Red Hat Society Matchbox ~ Flickr AG July swap!

ummm not sure what red hat is lol...let me look it up..may not have the supplies to join this one, sorry!

Hmmm, I feel a bit silly but... what's the Red Hat Society?

The whole premise of the Society is based on the poem, When I Am An Old Woman, (forgot the author). The poem is about what the author will do as an old woman that she can't/won't do as a young/er woman. In the end it boils down to the fact that when she is an old woman she will wear purple and a red hat.

The Red Hat Ladies join up in groups where they wear purple clothes with red hats and socialize. They don't take themselves too seriously. They just dress up hence the heels, pearls, feathers, etc. They tend to drink tea and just have lots of fun!

I don't think the requirement for the swap is that you have to use a lot of actual red hat stuff, but just use the colors red and purple. Embellish with hats, shoes, tea and stuff.

Put red hat in the search engine to get a feel for the mood of a red hat theme.

For those who want to take it more literally there is tons of red hat stuff out there. Everything from red hat scrapbooking paper and stickers to pins and embroidered iron ons.

I think it will just be a really cool way to have some fun with a wild and zany theme!

Hope I've helped, Melody, and not made it more complicated or spoken out of turn.

Betsy~

Thank you SO much for your reply to Lisa! :D It was a BIG help and I couldn't have said it better myself! Don't EVER feel you are speaking out of turn... I need all the help I can get! ;oP

Hugs;

Melody

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