New Blog

As much as I have tried to avoid it, I have finally given in and started a second blog ... but for good reasons. I know I'll sound like a huge dork when I say this but I love making hats. My family is full of really creative women who seem to excel in everything ... unlike me who seems to struggle with everything that I attempt. I was so glad to move away from Baton Rouge because people I meet would not know who my mother or sisters are and I wouldn't hear comments like "do you make your own clothes, too?" or "you've got such a talented family, what do you do?" Um, nothing. I burn almost everything I cook and I can't sew a stitch to save my life. While I have started to decorate cupcakes, the level of talent still pales in comparison to that of my sisters and mother.

However, all of this changed my last semester in undergrad. I took Hatmaking (yes, it's a real class for college credit). I loved it and loved making the different hats. But time got away from me and I didn't get to pursue it like I planned. This past November, my oldest sister told me that she was having a tea held in her honor and everyone needed hats and she wanted to make one for it. She asked ME to teach HER. And then my MOTHER asked ME too! So I came home for Thanksgiving and taught them how to make hats and in the process made another one for a friend of mine. I loved how it turned out and ordered several additional hoods so that I can make some more. Granted, I don't need a bajillion hats so I'm going to start making them as presents and selling them. I just love the creative outlet that this provides. I'm almost done with a cloche for a girl I used to nanny and have another idea to start after I finish that one.

Anyway, if you want to follow that one ... http://capsbykiki.blogspot.com/

:-)