I have been crafting with the girls this week. It has all been by remote control via e.mail. I met Chrissie, Sandra and Janet via the JFF challenge. We have decided to carry on crafting together once a week.
This week our challenge was to make anything to do with a hat. Originally I was going to make some fabric flowers and decorate a hat but it just wasn’t working. For quickness I made this little hat instead.
I don’t think I will ever make a Milliner! This hat is really for a rag doll but it is quite big.
The hat was made out of an old table cloth and I used up some scraps to make the little embellishment
The large button is a poker chip. I drilled some holes in it and cover it with some pretty papers. I gave it a coat of modge podge and edged it with a gold pen.
This weeks challenge is a trial run. Chrissie has set up a challenge blog. Initially it was for the four of us to post our creations on. Chrissie, being the kind and generous person that she is, has worked wonders in setting the blog up so that anyone, who wishes to, can join in the fun. The first challenge will be on the 29th March. If you fancy joining in or want to know more about the challenges you can see all the info here.
Best Wishes Florence x
[…] I added some cinnamon sticks, from the pantry, and tied them with some scrap fabric leaving the raw edges. The rosemary is from the garden and the music paper is taken from an old hymn book. Just to share, I have mentioned this before, poker chips make great buttons (see here). […]
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[…] I added some cinnamon sticks, from the pantry, and tied them with some scrap fabric leaving the raw edges. The rosemary is from the garden and the music paper is taken from an old hymn book. Just to share, I have mentioned this before, poker chips make great buttons (see here). […]
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Wow! your hat is brilliant, I think you’d make a great milliner! I adore your embelishment, so cute. xx
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Hi Sweetie. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Such a sweet hat 🙂
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Hi Jan. Great to hear fom you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Hi Florence. Lovely hat. Had a look at your other posts too, love your cards. xxx
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Monika! Hi! Lovely to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. They are very much appreciated.
Regards Florence xxx
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How cute is this little hat, I hope that one day you will have the time to make the raggedy doll to go with it ! :0) Have been full of the cold this week so have been absent from blogging but I’m away to have a look at the new challenge site now! TTFN xx
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Hi Suze. So pleased you called in. I have popped over to your blog a few times, in case my subscriptions were not working. I wondered if you were ok. Last time I visited your blog, you mentioned cleaning up your craft room! I thought you had got lost under your stash 🙂 Sorry to hear you are poorly. Hope you feel better soon. Always great to hear from you. Thank you for calling in.
Regards Florence xx
P.S. I have made a rag doll that fits this hat 🙂 but she had an ugly face!!! LOL!
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Do you remember Blossom? She would have killed for that hat!
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Hi There. Great to hear from you. Blossom the teenage character! I had to think then. Yes, I see what you mean 😉 Thank you for popping in and for your comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Tickled pink that you guys have got together and stared your own challenge for yourselves. And then you just whipped up a hat you are a tirelessly endlessly creative person. Have fun with your new challenge XOXO Zoe
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Hi Zoe. Hope all is well. I am really pleased that we can all still carry on crafting. If it hadn’t been for JFF we probably would not have met. So thank you!
Always lovely to hear from you Zoe, thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Gosh Florence – is there no end to your talents, your hat is beautiful.
Good luck with your new blog – I’ve just become a follower and will try and enter some of the challenges.
xxx Hazel.
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Hi Hazel, Great to hear from you. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments today. I will pass on your good wishes to the girls. It is Chrissie’s blog. She has worked wonders getting it up and running. Looking forward to seeing you joining in the challenges when time permits. I know what a busy bee you are.
Take care,
Florence xxx
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I love this challenge! Looking forward to seeing what your 3/29 challenge will be!
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Hi there. Great to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. Hope you will join in the fun.
Regards Florence x
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Hi Florence, I love your hat. You are one talented lady. The new website sounds like a great idea. I will be checking on it often. I too have been having trouble leaving comments.
Have a great day,
Betty
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Hi Betty. Hope all is well. Sorry you have been having problems with leaving messages. I am pleased you managed to get one through. Always lovely to hear from you. Thank you so much for popping in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Such a sweet little hat Florence, love the flower and the pin
Lindsay xx
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Hi Lindsay. Hope you are ok. Always lovely to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Neet. I have just checked this out. All you have to do is fill in the form as mentioned above. Press the leave a comment button. A box should appear. “Leave a reply”, Your reply in the box, your email address (which is not shown), name and where it says website put in your URL although this is not compulsory. Just in case anyone wants to say Hi and hasn’t got a blog.
Thanks again for mentioning it.
Florence xx
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Me again, have tried and tried to leave a comment but with my usual Google Account it won’t let me. Someone said to go anonymous and put my name in the body of the comment – it worked! (see above – a trial)
Do love your hat, if it was bigger I would wear it – love the pin and buttons you have made. I love hats, not that they suit me but I just love them. I wish you four all the best with your blog – enjoy yourselves.
Hugs, Neet xx
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Hi Neet. Sorry to hear you have been have problems leaving comments. You should be able to leave a comment by clicking on leave a comment button and filling in the Leave a reply form without your google account. I will check that out. Thanks for mentioning it. I will always edit comments to include a link back to a blog if there is not one there.
As always it has been great to hear from you. I love hats as well. I have usually got a bushmans hat on. Not very feminine I know. Thank you so much for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xxx
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Trying a different way to leave a comment Florence. Love your hat and Good Luck wilth the Blog.
Hugs, Neet xx
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Thank you Neet.
Florence xx
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Fabulous hat and gorgeous embellishments, now I bet it would look stunning on “The Fashionably Late Mathilda” xx
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Hey Paula. I was thinking Matilda could do with a hat and wondered if I could reduce the patter to make her one. I think with her dark bob it would suit her!! 😉
Always great to hear from sweetie. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Lovely hat, you did a great job and fantastic creativity with the poker chip.
Kindest regards,
Melanie
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Hi Melanie, Loely to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Such talent to make your own hat. I would wear this. In fact I have a cloche style hat, yes I would definitely wear this.
Stunning and creative.
Wishes
Lynne
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Hi Lynne. Hope all is well. You know, I have always imagined you in a cloche hat, especially with your style of creativity. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Love your hat, a great idea for the poker chip. Good luck with the new challenges.
Yvonne x
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Hi Yvonne. Lovely to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Hi Florence…thank you for visiting me on my blog! : )
I am enjoying your creative projects of many kinds here too! Isn’t it fun living the Creative Life ? Warm Regards, Sunnie 🙂
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Sunnie! Hi! How lovely to hear from you. It certainly is fun living the creative life 🙂 Love your blog. Thank you for popping over and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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Hi Florence
Loving your hat ,great materials you have used.
Janet x
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Hi Janet. Hope all is well. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments. Always great to hear from you. Looking forward to the crafting.
Regards Florence xx
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Loving your very pretty hat Florence, x
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Hi Netty. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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The hat is so pretty! Who wouldn’t love to be seen in that? The poker chip idea is fantastic. My kids play with my husband’s old poker chip set and I find them lying around the house all the time. Maybe I should start using them for crafts!!! LOL
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Hi Tracy. Hope all is well. Tiddly winks are also a good one to use. I remember when I was little the poker chips used to be made out of wood. I had a coat once which had poker chip buttons on!!:) Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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It’s a lovely hat Florence. Have saved the challenge site to have a look a t later.
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Hi Ann. Great to hear from you. Hope that you will be able to join in. It is all very laid back and should be lots of fun. Thank you for popping over and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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You are so clever, this really is good, nice and simple, my grandmother was a milliner before she married and used to make us all hats as kids, big floppy fabric ones, I adored them, Grandma was pleased, she had a horror of the sun! c
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Hi C, Great to hear from you. I bet they were amazing. I love hats especially big floppy ones. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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I love that hat Florence, If it was my size I would wear it for sure. Love how you made the decoration. Fab start such high standards already. Hugs Sandra XXX
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Hi Sandra. Hope both ok. Great to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words. Let the fun begin!! he he
Regards Florence xxx
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Brilliant!
Have a sweet day Florence!
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Hi Tia, Lovely to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thank you for calling in and for your kind words.
Regards Florence xx
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It’s gorgeous! Clever you! xx
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Hi Alison. Hope all is well. Great to hear from you. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. Always appreciated.
Regards Florence xx
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What a lovely hat, I am sure auntie Cissie would LOVE it, as I do! Hugs, Valerie
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Hi Valerie. Hope you are ok. It would certainly go with Auntie Cissies T-shirts 🙂 Do you think Jason would get jealous though?! 🙂 Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments. They made me giggle.
Take Care,
Florence xx
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I would love a hat like that for sure Florence
Well and thank you for the kind words. I am sure we have lots of fun and hope others will have fun with us
xxx
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Hi Chrissie. Hope all is well and you are feeling better. Really looking forward to crafting with you guys on a weekly basis and with anyone else who wants to join in. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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Oooh I love! I think you could definitely make a milliner! Now you mention it, I think I would like a cuppa too. x
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Hi there. Hope you enjoyed your cuppa:) Great to hear from you. Thank you for popping in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence x
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WOW! This is so creative and so beautiful. I loved it. Thank you, with my love, nia
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Hi Nia. Lovely to hear from you. Now if I could have made it smaller it might have fit a squirrel!!! 🙂 Thank you for popping in and for your very kind words.
Regards Florence x
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You are so nice dear Florence, You are welcome and have a nice day, with my love, nia
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I’ve only got a little head 😉 if your a rag doll short 🙂 Lovely hat Florence and what a good idea with the poker chip
Good luck with your new venture
Von x♥x
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Hi Von. Hope all is well. It is always fun crafting with the girls. Thank you for calling in and for your lovely comments.
Regards Florence xx
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