Weddingbee Blog

Now, back to your regularly scheduled program, “The Adventures of Feather Freak”… I mean… Miss Rainbow .

I’ve documented my need for feather lovers anonymous, I’ve shown you my very feathery fascinator, and now it’s onto the next fluffy-fied accessory. Don’t you worry, this will be my last… I might love feathers, but I also believe that in some cases, feathers being one of them, less really is more. I’ll save the Vegas Showgirl get up for Halloween.

Anyway, as soon as I started thinking about flowers for our wedding, namely my bouquet, I knew I had to have feathers. Someway, somehow, they had to be in there. I didn’t want to go totally nontraditional and do an all feather bouquet, but a few feathers mingling amongst the flowers, or a feather collar, would be the perfect mix of sweet and sassy. While I’m still rustling up some feathers, let’s check out some inspiration, shall we?

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This is the first picture I ever saw of a feathery bouquet, and it’s still my ultimate bouquet inspiration.

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From the amazing Karen Tran, the authority on all things flowery, feminine, an fabulous.

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I love the droopy, dreamy shape the feathers create. Gorgeous, no?

At the moment, I’ve got about… oh… a QUARTER of the feathers that I need for my bouquet. And lucky me, the only store I can get them from in Tampa is out. I even called their warehouse and all I got was, “Oh… we’re showing zero, and I don’t know if we’re going to reorder them.” And apparently they don’t “do” special orders. Fabulous.

I’ve been searching for them like a mad woman online, but I can only find them at wholesalers… and, since I don’t own my own business I look to be s.c.r.e.w.e.d. I even tried the whiny, but generally effective: “but, I’m getting maaaaaarried and I need them for my wedddddding!” Yeah, apparently no one cares.

So, hive, I need your help. Maybe, hopefully, it’s just my lack of Googling skills, but I can’t find these suckers for retail anywhere…

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They’re made by Zucker (a feather company? IDK) and they are Dusty Rose and I will be forever indebted to you if you can find somewhere (anywhere!) that sells these babies for retail. These are desperate times, people, desperate times…

Have you run into a crafting road block due to some unforeseen circumstances?