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Handmade Hats

The Patches Hat

November 1, 2021

The Patches Hat

The Patches Hat is wearable art that not only is well constructed and handmade hat sewn with the utmost quality but is also handmade with a carefully selected process of marrying fabric palette of hues has you in mind! From colorful hues to the more subdued – there is a one of a kind for every hat lovin’ woman.

The nitty gritty on this lovely hat is that I like to call it a fitted cloche hat with unique colors. It’s reversible with flannel panels arranged randomly on one side and the reverse side looks great with a solid corduroy and accent band. A generous amount of elastic is sewn in the back for ease of wearing and comfort. A crowd pleaser by many!

In her own words…

LOVE the cap, so cute and comfortable!

Emily, MN

Absolutely love it! Thanks so much!

Emily, SD
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Women’s Fashion Bucket Hats

July 2, 2021

Recycled Coffee Bean Bags turned into Adorable Bucket Hats
Taking something that has an expired purpose and turning it into something C.U.T.E is a summer project that keeps me persistent and excited. You ever get that feeling of persistence and excitement?…thought so – can we be best friends? In the back of my nagging creative brain, for nearly a year, I was convinced it wasn’t possible to take some stiff burlap bags from a coffee shop and bend them into these fisher fashion women’s bucket hats. They’re even a winner with my young nieces!

SHOP RECYCLED BURLAP BUCKET HATS
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Show Your True Colors

January 4, 2021

fleece beanie earflap hat

Your brisk morning walk just got an upgrade and you can start to show your true colors!

In between distance learning with the kids, virtual work meetings and baking it may be tough to get outdoors and breath in the fresh air.  Getting outside clears the head, refreshes the soul and jumpstarts the day.  While I shirk on the everyday walker chart finding any time of the day is good to get out and take in the landscape…even if it’s not that pretty of a view. (heck, anything is pretty outside my house right now because I’m living with seven people).

SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS WITH A WINTER FLEECE HAT

THANK YOU TO ALL MY NEW SUBSCRIBERS!!
YOU ROCK MY SOCKS!

I want to be a hat person!
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Filed Under: Handmade Hats Tagged With: earmuff warmer hat, fleece hat women, warm farm hat, winter beanie for women, winter earmuff hat

How to Be a Hat Person

January 31, 2020

Welcome! So, I totally get it…plain and simple you want to wear hats but don’t know where to begin. Hello, my name is Shelly and I love wearing hats so much that I began to make them years ago because I could never get one to fit right. I’m here to help you be the hat person you want to be.

Do you often hear these negative voices about wearing hats…..?


My head is WAY too big.

– says retired woman that wants to show up her friends at book club

I LOVE them but they look ridiculous on me, ugh.

– says the taxi mom with peanut butter stains from feeding her 3 year old lunch

My friend is always wearing a cute cap, I could never pull it off!

– says the best friend that wants to be as confident as her hat-wearing friend

As your hat wearing expert, I get the pleasure of telling you that YES! you actually can wear hats. With just a few basic tricks not only will you find a flattering, well-fitting hat but you’ll also experience the extraordinary wardrobe up-leveling that comes with incorporating hats into your wardrobe.

And I am prepared to uncover everything you need to know in my FREE mini email course!

say no more ……I want in!

Life is busy, especially during this time of your life and as a mom of five myself, I too, struggled with wanting to feel put together after a full day of chasing kids, feeding the 5000, etc.

Let’s start with a simple question today:

Why do I want to add hats to my everyday wardrobe?

I got the answer hidden right here….


1. Handmade hats pulls together an outfit and makes YOU look put together
2. Disguises a bad hair day, because we all know that your hair may (or may not) have gotten washed this morning…or last night
3. Instant confidence after a crappy day at work
4. A shield from the world when you just wanna get your mail and go home

Join me and hundred’s of other women that learned how to beat the confidence battle while accessorizing with a hat!

okay, I’m convinced…HELP ME!

Bound to be….helping you, too,
XO Shelly

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3 Reasons Why We Wear Hats

December 6, 2019

Envision yourself in a handmade hat and experience the feeling of freedom. Three reasons to wear hats is more than just throwing it on and heading out the door….

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White Lies Ahead of You

February 18, 2019

Remember when? 
Remember as a kid our parents told us never to lie about anything…I mean….a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. – not even a black, grey or white lie. I was taught well and then became an adult. This isn’t a quick story about encouraging lies – this is a quick story about us being okay with it when it blind sides us.

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Buckets of Coffee Please

February 9, 2019

For my hat loving, hat-wearing wannabe, coffee drinking and non-coffee drinking friends, I toast my blue mug to you. (In case you’re wondering – yes, there is coffee in my mug shots). We’re going on day four of no school due to “inclement weather” which translates to “holy $#!% it’s cold outside.” Even the dog wasn’t going out in the -29 degree tundra…here’s how I’ve been thinking about you…

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How to Pack a Hat for Travel

February 6, 2019

Packing your hat for travel is essential for those no-wash hair days of, especially when you just rolled out of that comfy guest bed and remembered Aunt Norma wants to take you boutique shopping in ten minutes. Your hair might protest, but your hat is there to save the day.

Watch how to pack your handmade hat for travel

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Filed Under: Blog, Get Creative, Handmade Hats Tagged With: bound to be creative hats, custom hats, events with hats on, handmade hats, handmade reversible hat, how to fold your hat, together strong

In the Pom of Your Hands

January 8, 2019

Need a pick me up on these almost mid-January days? …me too! These simple, cute and warm Pom Pom Hat will have ol’ man winter eating out of the Pom of your hands before February.

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Winter Wonderland of Hats

December 9, 2018

Hello! Hello! Good Monday morning to ya. I promise this post is brought to you by gobs of coffee, cute red shoes, new handmade hats and a winter wonderland of photos. It’s short and sweet…just like all those Christmas cards in your mailbox.

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