Every year as spring approaches, my mind turns to a theme for our Annual Ladies' Spring Tea at church. I booked the same facility as last year - Sycamore Hills Golf Club. The tea will be held on May 11th [the day before Mother's Day].
Since a publicity flier/insert will be going in next Sunday's bulletin, I had to focus my attention yesterday on determining a theme. For inspiration I got out all my Tea Time magazines from the current March/April 2013 issue, all the way back to the fall 2003 premier issue. These magazines are chock-full of gorgeous photos, recipes, articles, and great ideas. I have every issue, and wouldn't part with one. This year is their 10th anniversary.
I didn't have to search long before an idea began to form - "Hats off to Spring!"
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I'm envisioning hat centerpieces, hat desserts, a hat/bonnet/veil/fascinator contest [in person as well as photos], a little history about hats, and people we think of who wore, or currently wear them. For example, who could forget the Grand Ole Opry comedian, Minnie Pearl, with the price tag dangling from her hat? Or more recently, Aretha Franklin, who sang at President O'Bama's 2009 inauguration, and her hat catapulted the designer's business into world-wide fame. [He's from the Detroit-Metro area.]
Do you wear a hat when you go to tea? Church - especially on Easter Sunday? A wedding? I used to wear them to church when they were in style, and occasionally wear them to tea now. The photo below was at Tea Time Magazine's 2008 An Occasion for Tea at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. [That's me in the back row, black hat.]
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I love how hats have never lost their appeal among many British women, and especially the Royal women. Rarely is the Queen or Duchess of Cambridge seen in public without a lovely hat on. It's part of their outfit.
In the United States, hats are very popular with African/American women, especially when they go to church. They are, in fact, referred to as "church hats." The photo below was taken at a tea party. Both ladies are wearing hats created by Luke Song [the milliner who designed Aretha Franklin's hat].
Who or what comes to mind when you think of hats?
Would you wear a hat if they came back into style, full-swing?
It will be a fun theme, and my mind is spinning with ideas for developing it. If you have any ideas or comments to share about hats I'd love to hear them.
Do you wear a hat when you go to tea? Church - especially on Easter Sunday? A wedding? I used to wear them to church when they were in style, and occasionally wear them to tea now. The photo below was at Tea Time Magazine's 2008 An Occasion for Tea at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. [That's me in the back row, black hat.]
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I love how hats have never lost their appeal among many British women, and especially the Royal women. Rarely is the Queen or Duchess of Cambridge seen in public without a lovely hat on. It's part of their outfit.
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In the United States, hats are very popular with African/American women, especially when they go to church. They are, in fact, referred to as "church hats." The photo below was taken at a tea party. Both ladies are wearing hats created by Luke Song [the milliner who designed Aretha Franklin's hat].
Who or what comes to mind when you think of hats?
Would you wear a hat if they came back into style, full-swing?
It will be a fun theme, and my mind is spinning with ideas for developing it. If you have any ideas or comments to share about hats I'd love to hear them.
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