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Holy Cow feathers are expensive!?!?!?!?!

I have decided on white ostrich feather centerpieces for my reception and o man are they expensive.

Best price I have found so far is about $220 for 1 pound... I will need about 2 pounds for the fullness and look that I want for my centerpices

Heres the site where I did my research about the feathers so I knew what I would need to buy and what to look for

http://www.koyal.com/OstrichFeatherCenterpieces

There is a difference so be sure if you are thinking of doing something similar you read up so you can be sure your buying what you think your buying.

I will probably be purchsing from this site as well as it has the best pricing.

Oh my those are expensive. I'm sure that they will look gorgeous though.

Here's a few I found for sale online...thought maybe it would help you save some $$, which is alway nice planning a wedding b/c you can put the extra towards somewhere else. I also wouldn't hesitate to contact the seller and see if they would accept less....never hurts. Plus you could turn around and resell what you bought when you're finished meaning you maybe have used them for little to nothing.

http://www.bravobride.com/ItemViewer.php?iid=%27ostrich-feather-centerpieces-32564%27

http://www.bravobride.com/ItemViewer.php?iid=%27ostrich-feather-vase-centre-piece-31681%27

http://www.bravobride.com/ItemViewer.php?iid=%2728-frosted-eiffel-tower-vase-with-white-ostrich-feathers-28079%27

http://www.bravobride.com/ItemViewer.php?iid=%27ostrich-feathers-25610%27

http://www.bravobride.com/ItemViewer.php?iid=%27ostrich-feather-centerpiece-19338%27

Hehehe, I feel stupid, I read your tag line and looked at your picture and thought to myself "cows dont have feathers.... do they!?" ....I just thought I'd share that, because I laughed out loud at myself when I started reading!!!

But yeah, they are super expensive for nice ones! We were going to use them, but I dont want to spend that much! They are sooo pretty though!!!

Check these sites out for the feathers:

feathermart.com
swalefandson.com
plumesnfeathers.com
ostrich.com
tonyhill.net

I'm not sure if you would be interested in splitting the cost of these, but I am also having feather centerpieces for our wedding...but am having to sell other items first to help pay for the cost of them...lol!!! I live in the Hampton Roads area of VA and our weddings are two weeks apart...I'm getting married 10/10/10. Let me know if you would be interested in sharing the cost of these!

lol chelsea11 I read the posting again and I can see it hahaha....

thanks for all the suggestions I will be hitting the web today!

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