Margarita Mad Hatter Fundraiser

This last Saturday evening was filled with fun, food, laughter and hats! I attended the Margarita Mad Hatter Fundraiser for the class of 2013. I wanted to support my friend's daughter who will be graduating with that class...

The attendees were encouraged to wear a hat of their choice. I saw everything from leather biker-chic caps to sombreros.

What a great idea!

Of course, I decided to make mine, and I wanted to see if I could make one without spending any money. All I had to do was look around the house & craft room. I took my inspiration from Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter Hat....

I found an old straw hat, and decided to vamp it up. I took black scrap booking paper and wrapped it around the top to enlarge the height; then wrapped some old lace around the whole thing to give it a consistant texture. I took it to my husbands shop and found some black spray paint, and painted the whole hat black.

Then just finished it off with some pink netting (I didn't have enough ribbon on hand..remember, I wanted to see if I could pull this off without spending any money), clipped a black flower on the side, and wa la...................

I swear, you can do/make anything if you own a good hot glue gun!

This is the results.....It was good enough to win 1st prize! Yippee! Sunset Spa, here I come!
Don't we look stunning?? hee hee
Kaylyne wore her tiara...
When we left for the evening, we had several people in the elevator comment how pretty it was...lots of bling!
So what have you made with a hot glue gun?