Update: Lacey was part of our month long August Classic Hat Marathon, residing in our banner throughout and acquired quite a following. Here are your requested products. Click image to shop.
• Ladies Tee
Here it is. Isn’t it lovely? We made the artwork larger too, per your request.
Lacey Hattingdon Ladies Tee.
• Girls Fine Jersey Tee
Lacey Girls’ Fine Jersey T-Shirt
We have also added a flat card, sticker and mug.
• Flat Card
Lacey Flat Card.
• Sticker!
We have created the sticker you wanted too. There are four to a page. Doesn’t she look sweet?
Greetings! Vivian created her very first cartoon horse while awaiting the outcome of several last minute Committee meetings in Washington D.C. that could impact the safety of our horses. Christmas was just around the corner, and she was miserable and wanted to go home.
To distract herself from her mood, she got on the computer and started playing around in Photoshop, until at last she had what she wanted — a cartoon horse — to help raise money to benefit horses, and to make people laugh of course. She named him Curtis. Isn’t he handsome? What is it about “first borns”? Sigh.
Curtis the First.
Curtis was, and still is, a huge success, and became the beginning of what would eventually evolve into a large family of hat wearing cartoon horses.
Vivian was pressed to design more, which she did. In order to save precious time, she created what she eventually named the “classic hat” silhouette (see below), which would be fast and easy to design for. She named the first one Eve.
Eve Classic
As of this writing Vivian has designed more than 70 classic hats.
Recently she was asked by Classic Hat Fans to do a series, here on the blog, of people’s top favorite classic hats of all time.
“I was thrilled to be asked. I am even more thrilled to do it. There are some very, very pretty classic hats. This will be their big moment to shine!
I chose fifteen designs altogether. We will blog three classic hats per week throughout the five weeks of August. Stay tuned so you do not miss out on any of the fun.”
Well, shiver me timbers, look what we have here. Pirates! And cute ones at that. Meet Morgan.
Morgan comes in two looks, one with blue detailing and the other with red. But first we have a little business.
Shopping Survey
Thank you for completing our survey. It told us a lot, including that the Morgan design is a clear winner. Secondly, you told us the following products are ones you are most interested in and buy most often: tees, mugs, tote bags and art prints/posters.
Morgan design products are now available on those items! Shop via the links and images below. Thank you everyone.
Usually Vivian is able to choose a name for a Hattingdon hat right away. This time it was a bit different. Finally, the name “Morgan” suddenly popped in her head. She thought . . . yes! Vivian knew it was a Welsh name, being from the UK. Look what it means.
The name Morgan means “sea-born,” “sea-song,” or “sea-circle.” It is traditionally a boy’s name of Welsh origin, and more specifically, a variant of the Old Welsh name Morcant which is a combination of the Welsh elements mor, meaning “sea” and cant, meaning “circle.”
Perfect. Serendipity at work.
Shiver me timbers
Ever wonder where that expression comes from? We did too. Look.
In heavy seas, ships would be lifted up and pounded down so hard as to “shiver” the timbers, startling the sailors. Such an exclamation was meant to convey a feeling of fear and awe, similar to, “Well, blow me down!”, or, “May God strike me alive and well”. Source »
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