'Cause we need a little Christmas...

Happy December everyone!  I wanted to start by saying thank you to everyone for your kind words the past few weeks.  Grandma was a great lady, I just felt like I should share with the world.

So we haven't had a new hat in a while...Around here we are getting ready for Christmas, so we've started with the holiday themed hats.  Here's a teaser:

Look at those eyes!  He was trying to grab the camera from me, hence the close up.  Here is a little more:

Now for the whole thing:

We actually managed to get the christmas tree in that one!  Here he is checking out some other christmas decorations:

Eating a lemon?:

Finally sitting still:

I have a lot of holiday hats planned this year, look for more updates than usual the next few weeks!  Hopefully Henry is as willing to actually wear the hats as he was this week.  Until then!

Ka-Pow! Blam!

At long last, I have found some time to update everyone on Henry's Halloween.  Last halloween was the peter pan costume that kind of started all of this hat-making and blogging.  Since his costume was so cute last year, I figured you wouldn't let me get away with buying one for him this year, at least, not the whole costume.  This year, Henry went as - da nananananananana da nanananananana Batman!

Answering the bat signal:

Bat signal again?:

False alarm.  (Notice the batmobile in the background?  Thanks Aunty Katy and Brett)!

Now we'll take a short break from batman pictures.  Thumbs up for pumpkin carving (we're letting him start early so that he hopefully doesn't inherit his dad's bad luck with knives):

All finished!:

They turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.  The little Jack Skellington heads are candle holders that I got from a friend a long time ago:

Batman playing with his new fisherprice Kitchen:

Happy man!  (Thanks to GG for the smiling shot where he isn't trying to take off his hat):

That's all for this week.  Tune in next week, same bat time, same bat channel.

Henry, the Pumpkin King

Hello everyone!  Long time no see!  I have gone back to work and the first few weeks were an adjustment, so no updates.  But now that I'm getting back in the swing of things, I found I even had time for a new hat.

This weekend, we took Henry to the pumpkin patch (which we did not do last year since he was still so small).  Here is a picture:

A rare picture with mom in it!  There's a really beautiful article over at Huffington Post called "The Mom Stays in the Picture."  If you have a moment, I highly recommend you head over there and check it out.  Now, what you've all been waiting for:

It's Henry wearing a Jack Skellington hat, playing with Jack Skellington!  For those of you who may not know, I am a huge Tim Burton fan.  I particularly enjoy Nightmare Before Christmas (I know, it's not directed by Tim Burton, but his hands were all over it).

Here is a slightly better picture of the hat (Henry was a little uncooperative and more than a little cranky at the time of the photoshoot).

There we go, sour face, but nice hat:

Exhasted at the pumpkin patch with Dad:

Mini-me:

Checking out a potential:

In the end we got 2 pumpkins, but we decided next year, we'll come for the fun, but get the pumpkin elsewhere (I think daddy was tired of carrying baby/pumpkins by the end.  

Keep your eyes peeled for a Halloween update!

Monster Series 4

Happy Sunday everyone!

As some of you may know, next week is Henry's first birthday!  I will have a special update for that next week.  In the meantime, I've made him another monster hat, although this one is a little different than the others.  It's more of an accessory for a monster, see for yourself:

I'm pretty sure if Henry could talk, he'd be saying "You did not seriously stick a monster in my hat":

Too busy for pictures today:

"Oh God no, it's coming out the side of my head"

Everyone playing nicely:

Monster pattern is courtesy of Rebecca Danger.  Once again, if you're a knitter, I highly recommend you check out some of her patterns.  They're easy to follow (even for beginners) and oh so cute when finished!

Stay tuned for next week and our birthday update!

Beelzebub

As some of you may know, Trevor was away all week.  He's home now, which is good, because while he's gone the little man acts like this:

That's right, my little devil.  Actually he's not so bad.  He got another tooth this week too so he was cranky and full of attitude all week:

I should have given him the number "6" to chew on here:

Yum yum, delicious foam numbers

I'm getting away from you guys!

Don't be fooled by that face!  It's all part of the act.

In case you've been wondering what will become of the hat blog, I think what I will do once I'm back to work (which is alarmingly soon) is cut down to one hat per month and we'll see where things go from there.  I also have yet to come up with what to do with the many, many hats that are the fruit of this whole project.  I will keep you updated when I decide what to do with them all.

Cheers!

Blues Brother Henry

I'll be honest with you all, this week, I just had too many other projects on the go and no creative energy for the hand-made hats you are all accustomed to, so I bought a hat.  It's super cute though!  I promise, next week I'll make him an awesome hat to make up for my laziness this week.  

In the meantime:

Cool guy:

Smiley man!:

Super cool guy:

Oh, hi ma!

Michael Jackson impersonation:

I've switched to shooting my pictures in RAW format which results in something similar to a negative (only digital obviously).  This makes processing easier/nicer (not that I am altogether that skilled at processing, but you have to learn somewhere, right)?  I think you can see a little difference in the picture quality.  What do you think?

That's all for this week!

G.

Go Team Canada!

As you all know, the Olympics begin today with the opening ceremonies at 2pm.  I am actually at the cottage as you read this, so I won't be able to watch them live.  But no matter, I'm sure we'll catch all the highlights when we return.  

I was kind of torn on what hat to do this week.  I wanted something Olympics related, but Summer Olympics just don't have many hats.  

Unless of course, you count the laurel wreath:

He refused to put his water down.  It's all those athletic activities he did just moments before:

I loved the 2004 Olympics in Athens when they crowned all the medalists with laurels.  Here I finally got him to put his water down:

Thoughtful (he looks like an ancient philosopher here):

Looking down:

And here it looks like he just ate something sour.  I have no idea what this look what all about:

Go team Canada!

Yarrr Matey!

Ahoy mateys!

Henry and I have been housesitting for my parents the past week.  It's been a good time, the weather has been great and the dogs mostly well behaved.  Being away from home presented some challenges when it came to hat making this week (such as no white glue in the house, what's up with that)?  

I decided on a pirate hat for this week.  While researching, I learned that the type of hat I was thinking of when I imagined what it was going to look like is called a tricorn.  Who knew?  Not to be confused with the bicorn hat made popular by Napoleon Bonaparte.  

I also came across a great tutorial on how to create such a hat.  At first, I thought it was going to be a lot of work, but upon closer investigation, it didn't actually look so bad.  It involved some stretching of felt over a bowl, and or course the aforementioned white glue.  I also found an awesome feather at Michaels and a red bandana to complete the look.  Oh, and an eyepatch. 

Have a look for yourselves:

Not too sure about sittin on the ground here:

Captain Henry's come ashore to check out some treasure:

Is this gold?

Mom, can we please take off this eyepatch now?

You can't really see it in these pictures, but his suit says "Captain Canine's Pirate Tours" oh Carters, always so cute and something for every occasion.  

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mama's out there!  Enjoy Henry's ode to Mom hat (Thanks Rachel for the hat suggestion)!

Sitting outside:

Henry was a little cranky yesterday, not so many smiles, don't worry, mom will make up for it:

Baby blue eyes:

Mom tattoo (hat):

I hope all you mom's and soon to be moms, and someday moms and dads too have a wonderful day!

My little Monster part 2

Hello everyone, 

This week I am extra organized and in fact, one hat ahead of the game, so I've decided to delight you all a day or two early with some new pictures.  I made another monster hat this week because I couldn't resist.  

Also I'm facing a new dilemma:  lack of yarn variety.  Of all the things I miss about living in the city, one of the biggest is that you can get anything anytime when you are downtown.  Here in the suburbs, I've got to plan and research and drive.  I miss the days when Romni Wools was my local yarn shop.  This week we tried out Soper Creek Yarn in Bowmanville, which was pretty good, but nothing ever compares to Romni.  If you've never been to Romni wool and are a knitter/crocheter/fibre artist of any kind, I highly recommend you go.  It's incredible.  In fact, I've included a picture of the upstairs here for you:

Yup, that's all yarn.  Not to mention there's a basement with discounted yarn.  This pic isn't even an illusion, the place is that big, with that much yarn.  Sigh.  I'm going to have to go on a mission there sometime soon.  It's not exactly stroller friendly...I'll let you know how it goes...

Now onto the hat: 

Well, that's a nice smile Henry, but we can't see your hat or your new friend (Penelope the empathic monster, pattern courtesy Rebecca Danger [or rebeccadanger.typepad.com])

This is more like it!  Still can't quite see Penelope though

What's that sound?

Oh, hi mom, is it picture time again?

Matching ear flops:

If you have time to take a look, I've finally been working on updating my Etsy shop.  

  

Next week we'll take a break from the monsters, I have a special Mother's Day hat planned!  Hope you all have a great weekend!

G.