Short and sweet; I made a hat!! Well, by “made”; more accurately; I compiled a hat. I bunged a whole lot of pretty things onto a hat. Oh I did make that little tea cup, so I guess I can lay claim to a little bit of it….
The green felt hat is a “St Patrick’s Day” hat from Spotlight and all the fake roses and ivy are also from Spotlight. I made the little tea cup from modelling clay, also originally from Spotlight, and painted it using craft paints from… guess where?!! I used green Gutermann’s upholstery thread to stitch everything securely to the hat.
So my 3 nieces/Cassie’s bridesmaids had planned her kitchen tea/hen’s party to be a Mad Hatter’s Tea party, and we all had to wear some sort of over-the-top headgear. I wasn’t quite sure how crazy to go, and genuinely thought my hat was going to be TOO much, but it ended up being quite subdued by comparison to many of the other lovely creations at the party!
The theme of the part was a surprise for Cassie, and the girls had made her hat for her, to both match hers and to be bridal at the same time. Aren’t they the most gorgeous bunch of girls?!!
We had a low-key hat competition at the end, and Cassie won of course. The funniest thing of all was the prize; a roll of toilet paper! We all roared with laughter!
Let me explain… with the new corona virus scare currently going on; Australians have reacted predictably, by cleaning out the shops of any and all supplies of toilet paper. I know, right? So Australian… Seriously, the toilet roll shelves are empty, all of the time. You have to get in fast to pick up one of the occasional restocks when they happen! and there are even rumours of people selling vastly inflated toilet paper on eBay. I haven’t seen any ads myself, but that’s just an indication of the general level of panic. And so normally, one of the games you’d have at a bridal shower is a toilet roll wedding dress competition. And such a thing was obviously out of the question with the current toilet roll situation. So my sister-in-law spared one toilet roll – ONE! which was awarded as first prize for the hat comp. So FUNNY!
Here are some of the other gorgeous hats at the party:
Mum, made her stunning colourful hat of felt lined with old X-ray film…
Cassie’s friend E cleverly made a very chic and sculptural, royal hat/ruffled collar ensemble, using paper:
L looked super pretty in her floral/gumnut hat…
Arthur very briefly wore his yoda beanie; but did not enjoy it, poor little lad!
Lots of gorgeous hats!!!
In closing; a few in-progress shots of making my hat… just because well, that’s what I do here.
I made four button-like holes in the bottom of the tea cup to make it easy to stitch onto the hat
Coming up soon… the wedding itself!!!!! #eeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkk!!!!!!!!
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