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Published: 2011-10-05 14:47:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 561; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 0
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Description Kind of backwards in order, this is my third set of earrings made yesterday from one of my favorite hackles won off of ebay. This pad is huge, plush, full and just purrr-worthy. I'll be taking a photograph of my feathers before I pluck too much more from them.

This one will not be for sale as it is a personal.

Something to note you might not see many more of these trailing feathers at the bottom for a while after I use up my current hackle. I didn't win a second hackle of that particular coloration, and I don't know if the ones I'm bidding on are the same type despite stating they're a length of 5-7 inches >_> We shall see. It's getting harder to find good feathers that are affordable with the stocks being depleted fast.

I'll be posting the auction piece after work at 8-ish for an experimental auction based on current polls, so be on the lookout for that as well! Another note is that I will be posting it on FA as well so you'll be competing against anyone on there too. Another fact to mention is this will be conducted via comments only, any notes will be ignored as no one else can see what you're bidding :C
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Comments: 16

Rhavkoress [2011-10-11 02:36:19 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! I love how they look. I so wish I could wear silver sometimes.

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Callairah In reply to Rhavkoress [2011-10-11 05:07:59 +0000 UTC]

Allergic? I can easily swap the hooks out for something else? Copper? Gold? Nickel?

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Rhavkoress In reply to Callairah [2011-10-11 05:20:52 +0000 UTC]

Yes. It can be quite frustrating. I sometimes wear surgical steal (it usually does not bother me but sometimes it does), but the metal that is least likely to make me bleed is gold.

I find your feather earing very beautiful. I can't wait to see future sets and maybe even buy a pair someday.

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Callairah In reply to Rhavkoress [2011-10-11 18:04:36 +0000 UTC]

o_O That's not good, I can definitely see how it can cramp your ability to wear stuff :C With any auction/sell I can always swap out the findings, even if it might take a day to get them.

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Rhavkoress In reply to Callairah [2011-10-11 18:43:12 +0000 UTC]

That is some good service you got. I wish all jeweliers would do that. (I think that is what they are) I will keep my eyes peeled for future earings then. You can't have to many of them.

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Callairah In reply to Rhavkoress [2011-10-11 18:55:37 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I tend to just call 'em jewelers for simplicity's sake XD

True true, when all my feathers come in I should be well set to hold up until the feather economy recovers.

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NakaseArt [2011-10-05 22:03:01 +0000 UTC]

Man.....I so wish I could buy a set from you (((

These are amazing <3

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Callairah In reply to NakaseArt [2011-10-06 01:18:13 +0000 UTC]

Weeeeelll I do plan on opening commissions for them when all my feathers are in and my commission page sets up fully. For the time being it'll be random auctions for particular sets. First one is starting tonight.

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NakaseArt In reply to Callairah [2011-10-06 02:32:43 +0000 UTC]

I'm so going to watch it <3 I love your earrings so much ^^

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Callairah In reply to NakaseArt [2011-10-06 02:54:51 +0000 UTC]

X3 If I can pull myself away from looking at ebay to post the darned image!

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OodlesofOwls [2011-10-05 17:19:24 +0000 UTC]

Nice spam you got up there Cal LMAO

The red/orange on that one feather looks so....BAM! HERE I AM!
I also don't think I've ever seen a feather with the pattern as the white one...'tis interesting

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Callairah In reply to OodlesofOwls [2011-10-06 01:19:20 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, the white one is from a bird called the Silver Pheasant, one of the larger members of the pheasant families. I have a portion of a wing from one of the variety packs at the flyshop where I work, and haven't found similar since.

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OodlesofOwls In reply to Callairah [2011-10-06 02:47:37 +0000 UTC]

oooh I seee

I hate when I find something neat and then can't find more of it.

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Callairah In reply to OodlesofOwls [2011-10-06 02:54:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, silver pheasant is in real high demand XP

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smogteeth [2011-10-05 16:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Again, marvelous. They are simply beautiful. I cannot express how much I'd rather buy these from you than some store out at a mall where they are mass produced. This just means all the more that someone used their own hands.

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Callairah In reply to smogteeth [2011-10-06 01:24:24 +0000 UTC]

Well I have a honking huge hackle pad of that orange-black badger to use so there will definitely be more pieces of that particular coloration X3

The problem with the mass-produced feathers is half the time they're dyed goose body feathers, peacock, or guinea fowl XP Stuff you find at a hobby store.

I've been prowling ebay still and placed bids on bulk packs of molted parrot feathers to add flaire to my collections since the ones I've been nailing are predominately reds and golds ¬.¬ And I figured from one of my larger pads I could make enough earrings sold at about $20 each to pay off the cost of all the feathers put together, and the real amount I spent is close to what a small hackle pad costs at a wholesaler site ¬.¬

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