It’s been so warm here this autumn that it’s hard to believe it’s already December! And we had snow this morning! So excited! I started my Christmas shopping a few weeks ago, but I’m still on the hunt for the last few presents. Don’t forget if you want to purchase a hat from either Chalkie’s [...]

Argh! I went on to my Etsy store, Chalkie’s Bazaar, and it was empty! My listings had expired! I hate it when I don’t notice it in time. Luckily, I had a couple of new items to put in there – a cute fascinator covered in feathers and a snug plum felt hat! The fascinator [...]

Tonight, Etsy held it’s first craft night here in Lyon. I was really looking forward to it, I had already been to one in the Etsy headquarters in Brooklyn and had enjoyed myself. I knew that this craft night would have a different vibe as it was a special “event” and not a weekly get-together [...]

Sorry I haven’t written anything recently, I’ve been really tired out from work and a horrible cold (feeling better for having napped a lot today…). But my new store is up and open on Etsy : Pedal In Style! So go check it out! As I previously said, it’s a store just for my bike [...]

Autumn is here and I’m back to my hats! I’ve decided to open up a second store on Etsy (my first one being Chalkie’s Bazaar) just for my cycling caps! So, at the moment I’m busy sewing up the first lot of caps to put up for sale. It’s not been easy going back to [...]

I opened up a new twitter “professional” account this week (@LucyChalkHats) if you want to go follow my hat/fashion/design tweets! I started it because it was bothering me that hatters and milliners were following me on my personal account. Obviously this hasn’t changed anything, nobody has unfollowed my personal account. Apparently, everybody loves to hear [...]

Hello there! Just to let you all know that I’m trying to get rid of all my stock at the moment. I’ve lowered practically all the prices in my store, Chalkie’s Bazaar, so get over there and check it out! There are all different sorts of headwear – a few cycling caps, headbands, some formal [...]

So, finally managed to take some photos of my current work! It’s so hard dashing around during my lunch break when the sun is out to get a few shots! I hate it when it gets dark so early, drives me mad! Anyway, I’ve started off the year with a few small items (I’ve got [...]

It’s getting near the end of the year and it’s time for me to have a small blog break! Working hard at my day job, getting my christmas presents, preparing my christmas vacation…I think everybody is busy at this time of the year! So, thanks for reading this blog throughout 2011, I hope you do [...]

Howdy folks! With the run up to christmas kicking in I thought I’d share with you a shop called “Premier Etage” (“First Floor” for you english peeps). It’s run by a sweet lady called Anne over on Etsy who wields a fierce pair of knitting needles and makes various accessories! And she also has a [...]