Things happen suddenly and without limits.

I remember making the very first hat (s). Out of frustration I had given up shopping at the outlets and gone to the local fabric store with baby Libby. She was only three months old. I had no idea that this one decision of making her hat would change my life forever. Someone once told me that change happens suddenly and without any limits. Looking back over the past three years I get it now. When I was sitting at my machine it felt like I was supposed to be making this hat. The weird part is it didn't feel as much like it was just for Libby. I ended up buying enough fabrics to make a few hats. I don't like to shop so when I do I usually buy more. There were two things that happened next that cemented the beginning of The Little Hat Company. I had something inside of me that wanted to share these new creations. I didn't feel vulnerable about my creations like I usually do, I felt proud and wanted to start telling people about them. I still had no thought of starting another business at this time.

I made up as many hats as I could with the fabric I had purchased. I put them in a bag and brought them with me when I dropped Anna off at a Maine Stars practice. I was hoping to catch my friend Bobbi. By chance, she was in the parking lot when I pulled in and I asked her to come over to my car. Her eyes lit up when I showed her and she told me that she loved them. She asked if she could buy a few for some baby gifts. The following weekend our family had been invited to a birthday party at the Page Home. Anna had become friends with Katherine and I had spoken with Sue a few times at pick up and at dance but we barely knew anything about each other. If I only knew....just kidding Sue. Believe it or not I am a shy person. It's hard for me to go to parties where I barely know people. I think I told her that I wasn't feeling well and I ended up giving baby Harrison and Sydney one of my hat creations as a gift. Sue came up to me in the parking lot at school the following Monday and told me that they loved the hats and her Mom thought that I should sell them.

And there you have it. One simple action can put you on a course that will change your life forever.