite a bit. It is now a lot easier to get an overview of what is going on and multiple pictures for one costume do not cause layout issues anymore.

New costumes listing layout

The costumes listing on my website has been adjusted this past weekend to allow more overview because the description test somehow got lost and to cause less confusion.

New foam latex masks from Greyland Film

The long awaited foam latex masks from Greyland Film have finally arrived. I had to pick them up at the Cape Gate Parcel section from SARS today. The new faces should be pretty interesting with several costumes.

High demand for costumes for Halloween

Due to the high demand for costumes for Halloween this coming weekend, I am trying to spread out the collection dates of the costumes to make the chaos easier to manage.

Halloween party costume bookings

This year the Halloween costume bookings are going crazy compared to last year. Must have been something that I did, plus a year of people finding out about me. I am already dreading Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately the party that I was invited to, had to send out cancellations to various people due to space problems. I am hoping to find another one that I can go to which is not at some club. Clubs are just more of the same no matter what the theme or event is.

Father Christmas costume

Due to popular demand, a Father Christmas costume has been created and completed and should be picked up this evening or this coming weekend.

Halloween season

This Halloween season is certainly much busier than last year, and that in a country where Halloween is traditionally not celebrated. Then again, people just want any excuse for a good party. The Halloween costume requests are piling quite a bit.

Foam latex masks shipped

The ordered foam latex masks have been shipped as per the manufacturer. The masks are not really meant to be rented to different people, but they are useful for modelling costumes and just to show.

New costumes, repairs, masks and possibly wigs

It is the time of the year to get more costumes due to the number of requests. Some of my costumes are also being fixed and mostly improved as well. I have also ordered more foam latex masks which I sometimes use to model costumes if I do not have a model for some of them and the costume actually fits me. The number of wig searches on my site also is an incentive to buy some wigs for reselling purposes. It is a bad idea to keep a wig around, because they are a pain to maintain and never look as good as when they were new. A father christmas suit is also being planned due to demands, as well as Austin Powers.

First posting in BKE Costume Rental

After having posts for this costume renting company in my own blog called Nothing happening soon!, I have finally created a blog for the company. This was becoming very much long overdue.