Hope you’re not all sick of NY, cause, well, I’m not finished yet!! So, there I was, skipping down 6th Avenue when I came across a couple of cool stores for crafty folk : M&J Trimmings and Toho Shoji. There are probably other cool supply places in NYC (I’m just an ignorant tourist!), so please [...]

I wasn’t going to blog about this but I changed my mind when I saw it…I received an order last week that I had placed with ‘Hats by Leko’ in the USA (www.hatsupply.com) - just a couple of wool felts and a amazingly huge flower (they do have a large selection of flowers, and this one [...]

Here are some gros-grain ribbon that I ordered a while back from the american suppliers JKM Ribbons. I had never ordered from them before and I thought I’d have a look on the internet to see if there were any reviews about their service. And did I find some! A lot of people did complain [...]

So, I got my blocks finally! It was great opening the boxes and having that wood smell float out! Really no problems with them, they were so well packed (lots of paper, bubble wrap AND foam). I thought I’d try out my cloche multi-block first, it is made out of obeche wood which is a soft wood so [...]

 
Here is a quick update on my hat block quest! I’ve placed an order with Guy Morse-Brown! Yay!! I’m so excited! The blocks  above are part of my order - I also got a brim (plus a collar to go with it) and a block stand (it’ll make working easier). All this for a total of £562 (661 euros), that’s with [...]

 
At the moment I’m looking into hat blocks to buy! It’s really quite exciting! I’ve been looking into a few suppliers (Van der Broek in Holland, Guy Morse-Brown  and Hazel’s Hats in the UK) and there is a lot of choice. I’m not quite sure exactly what I want yet, it all depends on the prices [...]

  
I love looking through the second hand ‘vintage’ section on Etsy. There’s always lots of cool stuff  just waiting to be bought! I can spend hours browsing for clothes and I have recently found a really great Etsy shop, She Hearts Vintage. I just received today the two dresses you can see above, they are [...]

Picked up some great ribbons this weekend!! It was a sale of stuff from a closed down hat factory, some great finds! I bought some lovely velvet ribbons, some patterned ones and this really incredible gros grain ribbon with golden ovals on it!  Totaly in love with this last one, and the roll’s huge! I’m not [...]

Just to share this little find I had the other day, these really cute tiny mushrooms! I found them completely by accident in a kitchenware shop and I had to have them! They’re made by Gisela Graham who apparently is the home lifestyle items queen (never heard of her before…). They’re made out of foam (covered in [...]

I’ve had this brooch for quite a bit now but haven’t actually gotten round to wearing it.  You’ll have recognized the mad hatter from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ (by Lewis Carrol). The expression ‘mad as a hatter’ comes from the effect mercury fumes had on hatters. In the past, mercury was used while making felt hats and [...]