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.

Christmas is Coming!

This time of year, with our workshop in full swing and supplies all over the place, I start to get super excited about Christmas. How I'll decorate, when I'll do it, where the tree will go, and what gifts I'll make are all on my mind. I wanted to share a few of my favorite Christmas supplies with you, just in case you're also thinking Christmas.

Above, vintage mercury glass beaded garlands are a staple on my trees.


Above we have Dresden flowers, a vintage holiday pick from Japan with the most beautiful composite berries and a group of blown glass Czech beads.


Next are three of my very favorite sheets of Santa scraps.

Last but not least, we have a group of spun cotton mushrooms from Germany, a trio of multicolored bottle brush trees and lustrous embossed foil trim that looks so gorgeous lining shelves or on a mantel.

More New Shop Additions: Yellow Mushrooms

We're SO excited about these little yellow mushrooms from Germany! They arrived yesterday and are made of spun cotton with lacquered yellow caps and white spots. We're stocking two sizes of these guys -- a tiny 1/2" and a larger 3/4".

They fit in great with the others we currently stock in pink, blue, red, green, and brown. Click here to see them all.

They make such lovely additions to terrariums and can be incorporated into a plethora of projects. In Germany it's traditional to put them on the ends of Christmas tree's branches. I like to include one in a bouquet of flowers by wrapping it around a stalk. How would you use them?