Oh The Gentlemen...

The Year Of The Snake

Oh Dino!!!  Such a great shot of really such a great hat!!!

This hat was made from a pair of faux snakeskin pants!  Wrapped around the band is a snake with vintage rhinestones for eyes (orange-red!)

I did an art show that was around Chinese New Years so I made a collection of 12 hats, of course, each representing one of the years...hence The Year Of The Snake!

Oh I loved these hats...must do this again...maybe next Chinese New Year.

For now the challenge is: in 7 days...

60 Original Hats in 60 days!!!

Fully believing that 21 days can change a habit and 60 days could change Your Life!!!

You in??!!!

Twill be FUN!!!

"24" A Rather Magical Year

The Grand Banyan Hat

When I was 23 I had just started making hats.  I had moved back from Maui (the first time) to Manhattan Beach, Ca. and for my 24th birthday I went to where my heart was...a trip back to the jungle!

The jungle being Nahiku, Maui.

Along side the sweet road on route to the landing and sea was this gynormous Banyan tree.  Banyan trees have these threads that are their roots which fall gracefully from the top and when they hit the ground they root very strongly.

So I started pulling and clipping and hanging off the roots that hadn't made it to the ground yet.  I soaked the roots in water and sat on top a cliff over looking the ocean and started weaving.  (Basically an upside down basket) and then one day Poof!  One of my favorite hats and now 17 years later I still have this hat.  It has held up quite well.

And the tree?

She is still there, along side the road, glorious and waiting for another moment have me clip and hang and pull Her...for She had FUN too!!!

Today's Sweet Memoir!

So officially 8 days till launching!!!  Exactly a week from Today I commence!!!

Remember...

21 days can change a habit...60 days could change Your Life!!!

You in???

MY PURPOSE DEFINED!!!

Roger Bannister - first man in history to run the mile in less than 4  minutes

(want some extra inspiration??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister)

                                 Katherine Carey
           Visionary and Dream Warrior   


So why this challenge??? Why 60 hats on 60 days???


I mean this is indeed a challenge and my life is extremely busy and full as is. Taking on making a hat each and every day...why???

Well, simple. I have a Great Big Dream. As most of you know I am indeed A Great Dream Warrior FULL of Faith and Belief that INDEED Dreams REALLY DO Come True!!!

I have posted recently that I had 4 dreams come true since last year...most of which were 20 years in the making. (http://paradisemillinery.blogspot.com/2010/03/dreams-really-do-come-true.html)

How does this work? How did these dreams come true?

Again simple.

God plants seeds and I water them. God then sees me nurturing the garden of My Possibilities and putting forth effort to see these seeds come into full bloom. So then He sprouts them and I get a glimpse that YES they are true, they are growing, so I keep watering them...why wouldn't I?

Here is another example. God puts a door in front of me. A door that could lead to amazing opportunities. But...I need to reach out for the handle and turn the knob. I am not sure what is behind the door but I know it's full of potential and purpose and it's for My Good for God would give me nothing but good.

Yet it requires effort and willingness. It requires stretching to reach the knob itself. It's really up to me. My free will. I can continue to just do what I do, which is totally fine. At the end of my life I will have led an average life of fineness. But one thing I KNOW is that behind that door is My Exceptional Life!!! Me at My Very Best!!! My Purpose!!! The life that God has blessed for me!!!

I Love to be Exceptional!!! I Am Great at Exceptional!!!

So I reach out, with confidence and take that knob and turn it with power and ...the door opens. That was the first step. I can not quite see what is behind the door, the path isn't completely clear but it IS GOLDEN and so confidently I take yet another step.

I am in. It IS ON! The Dream Comes True!

God then keeps opening doors and I keep stepping through. Simple.

So This Next Very Grand Very Believable Dream has come. I have already opened the door. I can even see the path clearly this time so that makes it even more realistic to take.

I have a dream. My dream is to do the following beginning in August.

. Gracefully leave Maui for a year

. Visit mi Familia in Arizona for 2 weeks

. Fly to London and take hat classes from Rose Cory, the former hat maker to the Queen Mum

. Then fly to NYC and establish Myself

. Meet and build relationships with ALL the people I need to meet and build relationships with to continue the launch of my hat business

. Meet the gallery owners

. Go to the MET once a week and study just one section of that grand museum at a time

. See My Hats and Myself participate in Fashion Week

. Experience my very first winter ever

. Be open to All The Possibilities!!!!

So this dream is extremely clear. There is room for maneuvering for God loves for me to have room. But the path is obvious, the vision precise, the seed already sprouted.

In order to make this Dream a reality I must raise funds. Since this Dream is about launching my Millinery Business I want my Millinery to launch The Dream!

So 60 hats in 60 days that will sell for $100. each...well that makes $6000. and a very realistic start.

Each hat will be an Original, One Of A Kind. The price is fantastic for I want it to be desirable for you and realistic for me...a real win win. By participating You are becoming one of my investors and that is something I shall not forget. I appreciate that so.

SO...keep an eye open...60 days of brilliance is coming, and maybe just maybe one of those days will be for You a day when You say..."Hey! That's My Hat!!!"

21 days can change a habit, 60 days could just change Your Life!!! Have a goal...join me April 14, 2010...it's ON!

to be continued....definitely...

It's Tuesday April 6th and Today's Honoree is...

The Lauhala Cocktail

NOT just The Lauhala Cocktail BUT My Personal Signature Hat!

I have worn this hat to just about every occasion possible...talk about versatile! From dinners out, to art openings, to church, to the grandest of events, to meeting Betsey Johnson!!!

This IS The Hat of all Hats and you can make a bet that indeed I WILL be making some of these within the marathon.

Lauhala is made from a leaves of the lauhala tree. These trees grow many places but here on Maui you'll spot them along the coast of the beautiful drive to Hana. They look like they came from a Dr. Seuss book...Their fruit has people thinking it's a pineapple tree (it's not)!!! Very animated, very useful!!!

The leaves are dried and stripped and then woven into beautiful items from hats to purses to floor mats (my house is layered with lauhala floor mats).

For this style I choose mats and then cut and re-shape to my heart's desire. I then add some lovely scarf I make and of course some silk and satin hand sewn roses with vintage buttons or in this case colored glass beads.

Honey, this hat...it's the very best! Betsey herself said so but even more importantly...I, the maker and wearer KNOW SO!!!

9 days till I begin...are you in???

21 days can make a new habit...60 days could change Your life!!!


Have A Goal in mind....JOIN ME!!!

10 days and counting!!!

As I get prepared to launch into My Successathon (as a dear friend, Jenni named this time)...which is the commencing of 60 Hats in 60 Days, I want to spend this week Honoring The Hats of My Past.



Hats that have come out of different Inspired Times. Hats that have made me smile, or pricked my fingers, or poofed together effortlessly or caused mild tantrums. The end result always blissful and today's pick is....

Parisian Rose

This Rose is made of Chinese brocade and fuchsia silk...one of the most amazing colored silks I had ever seen. It changes with the light adding hints of orange...bellisima!

The center is dupioni pale pink silk and blush tone glass beads. This hat just makes me smile.

It now belongs to My Greatest Collector of The Moment... Leslie Granat.

Little roses sat a top their heads, making them smile and think silly little thoughts.

xoxoxxo for monday . april 5th . 2010 . 10 days to go!!!

Here I Glow!!!!

la luna bella by Stephanie Clifton and God

Monday eve...Tuesday morn...Full Moon shining...clouds racing by...wind singing...house rattling...body soothed...heart content ...mind...AWARE...
Spirit...READY!!!


Now IS the time!

I have been in a mediative state for the last part of winter...a hibernation while I sorted out what the Spring should hold.

I have planned and changed my plans (I love this step), I have dreamed dreamboats that showed up in my bay and kissed me deeply at the seashore, I have re-awakened my body and have even heard a change in my voice...literally.

And as sweet as all of this has been...I DO indeed have a plan and as if This Moment I intend on Commencing.

Afterall, I have a BIG travel to take on and it could come as early as in 4 months! So Big Dreams, Big Plans, Big Steps!!!

Step one...clear the deck!

Studio preparation for Brilliance to unfold.

I AM OFFICIALLY BACK IN BUSINESS!!!! (I never did leave!)

Yeeee haw!!! I likeey!

"Let The Games Begin!!!!"

Hoorah! Hooray!

Dreams Really Do Come true!

When I think of all the dreams that have come true in past year I am blown away.  On a business/career level alone I have seen 4 dreams some which were 10-20 years in the wishing actually come true and with in 6 months of each other!!!

How is this possible???

. I think that Clarifying IS Key.

I think that if you can not clearly clarify then it takes all that much longer to come to pass. Why do I think such??? Well I have had most of these dreams for 20 years and it wasn't until I started believing in them that they started coming true.

Believing in them means taking actual steps towards them . I think in my life it is a beautiful combination of QHP and Faith in God and just trust in general that has made these come to pass. My faith is very important for to have Real Faith you must actually believe that this IS possible. It's one thing to pray, but praying and waiting leads to a lot of waiting. Praying and then taking a step into the unknown shows God that you absolutely believe this is possible, you are certain and determined.

Here is another opportunity to practice the QHP and definitely Passionate Detachment.. for it IS important to take those blind faith filled steps but you must detach from outcome for to let the Universe unfold Your Grand Plan. The Universe's plan for You "just" may be grander than what You See for Yourself.

Why I wrote this is because the very first step (for me) is to clarify...Announce My Dream! (of the moment) GO ahead... Announce! What DO You Want?? Once You determine that, step one has been taken. You can say You want "everything"...great! BUT if You can't name one thing then You have no starting point. Go ahead and dream the universe...why not? Which part would you like to start with...cuz You Need To Start somewhere.

I do have a suggestion.  I am part of a fantastic family of Believers on Dreams and I invite You to join us at http://diamond-dance.ning.com/

It is free to join and You can unfold Your Deepest Desires in a warm setting FULL of Encouragement.  What is the QHP???  Well starting in April You will see!  It is a wonderful guide to Living Your Exceptional Life!

The Quantum Heart Project!!!!

Share Your Dreams with Us...We WILL get you Rolling!

xoxox

Katherine
inspired!