IMPORTANT
NOTICE...
A
Hat Shop is temporarily
suspending orders on our hats and accessories until
further notice due to a move to a new location. We are sorry
for any inconvenience this may cause you and hope you will
check back with us periodically until we are back on line.
Thank
you so much for your business and understanding.
Joanie
In the
late 1950's Mom and I would go to downtown Detroit for a
day  of
shopping at the big stores. One store that really fascinated
me was the "little" millinery shop. Mom and I
would have such fun buying the makings for our hats and
then go home with big smiles of anticipation.
I've
always enjoyed sewing and making things so when I became
a new bride, my focus was on the home and then later, on
my children. Through those years I always loved my hats
and would sometimes buy a new one as a souvenir of a vacation
or trip, adding to my collection.
Many
years later I remembered someone saying how wonderful it
would be if your work or business could be something you
really loved! I knew I would really love to make hats. But
living in a rural area of the mountains might make that
difficult.
That's
when I decided to make the Internet work for me in making
my dream come true. The local community college had a program
where I could learn to create a website. A year later I
graduated from that program and had my first website. I
had done it! The elation I felt at that ceremony was incredible.
People I didn't even know came up to me and told me I had
inspired them. Several people even signed up for the program
that very night.
My studio
had evolved to where I now have International sales, have
had several hats at the Kentucky Derby, and special orders
for brides and other special events. Red hats are a huge
business along with all the fun things such as hat stands,
boas, fans, gloves and even scepters for the Queens of the
Red Hatter gals. Road trips to the Red Hatter events are
such a fun way to get my hats to the public and to meet
so many nice ladies.
I now
have a job making and selling the hats I love to wear, to
gals who love to have fun and do it wearing one of my hats!
Joan
Lee
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