Cartoon Horses with Hat-titude
Bobbie is a 60s inspired mod cap created in a wide display of fun colours.
We start off with Hattingdon looking adorable in orange. Orange is a big favourite of Vivian’s.
Here are the rest of our favourites. Which ones do you love?
We hope we brought you a “Hatful of Smiles”. Come back and see us again soon. Love, Hattingdon.
The upcoming design illustrates that our Hattingdon can pull off just about any kind of fashion hat.
In this instance, she wears a custom headpiece made up of fruit slices frim oranges, blood oranges and limes. We named the headpiece Citrina.
She looks fresh and bright and cheerful and darling . . . in our humble opinion of course.
Now . . . how about some punch inspired by Hattingdon’s darling headwear?
This weekend, two of our staff made the recipe for the punch pictured below. They report it was a huge win with family, friends and their guests. They also report they will be serving it again and again, especially at holiday time.
Here are three recipes for you — Lime Sherbet Punch, Orange Sherbet Punch and the Blood Orange Holiday Punch seen above. Let’s go!
Ingredients
2 quarts lime sherbet
2 (2 liter) bottles ginger ale
1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice
(4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained
1 lemon, sliced
1 lime, sliced
Directions
Scoop lime sherbet into a punch bowl; pour in ginger ale and pineapple juice. Stir well. Stir in maraschino cherries and float lemon and lime slices in the punch.
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Ingredients
Orange Sherbet – the scoops of sherbet are the star ingredient to add the creaminess and orange flavor to this party punch.
Ginger Ale – is a classic choice to make the perfect party punch and transforming it into a fizzy drink.
Orange Slices – completely optional, but I love to add a few slices on top of the punch to make it look pretty and offer fresh wedges for garnish on the punch glasses.
Directions
To prepare the punch, use an ice cream scoop and add scoops of orange sherbet to the bottom of a large punch bowl. Next, pour half of the ginger ale over the sherbet (it will look really foamy and that’s okay) then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator. Allow the punch to chill until half an hour before you plan to serve it.
Source: Julia’s Simply Southern »
As promised above, here is the recipe for Blood Orange Holiday Punch — it is from Southern Living magazine. The recipe contains liquor, and is traditionally served at holiday time. Don’t let that stop you!
Ingredients
1 ½ cups vodka
¾ cup Maraschino liquor, such as Luxardo
3 cups blood orange juice (from about 12 blood oranges)
1 cup freshly-squeezed lime juice (from about 12 limes)
1 750-ml bottle prosecco (or other dry, sparkling wine), chilled
Directions
Combine the vodka, Maraschino liquor, blood orange juice, and lime juice in a large pitcher, and refrigerate for about an hour. When ready to serve, pour the mixture into a punch bowl. Add the prosecco, and garnish with an assortment of citrus wheels, thyme sprigs, and star anise.
Enjoy!
P.S. We have a brand new classic hat inspired by the above fruit colours. It is so very pretty and bright. Tune in Tuesday. Love, Hattingdon.
Today, the 7th of July, is World Chocolate Day!
The National Today website tells us:
“Established in 2009, World Chocolate Day marks the supposed anniversary of the day that this iconic dessert made its first entrance into Europe in 1550. All around the world on this date, candy stores, and local suppliers place their best-loved merchandise on sale so that everyone, both young and old, can enjoy a nibble of the stuff.”
Hattingdon does not have a chocolate hat, but she does have a chocolate brown hat. Here she is. It is from the mod cap series. Isn’t she cute?
“Chocolate comes from the seed of the Theobroma Cacao tree. Cacao grows in Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America, where it has been cultivated for at least three millennia. However, Africa holds 70% of the growing cacao trees in the world today. The earliest known observation of using cacao seeds is from around 1100 BC.”
If there is anything more deluxe than chocolate, we do not know what it is!
Be sure to check this out from Eat This, Not That! The link is to an article on their website entitled, “13 Chocolate Brands That Use the Highest Quality of Ingredients.” In it they also tell you whose chocolate products to stay away from.
TheHealthSite.com has a cool article entitled, ‘Feel-Good’ Hormones: How Chocolate Positively Impact Mood And Brain Function?
Last but not least, we highly recommend this recipe for “The Best Vegan Chocolate Cake,” by Nora Cooks. It is truly moist and delicious. Magic!
Thank you, hat (and chocolate) lovers, for stopping by. Love, Hattingdon.
Hattingdon celebrates Canada Day in a Canadian flag inspired red and white puffy cap with large upturned brim. Vivian named the hat Zoe.
Canada Day is often referred to as “Canada’s birthday”, particularly in the popular press.
Wikipedia, the fount of all knowledge (wink), tells us:
The term “birthday” can be seen as an oversimplification, as Canada Day is the anniversary of only one important national milestone on the way to the country’s full sovereignty, namely the joining on July 1, 1867, of the colonies of Canada (divided into Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a wider British federation of four provinces.
Canada became a “kingdom in its own right” within the British Empire, commonly known as the Dominion of Canada.” End Quote
Best wishes to Canada and all of her wonderful citizens.
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