Spikey Mickey

Finished this hat for a client in Philadelphia.
Wanted a hat covered with spikes; no name just spikes.
Client chose the original felt surface rather than covering with leather
(Extra time to shape and apply leather would have made it impossible to finish before deadline anyway.) I lined it with felt to keep the bases of the spikes from getting caught in longer hair.
So I went with 23 of the 1 1/8 inch spikes.

Mickey's expression is ironic with the spikes.

No name just spikes!

I lined it in red felt.

"Mr. Burning Man", a la "Mad Max" Ears

Front with Flash

Front without Flash

Back with Flash

Back without Flash

the ears before.

I recently finished a hat for a client, Ron, who will be wearing it at "Burning Man" later this month.
He wanted a "Mad Max" feel so he asked for the leather to be distressed. It was a challenge for me to treat the leather roughly enough to cause the distressing, but I sucked it up and made it so. He also preferred not to have a Mickey medallion on the front but rather to have his personalization there in stead. In fact he didn't want any of the medallion shape to show through the leather. I had to use a set of baby blue infant ears as the base to get that smooth shape for the hat. Which meant that the ears needed to be painted first so that they would be the classic black. As an added feature for the windy playa he asked or a set of leather laces to replace the elastic, attached them through grommet holes under each ear.

I really think they cam out great!

Studded Leather Ears for LA's Reigning Leather Stud!

Finished a set of ears for the current Mr. LA Leather, Eric Paul Leu. They came out great!

Front w/Mickey Medallion

Back with Name in Studs for THE stud!

Busines Cards and a New hat to match...

I have had my first run of business cards printed, take a look:

With that card in mind, this hat is intended to coordinate with my business Cards.
The aquamarine rhinestones set in a silver chain were really a difficult find. And they were priced to reflect that!
Still if you love the color as I do, it's worth it.
Since the stones were smaller than my other stones this took more stitches to hold down in place.

As a hint of the amount of work and planning that goes into one of these hats, here's a picture of the hat just under half way done.

Rainbow and Sky Writing, a hat to wear with PRIDE.

Just listed another style of hat on Etsy.

This custom hat features an individually hand applied sequin rainbow arching across the top of the hat. 

Also on the hat is a name or other identifier styled to look like sky writing on the back.

That identifier is completed with an air plane button at the end.

This personalization is achieved with individually hand applied random faux pearl beads in a continuous single line of script.







The hat hasn't actually been purchased yet so the name shown is merely an example of what the name could look like  beaded on a piece of polar fleece to show the basic idea and execution of work.

For additional information and to purchase contact me directly, or check out my listing:
Sequin Rainbow and Pearl Sky Writing Name Mouse Ears on Etsy

Key Chain Size!

My Salesman Sample of the Leather Mickey Mouse Ears has been popular.
So I've calculated the price and have put that style up for sale on Etsy:

Leather Key Chain Mickey Mouse Ears