Writing again.

There aren’t going to be many (if any) new items added to the shop this month because I have signed up to National November Writing Month (otherwise known as NaNoWriMo). If you haven’t heard of it, the idea is to write the first draft of a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

Several years ago I had a teenage novel published by Andersen Press (a subsidiary of Random House) called Be In The Place. They also said they were going to publish my next 2 novels, but when they changed their mind, that’s when I decided to focus on Oshun. However I came up with a plot idea over the summer and have been thinking about spending more time writing again. (I write short stories and poems with my village writers’ group too.) NaNoWriMo was the impetus to get on with it. So as Summer was busy with festivals and Autumn busy with Halloween costumes, now is a quiet time for Oshun anyway. I have lots of ideas for wedding dresses and clothing I can’t wait to get started on though, but probably not until after Christmas now. In the mean-time, keep a look out on Oshun’s facebook page as I’m going to be offering discount codes for flash sales over the next couple of months!

The bookbarn out-of-print fashion show

paperdress1 Rain&MaisieAn out-of-print fashion show has been organised by the Bookbarn, near Bristol in England and I decided to take part and made a paper dress inspired by fairytales. I was given a stack of old unwanted books and told to be as creative as possible. The dress incorporates lots of different papercraft techniques and I decorated the corset with lots of layered and twisted flowers, and the skirt has many folded pages making a bustle and train.

It is just a bit of fun combining my love of books and unique fashion. I usually upcycle luxury fabrics, but I thought I’d enjoy the challenge of paper instead. The photo on the right shows my daughter, Rain modelling the dress with Maisie Williams (Arya Stark in Game of Thrones) who will be judging the fashion show on Friday. There are more photos on Oshun’s facebook page and I have also written all about it on my alternative fashion blog. The dress is for sale in my shop in the ‘Fairytales’ section.