A Request From My Mom.......

About a week ago I got a call from my mom in Colorado. She had a special request that she was hoping I could help her with. You see she is a dental assistant at a childrens dental office and they have some silly contests here and there around the holidays. This year for Easter they needed to come up with an Easter Bonnet that they have to wear and then the kids will be voting on them for their favorites. It's been a rough couple of weeks for my mom so she asked me to make her one. I of course told her yes! Immediatly an idea ran through my head and I set out to find a straw hat. I headed down to the local antique shop and found one for $8.00 bucks! Can't beat that price!!!! I bought it home and as you can see from the photos, cut,trimmed,glued and went to town on this baby. I still have a few things to add but my gluegun pooped out tonight and brought my work to a halt. I will be returning it to Walmart asap because it was practically brand new. Kinda peeved over that but oh well. I put a few last things on it tonight and had my almost 16 year old son model it for me since Emma and her daddy were at a birthday party today. He is such a sport and I think it's a great way to get back at him for all the not so nice things that he throws my way from time to time. TEEEEHEEEEEEE!!!!!!! So enjoy some pics and have a good laugh.
Here I cut the hat and lined it with blue gingham fabric

Added pretty lace over the fabric and started to embilish with flowers and ribbon
The back of the hat lined in some pretty fabric with vintage ribbon

Nick modeling the hat. You can really see how big it is!!! I think she will win for sure!!!!

And here is the front in all its Glory!! Nick has a priceless look on his face now dosent he????

I plan to add some pretty ribbon around the egss once I replace my gluegun and add a few more pretties to it. I added some big bows to the bottom also. All in all the only thing that I paid for was the hat! Talk abouta great deal and now she has a treasure to display on Easter!!!!!!!