11/01/2024
Hi! It's been a minute, so I wanted to say hello and share a little about myself and the company.
I'm Stacey Felton, the owner and designer at Felton Hat Co. After developing a passion for designing custom hats (trying hard not to call it an addiction, but itās questionable š¤), I started Felton Hat Co. and was off sourcing hats and hat trims. With a friend I brought on for a short time, we started booking Hat Bars all over Southwest Florida and quickly our events were selling out. It was very rewarding, but then we remembered we are almost 40 and Florida gets unholy levels of hot for that much hard labor š„µ.
Over those last two years, every dollar Felton Hat Co. made went into testing more hats and their embellishments to find our favorites. From cowboy hats and rancher hats to gambler, fedoras, and a variety of straw hats for both men and women, we worked with dozens of different hat manufacturers. We experimented with thousands of different fabrics, leathers, scarves, jewelry charms, hat pins, brooches, vintage matchbooks, playing cards, dried and faux flowers, feathers, porcupine quills, arrow heads, gemstones, and the list goes on (maybe too long, hence my unnecessarily large collection of tassels š).
I also built what I coined my "Hat Lab" ā my work area for designing and experimenting with hats. Iām willing to try just about anything you dream up on a hat, so sometimes thereās a practice hat or sometimes it just burns up and thereās no hatā¦kidding, that hasnāt happened yet š.
Iām married to the worldās most helpful husband, Dustin, who puts up with my overactive imagination and is always there to save the day when Iāve overcommitted my time. I am also a mom to two amazing, adorable, hilarious little boys, Grayson and Ryder. Boy mom life is the life and a wild one at that, but I wouldnāt trade it.
I am looking forward to growing my business and making the most unique hats! I am currently not planning on booking any public hat bars in the near future but am still available for private hat bars and custom hat consultations. Please email us at [email protected] to inquire.
Thank you for all the love and support! Letās make a hat together soon!