What sparks the “Holiday Season” for you?
For many years, it was preparing for Yuletide in the Country. We danced our way through night after night of rehearsal through October and November with festive songs ringing in the season. I absolutely loved the candle-lit romance of the event. The event consumed nearly three full months with Thursday night through Sunday performances for those of us who worked a full schedule.
When I stepped back from that heavy commitment, I discovered I love holiday bazaars! Be it a small society or church bazaar! Or, a huge Mouse Bazaar! I loved the creativity, the warmth, the joy, the festivity. One of my all-time favorites is ChrisKindle Market at Granger Homestead in Canandaigua, NY. This event is outside and inside at the same time, with giant party tents housing dozens, likely hundreds, of small merchant tents. It takes hours to wander the artisan and craftman tents. Inside the historic home, a Festival of Trees fills room after room with trees, wreaths, and arrangements decorated by local groups, organizations, and businesses.
This surge of creativity is what sparks the beginning of the Holiday Season for me.
My Etsy Shop this Holiday Season
I will Not be doing a focused Holiday Shop this year as I have in the past. I haven’t had the time to think up what to make, let alone make anything. I am sorry if anyone was looking forward to holiday dedicated items.
I will be making a few hats this season, starting with the hats I added to my shop yesterday. I will make a few more hats. I will try to balance styles across the eras. I will try to do both undecorated and decorated. I think it would be fun to do a holiday themed decorated hat. I may get around to making an extra something, maybe the Shaker style boxes or FanU style boxes or pockets.
My plan is to do a shop drop following Thanksgiving. 🤔 I have yet to decide if that will be Black Friday Morning or Small Business Saturday. I may be able to do another small shop drop on December 5th.
The last day I will ship physical items for 2026 will be December 10th. I do this for 2 reasons: I don’t want my work & your gifts crushed or lost in the holiday shipping rush, and I don’t want to add to the holiday shipping rush.
I will add to this post the items I add to my shop.
Please check back.
Percher style hat for the very late 1860s and 1870s. Yes, it is the style you may have seen in a particular wrap photo, just in natural straw. I trimmed it with a brown moire ribbon and an antique button.
1860’s style that can be worn into the early 1870s. a variation of Caroline’s hat in LHotP. I trimmed this hat with a brown moire ribbon and an antique mother–of-pearl buckle.
Tapered crown popular in the 1860s into the 1870s. This is the shape hat I made for Emily on LHotP. This version has black straw vining around the crown and brim.
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