craftgrrl | Flowers made of feathers? (Reply)

Hi this if my first time posting. Im getting married Oct 31st 2010 and I'm having my dress custom made. I want to make little flowers made of feathers and pearls, and a bit of tulle in varying sizes for embelishment on the top. I really dont trust anyone to carry out my vision of what I want them to look like so I'm going to make them myself. The only problem is, I have no experience with feathers at all and im not really sure how to get it to be stury and set. Is there a setting i put the feathers in or is there a way to sew them together?
I basically want something like in the picture but with pearls as the center not diamonds.
Any information on how to do this, including the best feathers to use would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!