Hooray for hats!

This past week I finally finished a project that has been on hold for a couple years...

MY HAT!


Once upon a time about two years ago, Meeshella and I got the idea in our heads to make fun vintage looking hats. She got very resourceful and made one with a ceramic plate. I was extremely impressed. She was under pressure to finish since she actually had an event in mind to wear it to. I, on the other hand, was just making one for the sake of making one so it remained unfinished for years because I never got around to deciding on the embellishments.

Michelle got the hat base at a craft store. We went to a fabric store near our apartment in Westwood where I just bought some plain black fabric I found in a bargain bin. I don't remember if the lace was in there too or if I actually splurged on it because it felt so nice. Either way, I probably made Michelle rub the lace on her face because, man, it feels awesome. A late night trip was also made to a 24-hour WalMart for feathers and other pretty things. The actual hat construction is a bit of a blur. My best crafting moments in college happened in the middle of the night when I was completely out of it and unaware of what I was doing anymore. How I got the lace to stay on the black fabric, I do not know.

Anywho, last week, I decided it was time to finish it. I think I got inspired because I want to wear a hat to Heren's wedding in March. I went to a craft store last weekend to grab some flower making supplies, only to realize when I got home that I already had them because apparently I got the idea in my head to make paper flowers last year too. I whipped out my copy of Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts and made the flower above. Actually, I made a peony first but things got out of hand. The flower became huge and kind of stuck out funny. This was very upsetting since it took me all week and a lot of floral tape to make. I then went back to my original plan of making simple bubble-petaled flowers and it worked out quite nicely, if I may say so myself.