Hat Week Day Three - Tuesday Turquoise

Day Three of hat fun!

No great insights today, just a really pretty color combination captured in a fabulous hat spotted at Churchill Downs last year. High fashion, great color sense, and a ready supply of quill pens at the back in case you need to sign an IOU for the amount you lose in Race 3.

These earrings came together as I was putting together a selection of work for a local gallery. I love these colors together, and was thrilled to discover that they were such a good match for this hat.

There are others among us who love hats, and Antiquity Travelers created a Pinterest board last year that features the beautiful, the sculptural, the fantastic, and a few that will make you say, "huh?!???" Lots of loveliness from Audrey Hepburn (style incarnate) and Downton Abbey to feed your hat inspiration need.

Before I leave you today, here's my current favorite crazy hat.  It looks like a pheasant and this woman were travelling in opposite directions at high speed, and the pheasant lost. I crack up at the model's expression of, " Darling, everyone knows bird butt is this season's fashion must-have accessory!".

Fresh From the Bead Table

Don't be alarmed - these beads are really not the size of a Volkswagon - I was just loving my macro lens...

 How are you getting back into the swing of things after the holidays?  It can be a real challenge to get the creative juices flowing in the post-New Year's slump.

The other day I decided to kick start a necklace centered around a Juls bead, combined with some turquoise rounds that had been hiding in my bead stash.  Here's what happened.

With the gray, gloomy days we're having around here recently, it's nice to have something that's the blue of a bright sunny sky!