Old Fashioned Millinery Forget Me Nots

We love old fashioned millinery flocked paper forget me not flowers! They're perfect for holiday craft projects or any time of the year and can be used to embellish invitations, for scrapbooking, hat making, everlasting bouquets for brides or just around the house... We have more than a dozen colors available on our website or in our Etsy shop.

Meet Chantal of Dragonfly Expression

We love the gorgeous blossoms made by Chantal of Dragonfly Expression.  From brights to pastels, whites to beautiful ombre mixes, she creates realistic paper flowers with a mix of carefree refinement.

Be sure to also stop by her blog for updates on new creations and other adventures in paper.

New Colors of Forget Me Not Flowers

We can't get enough of these flocked paper forget me not flowers and are very excited to have just received several new colors.

These are the sweetest little flowers and have so many uses - doll making, parties, ornaments and decorating, scrapbooking, millinery, handmade cards, napkin rings - they're adorable!

We now carry 29 different bunches:

You can find them listed HERE in our Etsy shop.  How do you like to use them?

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!

An Everlasting Topiary of Flowers

We absolutely love seeing how you use our supplies, so we were overjoyed when Stephanie shared the above photo with us. She used a mix of paper roses in different styles and textures to create a stunning topiary ball. Below is a closeup of the mix she chose -- red, white, ivory, dusty rose, gorgeous!

New Flowers Day 1

Today was Day 1 of adding tons of new flowers, peps and stamen to our etsy shop. Here's a glimpse:

Funny how my eye was drawn to all the pinks and softer colors, especially considering that many of our new flowers are in pretty fall colors -- burgundy, pumpkin, cocoa. Here, let me show you:

Now we're talking autumn! Tomorrow will see even more new flowers added to our etsy shop.

Now if only this heat wave would break so I could get back out in the yard. There are painting decisions to be made and quite a few seasonal weeds that are starting to show up :)

New Shop Additions: Paper Flowers

This week we're adding a vast selection of new paper flower styles to our etsy shop. Each bud, blossom, pip and leaf is handmade with careful attention to detail. Here's a small sampling:

Above are country roses in ivory, pink mix and red. They have two-tone leaves and gorgeous curly petals.

Next we have two shades of old fashioned roses and a bouquet of forget me nots in all ivory.

Above are beautiful lilies in navy blue and a pink/white mix. We stock these in several other colors. On the right is an extra large rose in ivory, also available in six other colors.

And last but not least, we're very excited about these ruffled pom poms. The orange and yellow ones remind me of marigolds. We're stocking eleven different shades of these.

Be sure to keep an eye to the shop, as we'll be adding even more over the next few days.

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.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Here's a quick sampling of a few of my current favorites from our etsy shop.
Above, a sheet of glittered German bird scraps.

A cluster of vintage fruit and berries, a shabby chic plant stand and orange paper roses.

Paper poppies in burgundy, gorgeous Italian manuscript paper and delicate rose trim.

Last but not least, I'm loving the soft hues of this steel blue Dresden trim, floral border scraps from Germany and pink Dresden flower trim.

What are your favorite things right now?

Yellows and Blues

Here are a few everyday items, treats of the season and favorite crafty things. Our beautiful sunshine and clear skies had me drinking in the blues and yellows.

The ixias in the center top row are one of my absolute favorite flowers ever. I salvaged these stalks from a bit of heavy gardening earlier in the week.

Be sure to visit Mary over at Little Red House for more pretty mosaics!

Rebecca's Wedding Bouquet

We love seeing the beautiful creations our customers make with supplies from our shop and were completely blown away by how Rebecca used these flowers. She created her wedding bouquet using various sizes and shades of paper flowers and an elegant silver holder -- absolutely stunning!

She incorporated white star flowers, lemon yellow and aqua forget me nots, yellow marigolds and two kinds of yellow roses. Here's a closer look:

You can find all these paper blossoms and more in our etsy shop.


Thank you for sharing Rebecca and congratulations on your special day!

Mosaic Monday: Springtime Crafting

The calendar may still say winter, but we're getting in the mood for spring and busy filling our Etsy shop with all manner of colorful supplies. From hand made paper roses and forget me not flowers to spun cotton mushrooms from Germany and fancy ribbon trims in satins and velvets, we hope you'll find something that either sparks your creativity or fits right in with a project already underway.

To see more mosaics please visit Mary over at Little Red House.