So the other day, I had a new idea. An improvement on
feather pens. You know the kind of feather pens you see nowadays that are basically an ink pen with a feather attached. Those are all fine and dandy, but the majority of them just look too girly... Too many pastel colors and ribbons. Yeah. Not for me.
I had a length of wire sitting around on my desk next to my sewing machine that I had saved because I didn't want to waste it. Then the idea clicked... Wire wrap the feathers onto the pen!
I tried it. And it looked pretty classy, I must say. My mom liked the idea when I showed her the
ostrich feather pen I had created. She wanted to buy it from me, even. Interestingly, she didn't like the
peacock feather pen I made next. She thought it looked too unique. But when I put the feather pens on Etsy, the first one to sell was my peacock feather pen!
I also have made an
inkwell made out of a small lightbulb that's just perfect with these pens. I made it the same way I make the lightbulb vases
here.
Lately, I've added a touch of super glue to these pens to insure the feathers stay exactly where I want them.
Also, one of the great things about my feather pens is that they're easily refillable if they run out of ink! I use
Pilot G-2 07 pens and you can buy ink refills at Walmart. So they're eco-friendly as well as classy!
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Well here's another Etsy Treasury feature. Though it is not for the lightbulb vase! It is for my peacock feather pen! I'm amazed how much more popular it is than my other feather pens. It's like the complete opposite than what my mother said.
