There just aren't that many places in Montreal to shop for vintage, girly, crafty things... So good finds can be far and few between. These are some incredible feathers, probably from the forties, that I found in a tiny shop on the Plateau. They're meant to be used as is, all glued together, as a hat ornament, but I slowly pull them apart and use them individually. You can see the little curls on both sides of each feather... I bought a few different colors, but the green ones fit in so beautifully with foliage that they quickly became my favorite... The shade is so natural and organic... Sometimes it feels like a waste to use them because they are so close in color to fresh leaves that they almost get lost in the arrangement. But then, when you discover them, it's such a treat!
The woman who owns the shop told me that she was just tending the store (ribbons & buttons) one day when a guy parked his cube van in front of her store, walked in, and offered to sell her an entire stock of millinery material from the twenties, thirties and forties. That was 20 years ago, and she's still slowly selling the feathers, old silk flowers, pins and ribbons she got that day...
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