Posted on January 2nd, 2013 by Ella | Comments Off

Hi, all! I'm peeking out after a long blogging break for two reasons. One is just to say hello (hi!), and the other is to direct you to my new daily tiara blog, A Tiara a Day. For the whole of 2013, I'll be posting a tiara on the blog every weekday for your sparkly enjoyment! I'd love it if you'd check it out.
What you're probably all wondering is really this: what's going to happen to Mad Hattery? The answer is that I'm not sure yet. I don't want to give up on the blog yet, but I've been feeling the need for new and different projects. So for now, this blog is temporarily on hiatus,. You can catch me at the new blog, as well as on Twitter and over at my Tumblr blog, where I do occasionally fit in a bit of hat snark. (Let's face it, I really can't help myself.)
Thanks a million for all of your messages during my blog hiatus. Hope you enjoy the new project, and I'll see you all soon!
Posted on July 15th, 2012 by Ella | 7 Comments »

Time to start the royal (well, princely) wedding countdown again, hatters -- Princess Caroline's baby boy is getting hitched! Andrea Casiraghi -- who, even without a title, is currently second in line to the Monegasque throne -- is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Tatiana Santo Domingo, and to celebrate, of course, they threw a big bash on a yacht. (What, you don't have a yacht? Psssh. Plebians.)
And, even better? The yacht party theme was apparently RAGAMUFFINS IN HATS. Read on, hatters. Trust me: you won't regret it.
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Posted on June 23rd, 2012 by Ella | 12 Comments »
![Royal Ascot 2012, Day 5 (23 Jun 2012) [Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-ascot5.jpg)
Grab a seat, hatters -- time to enjoy our final Hat Christmas hurrah of the year!
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Posted on June 22nd, 2012 by Ella | 8 Comments »
![Royal Ascot 2012, Day 4 (22 Jun 2012) [REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-ascot4-holdon.jpg)
Hold on to your hats, everybody -- it's time for more Hat Christmas delights!
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Posted on June 21st, 2012 by Ella | 12 Comments »
![Royal Ascot 2012, Ladies' Day (21 Jun 2012) [REUTERS/Andrew Winning]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-ascot3-train.jpg)
Hop on the holiday train, hatters! It's Ladies' Day!
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Posted on June 20th, 2012 by Ella | 7 Comments »
![Royal Ascot 2012, Day 2 (20 Jun 2012) [Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-ascot2.jpg)
Break out your champers and your hard hats, hatters! It's the Second Day of Hat Christmas!
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Posted on June 19th, 2012 by Ella | 7 Comments »
![Royal Ascot 2012, Day 1 (19 Jun 2012) [Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-ascot1-hatchristmas.jpg)
It's the MOOOOOOOST wonderful TIIIIIIIIIME of the YEAR!
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Posted on June 18th, 2012 by Ella | 8 Comments »
![Garter Day 2012: HRH The Countess of Wessex, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall (18 Jun 2012) [REUTERS/Paul Edwards/Pool]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-garter-sophiekatecamilla.jpg)
"GASP! Ladies, have you SEEN the amount of plumage in this castle today???"
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Posted on June 16th, 2012 by Ella | 6 Comments »
![Royal Wedding: HRH Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma and Albert Brenninkmeijer (16 Jun 2012) [Jacopo Raule/Getty Images]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-wedding-carolina2.jpg)
It's been far too long since we've had royal wedding hattery fun on the blog, hasn't it? Good thing the Dutch royals were happy to oblige us today!
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Posted on June 16th, 2012 by Ella | 19 Comments »