Mommy in Heels on The Ridge: Talk "DERBY" to me! 2012 Kentucky Derby

I was a busy girl last week trying to create my Kentucky Derby Hat. I was stressed between decorating my hat, finding a dress in my closet to match, and Brody teething. Blue Sky Winery was having a hat contest and "the girls" had a weekend together because "the boys" were doing their Rugby thing! My sister and her friends were going as well. My sister and I both went to TJ Maxx and bought our hats for super cheap. Then we went to Hobby and Lobby and got stuff to decorate them. She wasn't feeling well and asked if I would make her hat for her. I did hers first....that way if it looked bad I wouldn't make the same mistake on mine. HA :-) She wanted brown and peach. I wanted black and pink with white. My friend Julie already had her hat. She then had her husband Timmy spray paint her hat blue and then he spray painted white clouds on it. She also went to Hobby Lobby and bought flowers to put on her hat and felt to make a kite. She also added a special touch to her hat and printed off Blue Sky labels to add to the tail. VERY CUTE!!! And she had a cute pink butterfly she hot glued on it. Our other friends we went with bought theirs. Julie received 3rd place and got $50.00 giftcard. My sister and I got runner up and each got a free bottle of wine. Julie also won the horse race and won another $15.00!!!! I didn't make the hat to win, I did it because I wanted my hat to be unique and I had fun doing it. After going to Hobby Lobby 3 times, I called Josh's mom over to help me decide what to do. (Remember I am not at making a decision) I showed her what I wanted and she gave me some ideas and helped me hot glue everything on. We also had to figure out how to support the huge gerber daisy on my head so it wouldn't fall over! :-) Hope you enjoy the pictures. I didn't get very many because my phone died....SHOCKER! If I can find somebody who took more pictures I will post the pictures of the two older women who won 1st and 2nd. The lady who won 1st had her hat for over 50 years I think if I remember correctly. The second place winner went to a lady who bought her hat in New Orleans. I will try my best to get their pics for you.