Velvet cloaks – sneak preview

I hope you all had a beautiful sunny weekend! Yesterday I made the most of the good weather forecast and scheduled a photo-shoot for the new products I’ve made for Oshun recently. I’ve had a stack of the most beautiful lush vintage cotton velvets calling me to use them from the corner of my work room. So I’ve finally decided to turn them into velvet cloaks perfect for weddings, handfastings, LARP, re-enactments, cosplay or just wrapping up in to keep warm! So far I’ve made three (they take a lot longer to make than you might think due to the thickness of the fabrics I’m dealing with!), but I’ll be continuing to sew more over the next couple of weeks. We’re hoping to go to the cliffs of Cornwall to shoot the next bundle, but that’s reliant on the campervan and the weather co-ordinating with each other, so we’ll see!

The first three were modelled at Exmoor National Park and although I’ve only had a brief look at the fashion photos, I’m very pleased and can’t wait to edit them and show them to you. Here’s a sneak peak of me having a sneak peak!

Navy blue velvet cloak
Navy blue velvet cloak

Pure silk circus fairy outfit reduced by £18!

Silk circus fairy costume

Apart from the net layer in the skirt, this outfit is all pure silk. I’m making way for a lot of new stock, so I’ve reduced this fairy costume by £18! It’s never too early to start thinking about your festival outfits, and this one would be perfect! For more photos and details, take a look at Oshun Creations on Etsy.

World Book Day costume

Hi! World Book Day is coming up on the 2nd March, so I thought I’d give a 20% discount on my book dress as it would be the perfect costume / outfit to wear on the day! I’ve also added a couple of new photos to the listing so you can see a close-up now of some of the details of the dress – the paper roses, the patterns of the paper punch I used, and even one of the butterflies I cut out of paper and added to the skirt part of the dress.

World Book Day dress

I loved making this dress and it would be brilliant to see it go to a new home. Sadly it didn’t fit a lady who came here to try it on, but she had the idea to wear it to cosplay as The Library from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. What a cool idea!

If you enjoy reading, I think it would be a unique alternative wedding dress; or perhaps a fairytale ball gown at a literary event. Anyway, now’s the time to get it while it’s on sale with £50 0ff! Find it at Oshun Occasions.

Making a black & red special occasion dress. (Perfect for Valentine’s Day next week!)

Hello! I hope you’re all keeping warm! If you’d like to see the process of how I made the black and red dress mentioned in my last post, then please take a look at this sewing video. It shows the process of how to make the dress using the black materials and the roses embroidery; how I recycled vintage fabrics to make a new eco-friendly and sustainable item of clothing. It would be a stunning black wedding dress or if you if you’d like to add a touch of romantic gothic to a special occasion!

I’ll be adding a listing to the shop soon which will talk you through the process of how to order a custom handmade dress like this one.

New beautiful black wedding dress / gothic Valentine’s dress just listed

I thought you might like to know about a new Oshun dress that has just been listed onto my OshunOccasions shop on Etsy. It could be worn as a gorgeous gothic black wedding dress, or, as it has a hint of red and embroidered roses, it would be perfect for a night out for Valentine’s Day next week! Here’s the link.

Black wedding dress or Gothic ball gown

Flapper inspired wedding dress

1920’s inspired wedding dress

It was actually a New Year’s goal last year to work on my photography for Oshun; which I managed to do a bit, but not nearly as much as I wanted to. So I’m continuing this year and have spent today re-editing some photos I took of the 1920’s flapper vintage style wedding dress (which is actually a skirt and top outfit) I have for sale.

Flapper vintage style wedding dress

Find this handmade dress for sale at OshunOccasions on Etsy.

Handmade vintage style wedding outfit