Mad Hatter - Hat

I have been wanting to do something funky and creative in weeks, normally I like to do some sewing but the weather has been way to hot and most of my time is consumed with scrapbooking. So I came up with this idea to combine both. My friend is having a Birthday Tea Party so I thought I would make a hat for the occasion. I also received a email whilst half way through making it, asking us to bring a fascinator or some description for the Saturday night on my crop weekend. After doing a bit of research on the net I found their was no easy solution here, my thinking was I would buy the shell of the hat and then decorate. This is my 2nd attempt of the shell made from a pizza box and some thick cardboard. I hot glued the cardboard together then stitched the fabric on.

Velvet from spotlight. I used Chicken wire and a time piece from Dusty Attic. Chain is an old scrapworks brad chain. I also used flowers and leaf from Prima and Kaiser and a Websters hat pin. Ribbons and lace are from my sewing stash and ribbon bloom in navy is a Websters product. Bling is the hot fix crystals.

. Thanks for looking, and for any comments you may leave. Keep an eye out for my next hat as I already have an order for one.