The Beautiful Kelly Bannister - putting the roses to shame with her radiance and Bonnie Evelyn hat!!

I could not think of a better way to end an amazing Spring Racing Carnival, then a day at Sandown Races with the girls. Mega congrats to Miss Kelly Bannister for coming in the Top 10 in Fashions on the Field in her divine vintage forties lace dress and knock out Bonnie Evelyn hat!

Along with all that excitement we had some lovely bubbles, a dirty souvlaki, an ice cream, won some money on a horse called Maximus (really how could he lose with a name like Maximus?) and met some excellent people. Top day!

Sunday was photo shoot day on the beach with our December model of the month. The weather decided to be perfect and sunny and windy. We have some amazing shots of Bonnie Evelyn hair ornaments making outfits look effortlessly summer chic.

Behind-the-scenes sneeky pic of the glamorous Model of the Month, Miss December....

Monday night was the Annual General Meeting of the Milliners Association of Australia where we talked about hats and ate cheese. Awesome.

Lucy (the administrative extraordinaire) has been working hard to put together the amazing new Media page showing some of the media that Bonnie Evelyn hats, headpieces and head ART  has seen over the past few years. Click here to take a look!

In other news, I have sustained a hat-block-to-the-toe injury (big block of wood used for making hats jumped on my big toe). Suffering for art and all that. Don’t worry, me and my toe are going to be ok.

So next on the agenda will be to have an epic tidy in Hat Making HQ, then get a wiggle on with some headwear for the brides of Summer and some pretty hat-like Chrissy presents. I’m looking forward to a holiday season full of fun and sun and an exciting new year of ground breaking, breath taking, Earth shattering new headwear!