New Pictures Have Arrived!

This computer shuffle I'm doing is a bit of a pain but I'm slowly getting into the swing of things.

Check out some of the new pictures I just received. The Abbey Rose is one of my new favorite colours. I LOVE it! This picture makes me giggle too.

I love this combination for the fall. Gold, brown and burnt orange.

Thanks to Erin Dietrich for providing these shots!

I'm hoping to be getting some more pictures in the next few weeks too! Love it when they arrive in my mailbox:)

Spring Sale!

I'm offering 25% off all items in my iCraft shop this week, until May 1st. This includes any custom orders as well!

All prices have already been reduced. Just head over to http://www.icraft.ca/loopy4ewe to check it out. If you've seen a hat on this blog or on my Etsy site at http://www.loopy4ewe.com , that you'd like I can make a custom listing for you! You'd just need to let me know.

Check it out! Good time to stock up on hats for the fall and/or baby shower gifts!

General Update:
I'm finished shows for the season. I'm not sure when/where my next show will be but it likely won't be until the fall! I'm working on building inventory for those shows as well as working on some large wholesale orders for a fall delivery date. If you're a retailer I do offer wholesale pricing! I can be reached via email at loopy4ewe(at)rogers(dot)com

Thanks!

Ask and you shall receive! Some of the latest custom orders

I've done a multitude of custom orders lately both from the online sites and from the shows I've attended. The moral of this post -I don't have everything in my online shops that I make. So if you think I can make something - ask! I probably can. Different colour combos, add a flower, whatever! There's just no way I can make all the hats and have pictures taken of them to post. Not enough hours in the day. And lets face it, on the rare occasion I do allow myself to slack off and take a hat free day:) Not often, but it happens on occasion.

This one is so cute I had to post 1 pictures of it so you could get the full view. One of the new colours I've been working with (sold out - waiting for a new shipment!) is Abbey Rose with the Burnt Orange - beautiful!

And as you can see it's an earflap hat with a flower :)






I also get a lot of requests for single coloured visors. Not a problem. I love the black here with the black flower. I've done this with the flapper style too - charcoal with a charcoal flower. Nice and subtle.



And 2 or 3 toned flowers! Not a great shot but you get the idea. The hats here are celery and the centre of the flower is celery for each of them. One row of petals one colour and the outside another colour. Very cute!

And I just really liked these hats - all in soft ecru with the rose pink and celery flower. Don't you love my new wicker heads too! So much nicer then that styrofoam ball!

I'm attending one more show this Sunday. Details are in the previous post. Well actually there's one last show after that but it's at an office building. I'm still maintaining my quick turn around and hats are still being shipped out within 3-5 days!

What's been happening in Loopy land? Lots!!!

I dropped off my order yesterday to 3 Little Monkey's on Bank St. yesterday! Some great hats from 0-3mths right up to 2-4T.

I've also been steadily working on custom orders like these ones!

I've been making double thick earflap hats for awhile now and have had every intention to get some made and put them up for sale in my shops but it just hasn't happened. So I was excited when someone asked me to make some for them.

I've also made this great charcoal hat with the black flower. I'm running low on charcoal and hoping my shipment arrives soon!

I also JUST finished this hat that's on it's way out the door as soon as I post this blog post. I love the bright colours of the flower.

Final 20 of the 104 order shipped!

I shipped off the final 20 hats of the 104 hat order I was working on last week. These last 20 hats had some great new colour combinations including one of my new favorite. Here's a picture of just a few of the hats that were included in this order.

I thought I'd be ready to work on orders for my upcoming shows but this is not the case. Approx 57 more hats to make and THEN I can start working on inventory for shows. Although I think I will have to start sneaking some inventory in between orders soon or I won't have anything for my tables!

50 hats delivered / shipped

Woo Hoo - On Sept 9 I managed to ship and deliver 50 hats. Phew. It sure felt good!

I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the 32 hats I shipped off to Denver. It's part of a much larger order that I'm still working on. I do have pictures on my other camera of the 3 hats I shipped off to BC and the 15 hats I dropped off at a local store.

I did take a picture on the camera I just uploaded of this hat that was purchased as part of a fundraiser for The Weekend To End Cancer. I had made another hat that was very close for her cousin that was a hot pink hat, a yellow centre and the flower petals were blue. The girls like to have the same, but different so switching up the flower colours is always a great option for situations like this.

I also received an email from a photographer in Hamilton who was in town and purchased one of my hats at a store in the Market. How great that she contacted me and was kind enough to share her pictures! This is one that she took. Thank you Traci from Creative Simplicity! Makes my heart melt:)

Right now I'm working on finishing the large order for Denver. I believe there are about 43 hats still to go. I'm almost done all the hats and will soon start adding the flowers! Some great new colour combinations coming. Plus I have a few other custom orders and I'm trying to sneak in some hats to take to the store in the market. All in all it's still very busy and no time for knitting socks yet!

Some of the Custom Orders Completed

Here are just a few pictures of my recent custom orders. An adult hat in brown with a pale pink flower and an apple green centre along with 2 lip balm cozies.

These were actually part of a trade I did with Becca Bee Designs (www.beccabeedesigns.etsy.com) who makes the BEST girls dresses. We have 5 now and LOVE them all. Very well made, wash, dry and they come out gorgeous! And psst - she has a back to school sale on now!

And these two cuties that were for sisters - a soft ecru hat with a pale pink flower and celery center and not to be exactly the same but to match is a pale pink hat with an ecru flower and celery center. They were really sweet.

No time to photograph

I have been working on a number of items that have gone out without me taking pictures! This included 12 hats that I dropped off at a local store a few weeks ago.

I did manage to snap a some quick picts of these cute hats. Similar but just the colour of the inside of the flower is different.

This is the ever popular flapper beanie in Ivory with a rose pink double flower. One flower has a celery centre the other has a soft teal centre. I can make you a hat of any colour combination too either through my Etsy store www.loopy4ewe.etsy.com or my iCraft shop www.icraft.ca/loopy4ewe

And I managed to take better pictures of this hat. The previous pictures didn't show it off very well.

What I really need to do is make some hats to send off to my photographers again. Oh and make some hats for the upcoming November shows! I feel so behind already. Note to self - contact the retailers soon to get their fall orders. Ack!

I've also been working on lip balm cozies that I will be selling again with the proceeds going to The Weekend To End Breast Cancer. My team, The Groovy Boobie Girls has a goal to raise $20,000! Not bad for a bunch of chicks:) I have a few cozies ready, just waiting for the amazing buttons from Gillian of Brillian Beads. She's once again making me some amazing handmade lampwork pink ribbon buttons for these cozies. And Krysta from Carvel Country Soaps is going to make some yummy lip balm for me to go with the cozies this year! They'll have a special Groovy Boobie Girl label and will come in Strawberry, Raspberry and Cherry flavours! Stay tuned!

Oh The Hats I've Made

Life has not slowed down. I've been busy busy busy doing landscaping projects and despite saying I was going to take this year off I have already signed up to do the 2010 60km Weekend To End Breast Cancer walk. Not only as a participant - but this time as a team captain! Our team the Groovy Boobie Girls is currently made up of 6 women. My goal was 7 but it looks like we may have 10! How great is that. 10 women means $20,000 towards ALL Women's cancers. Amazing!

And of course I've been making hats. I've been busy working on the order of 84 hats. 28 hats are done, working on the flowers for those hats then darn and sew them on. 1/3 of the order will be done. My goal is to have the first third done by the end of next weekend. And here are a bunch of other hats I've been making - custom orders.

I love how this wee hat turned out. All soft ecru with a pale sage green in the center. It's gorgeous and so classy.

These are a bunch of hats I made to take to one of the local stores. I've been trying to make more to bring her because they keep selling but I'm only a one woman show! lol

And these hats were also a custom order for the store too. A woman hat come in and wanted to get her grandbaby a hat and asked if she could get a matching one for Mom and one for Dad too!

This past week a had a couple emails asking me for some quick hats for baby pictures. This cute hat was for a wee one. I had made a 0-3mth size but then found out she was just a wee one so I quickly made a newborn hat. Good thing - the newborn hat fit her perfectly!

And I finished this cute baby boy hat yesterday for another local photographer. Love the white with the robins egg blue! Can't wait to see the pictures :)

Plugging away at hats

I have an order of 84 hats to get working on. I'm trying to tie up loose ends and of course get orders that come in out as quickly as I can. May is an extremely busy month in this household so it's a bit of a challenge to get orders out in a timely manner. I usually like to ship within 1-2 days of the order. Lately it's been taking 4-5 days. Not terribly long considering all items are handmade by me, but longer then I like:)


Here are some hats I've recently completed. I few flappers in some colour combos I've done for a different style hat but not for flapper hats.







I'm donating this hat to my friend who is organizing a walk for JDRF. It will go on their raffle table.





And this hat is one that my husband has been telling me to make forever. And I've been wanting to make forever, I just haven't gotten there. But I had a request for one and I've done it. The hat is done, but I'm going to make a clip on flower to add to it. I'll take pictures of the 2 together when the flower is done. The bookends don't do this hat justice. It needs a cute kid in there!

Spring has sprung but it's still busy

I have no idea where my days are going. Well, not true. I have a lot on the go between Loopy stuff, volunteering, my kids, and training for the 60km Weekend To End Breast Cancer (even with a gimpy foot!)

I still need to take a picture of the completed ribbons of hope Afghan. But I did take a picture of some of the hats I dropped off today at a local store for a custom order. Two more hats I need to work on and finish this weekend. I've also had a cool request that I'm looking forward to trying out.

May is going to be insane too. I hope I can take the time to finish the 2nd sock sometime soon!

More hats finished and on their way to new homes

Last weekend I stopped in at one of the local shops that sells my hats. The message I got - bring in more hats! So I started making them on Monday with the hopes of having 10 completed that I could bring in today (Friday). I managed to get 12 finished and here are the 12 hats I'll be bringing in. I really love the Spring colours. Beautiful!

Flapper Hats and Lacy Beanies Finished

I finished up the wholesale order I've been working on. Twenty Five hats in a combination of flapper style and lacy beanies.

I love the colours. Very Spring and Easter like. I'll be delivering these today. WooHoo!

Cute Little Flappers

Here's a picture of the latest wee hats I made and sent out.

They were a custom order for someone in Vancouver who had purchased one of my hats from a local store who had run out of the smaller sizes. Thanks so much for finding me! I love custom orders and sell my hats in my Etsy Store and my iCraft Store online.

I'm working on another order for 3 Little Monkeys which is a local store on Bank St. They've also run out of the smaller sizes. I'm excited to get this order completed and dropped off since there are some cute new hats that I'm creating! Of course pictures will follow:)

Trying To Get Up To Speed

I've done a ton of creating lately. I just haven't had time to get things set up to show off all the work! So here's a quick post to get caught up.


I made this gorgeous soft ecru visor beanie with the pale pink flower. One of my recent favs I think.





An adult flapper in sage green with a double layer brown flower. The sage is such a great colour.

And my very latest. A beanie for Breast Cancer Awareness which is for sale here in my Etsy shop. It sells for $32 and all the proceeds will be donated to the 60km Weekend To End Breast Cancer walk I'm participating in. I'm getting there. Just over $700 left to raise to meet my $2000 goal. If you'd like to make an online donation (Receipts automatically issued for donations over $10 to Canadians) you can visit my page here. Thanks!

And I recently sent off some Lip Balm Cozy Keychains that will become part of some Team TransCanada Goodie Bags which will sell on the TransCanada Etsy page for a steal! Watch for them. (Sorry the picture is sideways)

Completed Custom Orders

I've just finished up a few custom orders. I'm still working on two more, but it won't be long.

A pink flapper with a navy flower. It's a bit hard to see the navy in this picture.

An itty bitty newborn sized hat. Which is smaller then my 0-3mth hats. Not the best picture since I was expecting it to be picked up at any moment. Instead the baby had other plans for her and Mom :D Which just made my day when I heard that!

I love the bright hats. Pinks and browns are very popular, but I love the hats that pop - like this fuchsia hat with the white flower and orange center. So bright and cheery!

It's Been Awhile

Well, just over a week, but still. Seems like awhile considering everything that's been happening

I've been busy and just getting over a nasty virus that knocked me out of commission. Good thing it happened on a long weekend when hubby was home to help out.

Spring is on it's way which means it's about to get busier for me! Yay!

I dropped 16 hats off at one of the local stores, Tickled Pink, on Friday.

And I just finished this cute order for Naturally Sweet based in Alberta.

I have some great ideas in the works. One is for a Breast Cancer Awareness Beanie. If it will actually come to fruition as I imagine it I will be selling them in person and in my Etsy shop with all proceeds going to my 60km Weekend to End Breast Cancer Walk in June 2009! Coming up fast now! The other idea...well I won't even hint at it. But I've been getting more and more requests for it lately so it's sure to be a hit!

Flapper Hats Ready to Ship Out

I have just put the finishing touches on these 3 hats and will be heading to the post office momentarily. I love the bright colours. The grape and apple green look amazing together.