We're still working on things here, but I thought I would show you a few more photos of some recent finds. In early June we took a long weekend and went to visit Washington DC. Along the way we stopped at a few antique shops and it turned out that I found quite a bit of millinery on this trip! Yeah! It's not always the easiest thing to find around here, so I'm always happy when I do find it. The basket in this photo is actually a vintage doll layette! The inside is lined with a wonderful pinky-taupe colored silk, and the bottom has a little stuffed pad also in the same silk. So sweet. I found this in Roanoke, VA. Whenever we travel through VA I always try to stop at the Roanoke Antique Mall. It is a large antique mall with some really lovely booths and I always find things I have to have there!
This is a lovely hat I bought just for the roses and all of the white flowers are part of some kind of bridal head piece I'm sure. The roses will need a little steaming and then they will come back to life beautifully. The bridal headpiece is FULL of tiny white flowers.
This is a close up shot of another hat I found and will use only for the flowers. Lovely velvet, silk, and organza blooms cover this hat in the sweetest shade of faded lavender. I am not always a fan of lavender even though it was my favorite color when I was growing up, but this faded lavender color is one I just love.
The salmon pink flower is a vintage brooch I was lucky to find and the sheer pink underneath it is some kind of gauzy scarf with all of those little blooms attached. I've never really seen a scarf like this before, and I loved it right away, and for only $3, I think it was quite a bargain too!
All of these flowers (and more) came off of one ugly hat. My husband actually spotted this one for me and was so proud to find me a hat with lots of pretty flowers on it. What was especially great about this hat was that it had so many different kinds of flowers on it and each bloom came off like a tiny corsage.
Love all of the pretty stamens that came off of this hat as well, and the centers of the flowers are velvet. Gotta love that.
Here they are all piled into that vintage basket, and you can see of glimpse of the silk lining here too.
One last hat was a recent find at my friend Kim's wonderful local shop, Cave Creek Antiques in Sweetwater, TN. This hat is really too pretty to to take apart.
But those flowers really are lovely, aren't they? It's so funny how so many of us adore vintage millinery, and you never really can have too much of it, can you?
Cerri xoxo
WOW! What a great haul! I just love millinery and you got some awesome finds.
Posted by: Denise | July 01, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Oooooooh! I'm loving all of your pretty finds! Those flowers are all sooooo beautiful!
Posted by: debi @ life in my studio | July 01, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Hi Cerri; Wow you really did find a lot of beautiful flowers. have lots of fun playing with them...
Hugs;
Alaura
Posted by: Alauar Parrish | July 01, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Hello! great finds! I guess I never knew that the millinery flowers could be steamed to be refreshed. Of course it makes sense .... I just never thought about it! What is the best way to do this? Hints?
Thanks!
Betty :)
Posted by: Sammy Girl | July 01, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Hi Cerri, I think those flowers are just gorgeous and how I wish I could find something like that here in Calif. So far I haven't had that much luck . Although I have found some pretty hats, nothing like that. Want to sell or trade some? Hey it doesn't hurt to ask right :) As always, I love visiting just to see what new beautiful things you have. I hope you get a chance to visit my new blog one day :) Rose
Posted by: Rose | July 02, 2009 at 04:17 AM
Cerri, just look at the bounty of pretty millinery that you found...amazing!!! the little basket/layette is adorable, love the color...great finds!!! i hope things will be better for you all soon!!!
Posted by: Lori | July 02, 2009 at 01:10 PM
W.O.W. what a millinery haul! Absolutely gorgeous -
Laura
xxx
Posted by: Laura | July 02, 2009 at 02:32 PM
Love all the vintage millinery! I am always a sucker for a gorgeous hat with flowers. My aunt recently gave me a vintage hat with flowers and it was almost too darling to take the flowers off of..but somehow I managed to get them off....ha!
xoxo
Posted by: ellen | July 02, 2009 at 07:06 PM
What lovely thing you found!
Posted by: Sherry B | July 03, 2009 at 08:20 PM
Great finds! That is such a good feeling :)
Sarah
Posted by: joyforthejourney | July 04, 2009 at 08:25 PM
Wow!!! What finds!!!
Elizabeth
Posted by: elizabeth | July 04, 2009 at 09:54 PM
Well you hit jackpot this trip! The flowers are my #1 "search-for." Yours are just amazing. Stay cool and have fun! :)mendy
Posted by: mendy | July 05, 2009 at 05:41 PM
Cerri,
I just had a wonderful find today. A shop going out of business had all thier Charles Lubin flowers for $1 a stem. I bought all of it. I am posting about it on Monday. Also I just wanted to let you know I made a wedding topper using your Marie Antoinette silhouette. It is up on my blog and I gave your site a mention and link. I will have to buy another to make more. Have a wonderful time off, I am really enjoying your blog.
Amada
http://Overthetopstudios,typpead.com
Posted by: Amada Lebel | July 10, 2009 at 11:33 PM