This week - weddings and festivals!
Firstly, call me old fashioned, but I LOVE getting post, and especially any post that is even remoptely related to hats! In part because of this, and in part because every time I enter the shop in person I'm incapable of leaving without being several metres of silk heavier and a good £50 lighter (but it's all so beautiful!), this time I ordered from my favourite Broadwick Silks by phone.
Firstly, call me old fashioned, but I LOVE getting post, and especially any post that is even remoptely related to hats! In part because of this, and in part because every time I enter the shop in person I'm incapable of leaving without being several metres of silk heavier and a good £50 lighter (but it's all so beautiful!), this time I ordered from my favourite Broadwick Silks by phone.
| [NB: To be honest it didn't seem to affect the amount I spent, but at least this fabric's for bona fide orders!] ;) Imagine my delight then, when the silks I ordered for two commissions I'm working on arrived the very next day (yay!) with this super sweet note from the shop (double yay!) Adorable! :) | 
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All the silks are for my tried and tested / obsessively beloved silk roses: the ivory for me for Katy and Arno's August wedding, and the orange and purple for the two MOTB hats I'm working on.
| The purple hat is going to be a true showstopper, and has required a clay and buckram block experiment which has been messy, challenging and hugely enjoyable in equal measures! It's well on the way now, but there's still a lot to do! And I haven't even started on the hat itself yet! Cripes! | 
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[Another NB: Jacqui if you're reading this, don't worry about the smudges - it's normal on buckram blocks, I promise, and your hat will be pure Emperor purple!!]
| Here's the first layer of the second hat,a black and white satellite percher which will be bedecked with the orange roses... and features my dad's amazing monster block at last, I love it!! (He's so clever.) :) |
| Last but not least, this year's Glastonbury headband is all set for adventure - the fairy lights are going on tomorrow and I'll be sure to get some action shots to show you on my return! Perfect for a mud fairy I think you'll agree, and let's face it there's going to be no losing me, which is probably for the best! | 
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And with that I'm off to make a list of lists I need to write (and then do - yikes!) before I go. If you need a creative fix whilst I'm glasto-gallavanting then there's no better place for a browse than Handmade Harbour's Handmade Monday. See you in a couple of weeks! x
