Vintage Millinery Daisies From Japan

We can never pass by vintage millinery old store stock, be it leaves by the gross, bundles of flowers or bunches of stamen. These yellow fabric daisies were handmade in Japan in the 1950s and are ready to be incorporated into a hat band, headband, floral bouquet, Easter basket or ornament, scrapbook page, greeting card - or enjoyed just as they are! We have hundreds of styles of vintage and current handmade fabric and paper flowers on the website and in our Etsy store, with new additions weekly.

Vintage Handmade Millinery Anemone from Czechoslovakia

What a gorgeous millinery flower, handmade in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s and still with its original paper tag! We have these in several colors, but I must say, I think I like this pale blue one the best!

Vintage Millinery Fruit

We have a large selection of vintage and current handmade spun cotton and lacquered millinery fruit from Germany and Japan. These are for more than just hats - you can make candle rings, della robia wreaths, Christmas tree garlands, intersperse them in bouquets, add to Easter baskets - lots of projects!

They all have stems, which makes them easy to attach baskets, bouquets and wreaths.

This is a just a sample of what we have.

You can see the rest on our website or in our Etsy store.

Old Fashioned Millinery Forget Me Nots For Any Time Of Year

We love old fashioned flocked paper millinery forget me nots. They've been popular for years for hats, sashes, nosegays and bouquets. Even though we're a ways off from Easter, we thought you'd like to see how you can use the flowers massed in a basket. We have a good supply of different colors right now on our website and in our Etsy shop. Some of the colors will work for autumn and Christmas, too!

Fall Decorating: Cone Cornucopias

One of my absolute favorite things in our shop is the millinery.  I love sorting it, photographing it and, of course, doing things with it.  Above are a couple of my top picks -- a spray of autumn colored maple leaves, vintage white cherries and vintage button mushrooms.  They mixed in perfectly with other seasonal fruits and leaves to top off a few handmade paper cones.

Much like the treat buckets, we used pretty Italian papers, ribbons and Dresden trims to create these cones.  Plus a scrap of a girl holding a cornucopia.  I'm very into the large turkey Dresdens -- we just got them in today so they'll be in the shop and on the website first thing tomorrow.

We made each cone unique but kept it pretty cohesive color-wise.  Left to right we have a velvet leaf/nut and vintage exotic fruit cone, an autumn floral cone with both vintage and contemporary flowers and, last but not least, a fruit cone with all vintage Japanese and German berries, fruits and chili.

Have you started thinking Thanksgiving crafting? Or is Thanksgiving more of a cooking holiday for you? It's definitely a time for baking around here.  And for... mmm... turkey sandwiches!

White Wednesday: Vintage Millinery

I can't get enough millinery! This time of year, when the garden suffers from summer heat, paper and fabric flowers decorate the house as everlasting bouquets. Above is a group of vintage sprigs from Japan displayed in a footed cloisonne vase. The beach scene in the background is a painting from several Christmases ago; it's my absolute favorite place in town besides home.

Zooming in... made with meticulous attention to detail, these blossoms are nearly as good as the real thing!

They're also displayed in an antique sterling pitcher. I just love the handle featuring Mercury.

Be sure to visit Faded Charm for more pretties in white!

Old Stock Flowers and Leaves

We've just finished adding some absolutely gorgeous old stock flowers and leaves to the shop plus some beautiful contemporary handmade pieces. Above is a close up of a vintage German sprig of embossed velvet leaves with pewter colored berries in saphire blue.

Above we have more velvet leaves. The hot pink (yes, Tracy, I know ... pink!) and blue are vintage, the ombre on the left is contemporary. And below we have two colors of vintage German fabric narcissus separated by newly made red velvet forget me nots.

To say spring has sprung is an understatement! And these pretty flowers have so many uses, especially with wedding season starting up. Can't you see a gorgeous bride's bouquet of vintage millinery flowers?

Check everything out here in our etsy shop.