Christmas Greetings From Chester P Featherbutt

Merry Christmas from one of my Facebook friends Chester P Featherbutt!  His musical selection today is Jingle Bells.  Happy Holidays everyone!

Boutique To You Feather Finds

Micha Design Feather Collar Necklace

$187

This fashion-forward piece will not only make a statement, but an entire outfit. With feathers still going strong, the vintage feel only adds to the on-trend appeal of this necklace. A gorgeous mix of new and old, the Micha Design Feather Collar Necklace allows you to fly high with style!

Your Micha Jewelry is a unique, handmade piece! Due to the designer nature of this item, no two pieces of Micha Jewelry are exactly alike.

House of Harlow 1960 Peacock Cuff

$185

It's hard to miss...and that's a good thing! The House of Harlow 1960 Peacock Cuff is a gorgeous statement-maker. This 14k gold-plated cuff features a stunning peacock design and enamel accents.

Measurements: 2" diameter, 2.5" height



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Getting Down with Down

Here's some great ideas in down bedding.  There are down comforters, pillows, and mattress toppers for all around fluff.  Immerse yourself in the billowing comfort of soft down bedding.  Special sales going on right now at Pacific Coast Feathers.  Order some holiday warmth for you or a loved one. 

Wing Time!

Here is a clip from the Victoria's Secret Fashion 2010.  I am crazy for the wings and the feathers.  The black and white wings in the very beginning are one of my favorites...and I love the peacock ones, too.  There really are a lot of great feather creations in the whole show.  You can watch the whole thing on CBS.com or they will be replaying it Wed. Dec 8th on the CW.

Put Some Wings on Your Postage

Zazzle is having a Custom Postage sale 2 days only!  So why not put some wings on your postage?

* $8.80 discount applies to one or more sheets of $0.44 Zazzle Custom Stamps. Enter promo code THANKPOSTAGE at checkout to receive the discount. Offer is valid from November 24, 2010 through November 25, 2010at 11:59pm PT.

Check out The Feather Factory customizable designs at http://www.zazzle.com/TheFeatherFactory

Holiday Quack Card from Zazzle.com

GREAT SALE!

45% of the Greeting Card, Note Card, Photo Card, Postcard, and Invitation net sale price will be deducted when 49 or less qualifying Greeting Cards, Note Cards, Photo Cards, Postcards, and/or invitations are purchased and the coupon code HLDYGREETNGS is applied at checkout.  Monday and Tuesday only!
Holiday Quack Card from Zazzle.com

Holiday Gifts from Zazzle

I have a bunch of new designs in my Zazzle store.  I thought I would post my Zazzle window that show some of my stuff.  Keep a look out this black Friday weekend through Cyber Monday.  Zazzle is going to be running a bunch of sales and great deals.
make custom gifts at Zazzle

Tickle My Fancy

Literature Noir Asymmetrical Feathers Dress

Alice + Olivia Ciara Maribou Feather Vest

Donna Mizani Sequence Mini Skirt

Young, Fabulous & Broke Maddie Tunic

I found these fun feathered finds on one of my favorite sites, The Hip Chick.  Just enter "feather" into the search box and these should all come up.  If you feel like feathers are a little "too much" as part of an outfit, you will notice in all these pictures that when paired with black, feathers are sheek.

Not only do I think feathers are gorgeous, they also feel good...soft and tickly!

Watch Peek-a-Boo with Rico

Rico is so cute!  I want a Cockatoo so bad!  Hopefully someday soon.  Enjoy the laughs.

Happy Halloween!

Happy "OWL"oween!

Hope you didn't get the feathers

scared off of you!

Cape Cod Condo

Cape Cod Bird Condo

Here is another new birdhouse that I have for sale to share with your feathered friends this winter.  This charming Cape Cod cottage provides a welcome shelter from the elements! Plenty of portholes allow a full flock of feathered friends to settle in and set up housekeeping.  Affordable housing for a whole family for only $19.95!

Cockatoo Headbanger

I just love this little Cockatoo headbanger! He is so cute rockin' it out. Someday when I can manage to get one when I have the time and space, I really want a cockatoo. They are so beautiful! But then again, I notice that I am attracted to any animal that has something extra going on top of his head. Chickens, ducks, angorra rabbits, hairy guinnea pigs, even miniature donkeys have wild hair. Maybe there is a "funny farm" in my future. Hahaha ;-)

I really want to have some Polish chickens, too.  We had one when I was little.  They are just too cute.

#13777 Wild Horse Saloon Birdhouse - FuzzB Shopping Mall

Check out this adorable new "saloon" for your neighborhood feathered friends.  Give them a taste of the wild west this winter.
#13777 Wild Horse Saloon Birdhouse - FuzzB Shopping Mall

Part of the Flock

Unfortunately I have been very sick these past couple of weeks. So I haven't been able to keep up with all my blogging and "computer stuff" that seems to occupy a bunch of my time building my Internet business. But the funnest thing happened to me when I was having a bad day just before I sick. aka...a bunch of bad days!


At sunset I was turning into the country club where I go to take care of an elderly women, when a large flock of chickadees uniformly took off from one green side of the road diagonally across to the other side where there is a small pond a ways down. My car was going about 15 miles an hour.  A speed that suited the birds just fine, because they flew "with" me. Surrounding me and gradually rolling over the car to give the continuous wave of birds a chance to fly with the Big Bird! This went on the whole way down the road! 

The big emotional baby I can sometimes be over birds, critters and nature; I started to cry.  For me this was one of the beautiful special moments in life. Even though I cried a few tears, it cheered me up tremendously on a day that had been a bad day.

Just another reason to add to the many reasons of why I love birds so much. I always wished I could be a bird and fly freely like they do. On that day I consider I have done just that.

Getting Christmas Designs Ready

Flakes Run In My Family by TheFeatherFactory
See other Cardinal Cards

I have been working on my Christmas designs for my Zazzle store. Here are a couple links for you to check out. Let me know what you think...

Cardinal Winter Wonderland by TheFeatherFactory
Shop for a different card on zazzle.com

There is also some letterhead and matching stamps available. More fun stuff coming soon!

Artfire Collections Featuring Feathers

Keep Your Feather...

Curated By: GypsyGDesigns

ArtFire.com

Handmade Gifts

I sell some feather supplies and hair clips in my Artfire store, but I love this new feature that Artfire has for creating collections. I thought I would share some of my favorites that include other designers as well. There are many pretty pieces to found. So start shopping!

One of My Favorites

This is one of my favorite feathered hair clips that I made.  I love the rich peacock colors.  It is the only feather pad that I had like this because it cost a bit more than the usual feather pads that I sell.  These are the more rare feathers collected off of chest of peacock.  The colors vary with different angles and lighting.  If you are interested in checking out any of my feather designs and supplies they can be found in my Artfire.com link in the right hand column of this blog.  My main website and store name over on Artfire.com is Gypsy G Designs.  I sell a bunch of other stuff in addition to feather fashions.  It's the Gypsy in me that loves many things and many places!  Here is the link to my website http://gypsygdesigns.com/  I try to add new product to it at least a couple times a month.  Feel free to sign the guest book if you would like occasional updates on my store.  (Don't worry, I don't share addresses or a send a ton of emails.)

Halloween is Coming!

Halloween is Coming!

Are you ready for all the parties?  What if get invited to a masquerade party, but don't have a lot of time to prepare?

There are so many fun ideas for masks, especially with feathers.  Buy one premade or make one up yourself!  If you click on one of my Ostrich.com affiliate links you will find a section that has premade masks for sale.  If you are looking to make your own they have TONS of gorgeous feathers dyed in dozens of colors.  So go check it out. 

And don't forget the Feather Pads.  They sell feathers already glued down onto a lightweight fabric backing that can be cut and trimmed for your own designs.  These also work well for mask making.  The other plus to having a mask or two is that they make pretty decoration to your interior design when they aren't being used as mask!  Take a look at my Artfire.com store Gypsy G Designs.  I also sell some feathers there for small projects and I always try to ship them out quickly.

Get started now so that you can have a little Halloween magic when October sneaks around the corner!

Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird - David Attenborough - BBC wild...

Competing for the Spotlight

This is a video of one of my feathered Facebook friends Marnie chatting with his best friend Mr. Pretty Bird. It is so adorable how they compete for the spotlight in front of the camera. I love the beautiful baby blue feathers!

Hey! Listen to me!

I found this cute parakeet "Louie" on Facebook. He is so adorable! It isn't very often that you hear a parakeet talking!

Oo La La Fluffy Chicken Plaque - FuzzB Shopping Mall

Oo La La Fluffy Chicken Plaque - FuzzB Shopping Mall Handcrafted plaque only $10.00! (Plus S & H)

Avis Cyrus

AVIS CYRUS
I love all the feathers all the feathers in Miley Cyrus new video, "Can't Be Tamed". Part of the video she is a Peacock, but most of it she is all black like a Raven. Both are beautiful. The Raven costume has more "wearable" ideas that could be implemented in your wardrobe accessories. Feathers are becoming more and more popular to wear. Go crazy with ideas on adding fashionable feathers to clothes, jewelry and costumes. Anyone have ideas to share? For anyone interested in bulk feather orders, boas, masks,etc. just click on the Ostrich link in the right hand column.

Special Thanks

This is a special Thank You I made for my friend Terry. Hope you enjoy it. Happy Sringtime!

Free ecard personalized with Smilebox

New Web Site

Sorry I haven't written in a while. I have been working on designing my own website for The Feather Factory and another new site that I will soon have VirtualTreasureHunt.net. That and my day job are keeping me busy. I will keep you updated on the progress. Hopefully soon I will be caught up. I am looking forward to making some new hair clips and feathered pins for Mother's Day with some of my feather pads. Check back for a look!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Willowtree Treasures for winning the December Giveaway! I appreciate everyone for following me here at The Feather Factory. I will be having another giveaway soon. So let your friends know. More to come on fun crafts with feathers, weddings with feathers, spotlights on birds, fun birdhouses and feeders, etc. Hope you all have a Happy New Year!

Willowtree Treasures can be found at http://willowtreetreasures.blogspot.com/