Woman Parlays Skills Into Halloween Biz
Jeannine Conway pulls up the garage door at her shingled home near Weymouth Landing, and a visitor comes face-to-face with the Joker of “The Dark Knight” movie fame.
Conway has been meticulous in replicating the character on her lifesize mannequin – right down to the harlequin pattern on his shirt – that it might be taken for the ghost of Heath Ledger, the late actor who portrayed the villain onscreen.
Surrounding the mannequin are tables covered with props – including wigs, paint, and rubber weapons – as well as a host of Halloween-themed decorations, intricately carved pumpkins, and party gags.
Conway gets the stuff by scouring the Internet, vintage shops, and flea markets. Some of it she sells, along with her most popular costumes, on eBay. Some of it she keeps for herself.
The racks of costumes that Conway is putting together will be shipped to clients who have bid and bought them on eBay, where Conway goes by the name joeycboston06 and has been selling costumes and props for nearly two years.
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Jaclyn on October 31st, 2008 5:42 am
I think Conway has found something really unique here. Everyone around halloween time is alway’s looking for real looking decorations as well as costumes. Most costumes found in stores such as meijers and wal-mart are not very real looking, for those you have to go to a specialty store like halloween usa where you will pay a heafty fee for a decent looking halloween costume. Where as if she provides very real looking costumes and decorations at a cheaper rate, i would think people would flock to the chance of grabbing them up left and right.
CoolProducts on October 31st, 2008 9:17 am
It’s great that Conway can has found something that she truly enjoys and can make a profit from it. Thanks for the articles like these, that show you can come up with creative ways to make some $$ without having to invest thousands for a start-up.
cassy on January 1st, 2009 8:25 pm
great idea! coz many want to have a scary costume in the halloween and making it us a business is awesome, its different kind of idea and its really unique for such business like that, keep it up Conway!
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