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How about a recycled brown box stamped with my Etsy store name?
A hat box or a hat sack, that is the question? Here I’ve sampled a hat sack. MoodyMe would be done with a rubber stamp. I might want to antique the sack in a dye bath, just to age the bag fabric. Just not sure, if this is the edgy packaging I’m looking for. Maybe I’ll try a recycled brown kraft box?
leaf applique
-Hat #10
-Engineers style hat made from a cotton tweed skirt
-Wool herringbone as hat band
-Leaf applique
-Cotton shirting as lining
mock up leaves before cut down to smaller preportions
“N. 16″ on tag represents the “16th hat” as each hat is numbered. Swatches on tag sample the fabric of the hat – all recycled clothes.
Here was a find I’ll admit I kept because it reminds me of myself. Found it in the bottom of a box lot bought at an auction for $2 five years ago. When you lift the head, it’s a pencil. Blackened eye and all, she wears a little tuxedo, always celebrating life and here to find the joy.
Check this site out, my nephew and fellow junk buddy: Another Man’s Treasure
A neat thing happened…ran into an old friend back from the Filoni days whose an architect and interior designer, Karen Garlanger. She saw a hat in action and wants one made from her discontinued fabric memos. She’s an amazing creative force, so I’m thrilled to produce one of my originals for her. 
I love this new show: Picker Sisters. These two are amazing designers and not so shabby on the eyesight either. Finding others who love rust (or patina as we call it) are like family to me.
“There is always a new beauty to experience, seemingly never ending” – Rachel Ashby
This hat was a pair of denim trousers in its first life, now a cloche style gatsby hat with white top stitching and white flower hat pin.