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Permalink Reply by Sasha on August 16, 2011 at 3:02pm

This is a great post. Thanks Caroleeena. Although I must admit, i did get a couple of the feather extensions my self (before I read this) They do look rather awesome. But this is definitely a great alternative.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Bond on August 16, 2011 at 8:36pm

I made these with my daughter today, using a sharpie marker and a 1/8'' size of ribbon. The bleeding of the marker made it look so feather like, very beautiful!!! We also made some feather clips with died feathers from the crafts stores, where I'm told are from chickens we do eat. Thou I eat chicken, and use their feathers, I am all for changing the way the chickens, turkeys, birds are treated, really all factory animals. it's really sad :'(

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Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on August 17, 2011 at 8:16am

Our conversation over in the cultural appropriation thread has really grown, hasn't it?  It spawned this thread and a post on my poemflow blog - Extensions - and who knows what other discussions.  People who knew nothing about how these feathers are produced are now talking about it and informing others.  Maybe we've started something here, y'all...

 

Another alternative of the DIY variety is yarn falls or clips.  I made a couple with small hair clips and the eyelash variety of "fun fur" yarn.  I'll see if I can get a few pix up in the next day or so.

 

I have to admit the clips don't look as great on me as I'd like, but that's just because my hair's so short.  I suspect they would work fine in longer hair.

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