Gah, all too often I see these photos of myself and have Senior Class Photo Flashbacks. Hand on hip? Check. Smirky "I'm about to Take on the World" face? Check. Unfortunate hat choice? Hey! I'm a crazy art teacher, I'm entitled to a fashion faux pas! (okay, check). Yeah, yeah, I know. I've finally done it: I've crossed the threshold from quirky art teacher to full blown jean-jumper, thematic-sweater-vest, Keds-and-ankle-socks madness. You saw the warning signs what with the Painted Jean Dress, the Pencil and Notepad Skirt, not to mention the Pencil Shoes! But did you do anything about it? Did you step in, pull me aside, gently attempt to remove the rainbow hat from my head? Um, no. You didn't. So who's to blame here, people? I mean, really. I'd hold up a mirror but I don't think you'd be able to see it. Although if we're really gonna point fingers, I gotta blame the librarians of the world and their Read Across America Week (hey, art teachers, we need an Art Across America Week! Let's start one, 'kay?). If you're not familiar, it's this week long thingie that involves reading (um, duh) and, for some reason, dressing silly. Crazy Hat Day just so happens to be one of those days. Now the aforementioned Rainbow Hat I wore last year is a tough one to top but after sharing this Christian Dior palette hat last week, I got to thinkin': I can make this hat! Kinda! I just so happened to have this hole-y (not to be confused with holy) beret in my stash of wacky hats that the kids wear when they pose for each other during impromptu drawing sessions (along with a sombrero, a knight's helmet and an ship captains hat. Ah, the treasures of a hoarder). I thought the creme color would make for the perfect background for my paint palette. This was probably the easiest and fastest DIY to date. I just laid out wads of felt roving and proceeded to punch away. If you'd like more details on the whole felting process, you can read about my first venture into felting-land here. And then there's the felted Put a Bird on It sweater and an Anthropologie-inspired felted sweater here. I tol' you, I'm addicted. It's the whole stabbing and punching thing that I love. What? Because I was stuck with the circular shape of the beret, I decided to "draw" the shape of the palette in black roving (not to mistaken for Cher's hair). You can see I drew all over my beret and then followed my line. Have you seen this movie? Or, more accurately, have you ever seen such a beautiful woman? I can hardly focus on the plot because Faye Dunaway's gorgeousness just prevents it. Such a stunner. As I was punching away on the finishing touches of my beret, it reminded me of Faye Dunaway's portrayal of Bonnie Parker. You know, that whole beret-wearing vintage look. And, since you weren't around to stop me, it was then I decided I needed an entire Bonnie and Clyde/Crazy Art Teacher outfit. "Hey! Bonnie! Over here! What do you think!? Can I join the Barrow Gang now or what? ...hello? Maybe I'll just come back when you're not holding a gun, ermkay?" I started with this too-long/too-boring tweed skirt that'd been in my closet since...I dunno, my first year teaching? Which was like 15 years ago or something ridiculous like that. And that ain't nuthin cuz I still have my high school prom dresses and my first mail-order clothing purchase from ninth grade. I like to think of my closet as being akin to Hotel California. Clothing, you can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave! (P.S. I've not forgotten my promised closet tour post...it's coming). After sketching out my tweedy art teacher skirt, I zipped over to the local craft place for sheets of colorful felt at $.34 a piece. After cutting them out, I used an applique stitch to add the "paper" to the crayon as well as those black designs that makes a Crayola crayon recognizable from it's lamer, waxier counterparts. The finished crayons along with my original sketch. You know I'm all about the applique. It was my Numero Uno fave way to reinvent an outfit until I discovered felting. Like I always tell ya, your machine can do this: set it to the zigzag setting, set the the zigs wide (I have a computerized sewing screen and I use the number 6) and the spacing close (I set my spacing at .5 which creates a solid line of zigs). This is the same method I used for my Pencil Skirt, my Rock Star Apron and, most recently, my Fulla Hot Air Dress. Once the crayons were appliqued to the skirt, the felting began. If you are an art teacher then you know the study of lines is muy importante. I decided to have each crayon scrawl a different line onto my skirt. I think this will be fun to wear at the beginning of my line lessons. If you look closely, you'll see I drew the lines onto the skirt with white chalk. I decided to only have lines at the bottom of the skirt on the backside. Cuz all ya'll know horizontal lines across the toshie woulda just been bad. What do you wear with a crayon skirt? Why crayon shoes, of course! AND there you have it. When I stepped out of my bathroom in this look the other day, hubs took two steps back and grabbed the door frame. I mistook this for a "whoa, mama" move. Me: Well! What do you think? El Hubbo: Is this what you've been working on? Me: Yeah! What. Do. You. THINK?! Hubs: Um. I don't think I like it. Me: WHAT?! Look at this outfit, it's amazing! Why don't you like it? Hubs: It looks like a costume. Which is precisely what it is. The Crazy Art Teacher Costume. All yours for five easy payments of $19.95. Shipping and handling not included.
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The hat above is my favorite Bes Ben hat. I mean just look at it, gold metal cicadas, silver beaded edging, a hard sculpted base softened only by the use of plush chocolate brown velvet...I want it! With a brown tweed suit? Divine! Today on hat histories we learn a bit about Bes Ben and admire some of my favorites from designer Benjamin B Green-Field. Benjamin B Green-Field was born in Chicago in 1898 and in 1919 opened his first millinery shop with his sister Bessie (hence Bes, for Bessie, and Ben, for Benjamin). Bes Ben hats began relatively traditional and stylish, but grew in the early forties to become more surrealist and occasionally absurd (in a good way!). Benjamin embraced non-traditional materials during the rationing war years, like kitchen utensils and napkin rings (on hats yes) and never looked back. Doll furniture, miniature animals, fruits, dolls, birds, nothing was exempt from being put atop a hat, not even miniature hats! The sense of humor and high design combined with interesting materials mad Bes Ben hats incredibly sought after both in their time and today. Mr. Green-Field's success in business afforded him a sumptuous life filled with travel and collecting. He became a passionate philanthropist and in 1987, not long before his death. he endowed the Benjamin B. Green-Field foundation in order to improve the quality of life for children and the elderly of his home town of Chicago. From starting out life as the son of an iron worker, he sure made a life for himself with his whimsical hats! Where is a movie about this man? I need more fashion history films! Lets look at some Bes Ben hats shall we? Look at this cute little hat! I like hats that sort of clip onto the top of the head and this shape is really cute with the swirls on the sides. Note the plastic tubing around the edges like piping, it's a material Bes Ben used frequently. Like in this hat where the whole thing is made out of said tubing! This is a rather subdued Bes Ben, but i really like it! Perfect for fall right? Should I get creative with some felt and some brass stampings? I feel a repro coming... Another style Bes Ben are know for are these little jewel/bead encrusted hats. This one is more cap shaped but some of them were just little strip like figure-8's covered in plastic gems. 1940's How could I not adore this hat, it combines two of my favorite things, hats and celluloid combs! Gorgeous, just so awesome! A good recycling idea for combs with broken tines! 1936-1938, LACMA This little velvet doll hat is super cute, I love the little flowers on the veiling! This would be such a perfect x-mas/new years hat! This one would be easy to DIY with those glitter Christmas stems from the craft store for making wreaths. I feel like bright satin hats like this would actually match nearly anything. A black suit? yes. A navy dress, yes? A bright yellow cocktail dress? why not! I'm pretty sure the hat on the right above is covered in leather leaves? Super cool, I'd love a leather leaf hat! This fruit basket hat is super cute, I love fruity hats! The chenille dot veiling is really pretty too. 1950's I don't know where in life one would wear this showgirl-tastic hat, Vegas perhaps? It is really pretty though! A hat with tiny skunks? Of course! There is that beaded edging again too, something I need to try in a future hat for sure. If there was a version of this hat with foxes I would be even more enthused! A hat with bees! I love bees! With feather wings? So cute! 1956 I love this straw bee themed hat too! Another possibly DIY by painting brass stamping bee's white? These Bes Ben hats give me so many ideas for future hat projects! 1962 Upright owl appliques? Sure why not! 1961 These are actually little tiny straw hats with lots of decorations in a little pile! Hats on hats! 1963-1965 Jockeys riding through leaves and berries and also random clocks--perfect for the races! 1966 I really love this newspaper bow, it would be cool to make one with colorful comic pages! 1966 Golden scissors, a perfect hat for a seamstress like me! 1950's More bees! I really need a bee hat you guys! 1950's Coated in plastic gems! It would be quite fun to coat a hat in beads, perhaps I should make one with all the leftover beads without a match in my crafting stash. Early 1940's I love this hat, I love it! Such pretty colors and I love the mix of feathers and millinery flowers/berries! So yummy! I haven't even scratched the surface of Bes Ben hats, and I chose the subtler ones, so imagine what the rest look like! I highly encourage you to browse other Bes Ben hats on Pinterest because they are endlessly inspiring and rather uplifting to look at! I know I have a lot of ideas for hats I want to make now just after compiling this post!
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