Cartoon Horses with Hat-titude
The Audrey hat design is one of your — and our — all-time favorites. Vivian created it in 2018.
The hat features an open, overlapping crown in black, situated atop a large dome in black, pink and white. The front of the dome is adorned with a large plump feather in pink. Pink nosebobs complete the look.
More of your favorites are on the way for the rest of June. We will be away for most of July and August.
Thank you! See you again soon.
Wow. It is National Blogger Day, but what to blog about? How about Hattingdon’s beginning, how she got started, and the first two Hattingdon cartoon horses Vivian created? Let’s go!
It was a dark and stormy night . . . . ha, ha, ha. Just kidding. Wink.
IT was late December, and Vivian was still in Washington DC lobbying on horse protection bills, waiting for Congress to adjourn for the Christmas holidays so she could go home. Everybody else in her organization had already gone, so she was on her own.
To pass the time, she got on her computer, opened up Photoshop and started layering shapes, until she had what you see below — her very first ever cartoon horse. She named him Curtis.
She put Curtis on t-shirts to sell, and away we went. He was a wonderful success, helping to raise money to defray lobbying expenses, and rescue, rehabilitate and find homes for horses with what was left over.
The following Spring, Vivian made another hat wearing cartoon horse — this time a lady. The hat she created was inspired by the fashions seen on the Paris runway. Vivian named the new addition Harper.
Vivian wondered, what if her creations got popular and became a series — what in the world was she going to call them? The only thing she knew for sure is that she wanted the word “hat” somewhere in the it. Nothing came to mind.
Then one day, lo and behold, when she was not even thinking about it, the name Hattingdon popped into her head. And that is how it came about.
Not long after that, Vivian created Hattingdon’s first blog. And that, as they say, is history!
“Blogger Day is celebrated on August 5 every year. This day celebrates one of the most popular platforms in the world, Blogger. Anyone who has ever created a blog before has most likely used Blogger. This platform allows people to express themselves for either personal or commercial reasons.
“Some bloggers use blogs to disseminate information and it has been a very good way to consume news ranging from politics to sports, technology, lifestyle, and a host of other topics.
“This day should be well celebrated, especially by the blogging community as it celebrates one of the platforms that contribute to our freedom of speech.”
Thank you for spending time with us. Love, Hattingdon & Co.
© Vivian J Grant. All Rights Reserved.
Hello and welcome. We have a lovely classic hat for you this Monday. The Viveca hat. It is very snazzy and at the same time elegant — with a little touch of “the wild”.
Hattingdon creator Vivian chose the name Viveca (also spelled Viveka) for this simply because she likes the sound of it. The name has an interesting background. Here is a bit of it.
It’s a Vivi name, just like all of the forms of Vivian.
• Viveka hits the sweet spot, right between feminine and frilly.
• While the name is rare, it is real rather than invented.
• With roots in Swedish and Sanskrit, it’s undeniably a culture-spanning choice.
The name Viveca is a girl’s name of Scandinavian origin meaning “alive, life; place of refuge”, Nameberry.com tells us.
The renowned Swedish actress named Viveca Lindfors was a notable bearer of this name. Famous people named Viveca include Viveca Lindfors, a Finnish figure skater and Viveca Sten, a Swedish novelist. Viveca was also a character’s name in the movie ‘Barbie And The Three Musketeers’.
© Vivian J. Grant
Greetings!
My how fast things change, and how very little stays the same in that vast arena called social media. But most of all — how time consuming. So we have made some changes following loads of meetings, considering boatloads of different opinions ideas. Now the dust has settled, here’s where we are . . . . or not!
We are streamlining everything these days at Hattingdon® HQ. One of our latest adventures has been in the area of social media.
Hattingdon was on Twitter for ages. Then she went quiet. Now she’s back. It will take a bit of time to build her following up again.
If you are on Twitter you can follow her @hattingdon. Find her tweet page at https://twitter.com/hattingdon .
If you have any ideas or suggestions (yes, we feel we can always use more) email us at hattingdon at gmail.com. Or use our Contact Form. Thank you!
— UPDATE: We lost our Twitter person during the pandemic. We will try to back there soon.
Here’s the social media platforms where Hattingdon® remains:
• Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hattingdon/ @hattingdon »
• Website at https://hattingdon.com/ where there’s loads to view and do — and where all her design galleries now reside »
• Blog Hattingdon on WordPress https://hattingdon.wordpress.com/ »
• Twitter https://twitter.com/hattingdon @hattingdon »
Hattingdon® is no longer on Facebook, Pinterest or Google+ (which is no more).
So now we should be a lean, mean fighting machine ready to deliver a Hatful of Smiles™ to more people, more often, in an improved manner.
Hugs and kisses and millinery blisses. HATTINGDON
©Vivian J. Grant.
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