Who's a bad blogger???

That would be this girl!!!

Stuff exploded. Work got crazy. Two beast of a shows.. Henry the 8th and Merry Wives of Windsor. We knew Henry was going to be bad. But when we looked at the renderings for Merry Wives.. it really didn't look so bad.. I swear.. We thought it would be easy... I'm eating those words right now, and they are not tasty cuppy cakes.

Since i last posted life has been a roller coaster. I also have fun photos of things made :) Lets start with those.. and i'll fill you in as i go :)

Henry the 8th's hat.. Isn't he handsome!!

Henry the 8th occured. It drove me mad. It drove me to drink margaritas. I build 18 brand new hats from scratch.. not even counting the couple i fixed up too. I did have some help. Megan from wigs is a wiz at sewing on pearls, cutting out patterns and general all around hand sewing!! She is pretty brilliant. I would have never finished it all with out her help. Everything turned out gorgeous!!!!

And from that gorgeousness, I impressed some folks.. enough so that i got a full time job offer :)

***SQUEEEEE***

Lady Anne Bolene

Lady Mary Tudor

Queen Katherine

SO don't judge the shapes too much.. I swear everything started to look like a Russian Headdress by the end. I blame the designer... I just did what she wanted. I also found out she's a Milliner and is super picky about her hats. Usually up the current shop milliner's butt. She left me alone for the most part.. and just let me work. I take that as a super nice compliment  :)

Velvet Biretta for Cardinal Woolsey

Everything was made out of some sort of velvet.. i swear :/

Pulled wool felt skull cap with silk bias

I think i made a bajillion of this style of hats

Lord Chamberlain. Sexy Sexy Beast of a Hat!!
 (we won't discuss the  difficulty  of making a brim with crinolations.. Hoooolllyyyy COW!!!)

Here you can see the trailer they put together for the show. See how pretty it turned out!! Kind of amazing!!

So yes, i got a job offer. And i have accepted. So again.. the packing and moving. But it's full time. It's benefits.. Its super amazing!! And it's an absolute rarity in this day and age. Its work i love. I love it here. The shop is great. I really feel we can start fresh here. 

I'll leave Merry Wives for the next posting. HEH.. it's a doozer!! I'm not even sure if i remembered to take photos of everything... but stay tuned :)