Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Handmade Milllinery Flowers


I've always loved paper and velvet millinery flowers and, happily, they're not just for hats. Their appeal lies partly in that each blossom, bud and leaf is handmade and no two are exactly alike.

Here's a few groups of them I like to display in vintage silver baby cups. They come in so many shades of white!

They also make gorgeous embellishments for festive napkin rings, everlasting headbands for flower girls and attendants in weddings, corsages for proms and are the perfect size for dolls and teddy bears. How would you use them?

I'm linking up with White Wednesday over at Faded Charm. Be sure to stop by to see more pretty ways to use white.

28 comments:

  1. These are beautiful. Love them in the vintage silver baby cups!

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  2. Very pretty and you have them displayed so nicely. Thanks for playing along today.

    Take care,

    Kathleen

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  3. I love white and silver together. Those flowers look great in the silver cups.

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  4. Their beautiful. I wish I could make them, heck I wish I had some.

    come visit
    Aunt Elsie's

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  5. Amanda - beautiful blog post - I love the old millinery flowers, too. I can also see that your etsy store is sure to become one of my favorite hangouts! Will also pass it around to my creative friends, here in Vegas!

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  6. Hi Amanda, I love your millinery flowers and how you displayed them in the sweet vintage baby cups. So darling, I love your blog. Thank you for visiting and taking the time to leave your kind comment on my "White Wednesday" angel post.
    Hugz,
    Kim

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  7. Ooohh ~ your blog looks so wonderful!! Thank you for stopping by so I could visit you! Looking forward to catching up!

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  8. Your flowers are gorgeous!! Thanks for visiting me and for your comments.

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  9. the flowers are beautiful, and i absolutely love the baby cups!!

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  10. these photos are so bright and springy and my nose would love these flowers. LOL!
    Your silver display is awesome.
    Amy

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  11. These are absolutely gorgeous, love how you have them displayed in the silver cups, so so pretty!
    xo,
    Debra

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  12. Beautiful flowers!! Thanks for the sweet comment and stopping by to visit!

    Have a great week!

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  13. These flowers are beautiful Amanda!! They are gorgeous displayed in the silver cups too. LOVE your name...my daughter is named Amanda too. :)
    Blessings~

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  14. Sweet flowers Amanda.

    Thanks for coming by my place and leaving a comment

    blessings

    barbara jean

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  15. Hi Amanda, I love your flowers! Did you make them or are they vintage? The first photo is my favorite:) I just became a follower of your blog. You are a very talented lady:)
    ~Debra
    Blog: Capers of the vintage vixens

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  16. Wow..those are beautiful, and I like all the things that hold the flowers in..Gorgeous!

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  17. Those are beautiful. I don't think I have seen such a large collection of them. Thank you for stopping over to see my old shop.

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  18. What a Beautiful Vintage Display ~ Love the Old Flowers....

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  19. I love vintage millinery flowers, but never have been lucky enough to find any! these are gorgeous! Thanks so much for stopping by, and your nice comments!

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  20. These are wonderful!! They're so pretty! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!!!
    Crystal

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  21. Hi Amanda, thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday. I've always been envious of those that could make those gorgeous flowers. So beautiful. Lucky you.

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  22. dear ladies,
    thank you for the comment on my ww blog! i really appreciate it!
    i hopped over to your etsy shop and saw lots of paper things i want to buy. i do a lot of scrapbooking and cardmaking. couldn't buy today, but, will soon.
    my blog is with my mom and sis and your situation sounds similar. we make all kinds of stuff together too!! you are blessed to have a good relationship with each other.
    all the best,
    donna

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  23. Hi Amy and mom,

    Those white flowers look so real. They are beautiful. I also like those collectables (Vienna dishes). I've never seen them before! Its nice to see a mom and daughter duo working together. You are lucky. Thanks for sharing. I'm a new follower.

    Anne-Marie

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  24. The handmade flowers are amazing! They look quite real.

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  25. Thanks for stopping by my blog. How cool that you work side by side with your Mom. Love your Mom's favorite plate collection, it's beautiful. Also checked out your etsy shop, lots of cool and unique things to see.

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  26. Sooo PRETTY and luv how you displayed them in this sweet baby cup!

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  27. Good Grief! Your millinery flowers are spectacular! I must check out your shop! ;~}
    Be Blessed!

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  28. Oh fun. You're playing along with my sister-in-law, Kathleen's, White Wednesday.

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