Chocolate Box Decorated Hat

I got a pretty box of chocolates for Christmas. So pretty in fact that I couldn't throw the ribbons and flowers away. Fortunately I had a plain black hat to jazz up.
I glued the ribbon around the hat first of all. Then I pulled the rose apart and sewed it onto the hat, one layer at a time to retain the fullness. Lastly I had a broken bracelet and I used a part of that to sew in the centre of the rose.

The morals of this tale are: never throw anything away; hats can never be too dramatic or glamorous.

Improved Straw Hat!

The Romantic in me has always loved straw hats. Much to my delight, their popularity in recent months has led to an influx of affordable hats in both high street shops as well as novelty seaside shops. I'm currently on my third straw hat and decided to customize this one to make it extra special. They're never accessorized exactly how I want them to be anyway.

I purchased this particular straw hat in Whitstable for a few pounds. I wanted to decorate it with blue and found a hair grip with a blue corsage which was sitting undeservedly forgotten and unloved in a box, so I dismantled that. The ribbon was a few pence from C&H Fabrics.

I can see myself wearing this hat even in the coldest depths of winter.