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 [...]

   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 [...]

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 [...]

  I just got some really cool mirror tiles from a really kind seller of Etsy who specialzes in quality stained glass and supplies. Here’s her shop, http://carriezsupply.etsy.com . I’m going to use the tiles to make a sort of mirrorball helmet (that’s the prototype of the helmet base there at the top), I’m really looking forward [...]

  I recently ordered for the first time from Parkin Fabric’s, a english company who sell millinery and hat making supplies. I was really pleased with their service. Their website is very clear (compared to other millinery supply sites that I have taken a look at) and the staff  are very helpful (I had a couple of [...]

Unfortunately, my digital camera has broken so I can’t show you what I’ve been making this past couple of weeks. So, I’ve decided to do a quick review of this book, ‘Uniforms’ by Bill Dunn. The book takes a look at a wide selection of uniforms, past and present. It’s divided into several chapters : [...]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   I recently picked up the last issue of ‘The Hat Magazine’. This magazine comes out four times per year and is really quite  expensive (21 euros).  I buy it because I like to know what’s happening in the hat world (the new designers, the new trends…), it’s good to be upto date! Regular features include trade [...]

I’ve just tried out this great rubber stamp I bought off Etsy (the shop’s called ‘Love to Create Stamps’). I really like it, it’s got quite a girly, elegant look to it but also a nice handmade feel to it (compared to a cold printed ‘logo’). The stamp wasn’t that expensive, only 18 US$ (not [...]