HATalk Magazine August 2024 Issue!

My shoutout from HATalk Magazine, August 2024 Issue.

JamMJRAugust 21, 2024in the news

The End of the Show

The Mad Duchess update on the hat art show held at the Old Bakery and Emporium Museum in Austin, Texas.

JamMJRJuly 10, 2024harrogate gardens exhibition, old bakery and emporium and museum, 2024 hat exhibition by mamie raynaud, austin art exhibition, austin fashion exhibition

Summer Vibes

Some news announcement and what I did in July.

Atelier, JamMJRAugust 19, 2023silk flowers, ann arbor arts festival, henry ford museumComment

2023 Lunar New Year Celebration

Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit 2023!

JamMJRFebruary 9, 20232023 Lunar new year, 2023 chinese new year, I get older every year, keeping up with crafting and culture, chinese american celebration chinese new year

Winter is here & a look at some vintage hats

A quick overview of my new vintage hats.

Atelier, JamMJRJanuary 24, 2023vintage hats, shopping for vintage hats, looking at vintage hats, traveling and shopping, traveling in the usa, traveling to michigan, shopping in michigan

What’s your super power?

Looking back at how I discovered my super power.

JamMJRNovember 4, 2022introspective, empowerment, honing your craft, feeling brave to create

New Season New Shapes

Working with new shapes this Fall 2022 and how I find inspiration.

JamMJRSeptember 19, 2022inspirational thoughts about creativity, being creative and stuck, stuck and creative, where to find inspiration

Summer Hat Inspiration

Romantic vintage style straw hats with scarves inspired by iconic movies like “Giant.”

Atelier, JamMJRAugust 24, 2022The Mad DuchessGiant the movie, vintage style hats, hats for convertible driving, downton abbey, country hat, garden hat, scarf and hat, hat accessories, straw hat, bucket hat, cloche hat, vintage modern hatComment

June Heat

JamMJRJune 21, 2022the mad duchess updates, what i do next

Goodbye But Not Forgotten

Pandamonium is getting archived!

Atelier, JamMJRMay 18, 2022bes-ben, pandamonium, humor and design, texas fashion collection

Spring Pop-Ups

JamMJRMay 14, 2022craft shows, fundraiser art shows, setting up a craft show, setting up a hat crafts, selling at a craft show

Friday quirks

Cat news.

JamMJRApril 8, 2022cat hat, pillbox hat with cats, jackie o hat, jackie onassis, derby hat, vintage style hatComment

Honey! Beehive Yourself!

A blog about the long-awaited beehive hat.

Jam, AtelierMJRMarch 20, 2022bes ben hats, vintage style hats, looking at bes ben as inspiration

Repurpose a vintage hat

Find new inspiration in vintage hats! Learn a few tricks to restoring or repurposing an old hat.

JamMJRMarch 15, 2022saving vintage hats, vintage straw, how to save old stuff, recycling or upcycling, upcycling things, up cycling with meaning, up cycling hats

Hope & Yin-Yang to Creativity

What hopes means to me, and how Yin-Yang theory helps with creativity.

JamMJRMarch 4, 2022decluttering, having hope

Pandamonium

Read about how I made my 2022 Pandamonium hat I entered in the Bes-Ben Contest sponsored by the American Millinery Guild.

Jam, AtelierMJRJanuary 17, 2022bes ben hat contest, American millinery guide, usa millinery guide, millinery guide, nyc hat makers guild, hat contest, panda hats, pandamonium, texas fashion collection, northpark exhibition, whimsical hats, head dress

Sailor Red Boater

A message about my love for boaters.

Jam, AtelierMJRAugust 13, 2021boater hats, kimono fabrics, how to recycle old fabric, up cycle old fabric, making a toy boater hat, a red straw hat

New Horizons

The dream for new adventures.

JamMJRJuly 21, 2021catching up, thinking about a new season, changing with the seasons, creative change, seasonal change, creative

Hat making is an endangered craft

JamMJRMay 25, 2021the dying art of hat making, hat making supplies, endangered crafts, crafts that are dying around the world, the loss of artisans

Royal Ascot Tribute

A month-long tribute to Royal Ascot millinery fashion.

Atelier, JamMJRMay 21, 2021royal ascot hats, racewear, racing hats, hats to wear to races, ascot, del mar, belmont stakes, custom hat maker in austin texas, milliner in austin texas

All Posts