Peacock Colours

One of my most recent dread creations was inspired by this beautiful peacock image I found over on Pinterest.

Peacock Print by Brian Stevens

I love the dark shades of blue and purple against the almost neon green and turquoise. So I used several shades of blues, purples and a neon green to create the dread set.

This set is made up of blends, transitionals and splashes plus there are a few chunky knotty dreads along with my usual crochet dread style to create lots of texture.

I will be making more photo inspired dread sets in the near future! Please feel free to check out my colour inspiration board over on Pinterest HERE and let me know if there any images you would like see transformed into dreads :)

December is here!

December the 1st it here, which means Christmas has started :D I am a huge fan of Christmas and absolutely love this time of year. Are you guys excited?

Every purchase made via my Etsy shop throughout this December will receive a 10% off code to use with your next order from Black Sunshine. Which will be valid until the 1st of Febuary 2015.

The above two dread sets where for the giveaway winners of the Birthday giveaway held in October. I love the colour combos they chose!

Photo Inspiration Dread Set

A while ago a came across a photo on Pinterest that I fell in love with. Sadly like a lot of images on Pinterest it didn't credit the artist, but using the handy Google image search I tracked her down.

The above painting is called 'Fog Carrier' and is by the very talented artist Lauren YS ( you can find her on Facebook HERE).

I really love the colours in this image and I created a dread set inspired them.

This set is available to buy on my Etsy shop

I had a lot of fun creating this set and I think I will be using more photos to inspire me for colour combos in the future. Do you have any images you think could be turned into a magical dread set? Let me know in the comments below!

Store update

My Etsy shop is now closed for a little while. My house move starts this weekend and there will be no internet connection for a while. Hopefully this will only be for a week or two :)
I will reply to any comments or messages as soon as I can.

While I am here, here are a couple of photos of the latest dread set I created. These got snapped up before I even finished them (after the customer saw some progress photos) and went off to their new home in America today!
This was a real fun set to make :)

Hair Supplies

My big parcel arrived in the post today from the awesome Diversity Hair.

36 packs of synthetic hair to play with, its like Christmas for me :)
Here are a couple of photos to show off the colours I ordered.

Expect to see lots of new pre made dread sets from me in some of these lovely colours over the coming weeks :)

All of the colours!

The last two dread sets I have made for my shop have been bright ones! And they have been my favorites to make.
The first set was the Random Rainbow which included blends of 14 different colours!

The set I finished today used less colours but are still as bright. I used neon lime, UV tropical, UV purple and hot purple ( all from Diversity Hair ).

At the weekend I made a big order of hair supplies so I will posting photos of my haul when they arrive :D I can't wait!

My Psypuff!

Recently the lovely Psychara and I did a trade, an accent dread kit for one of her plushy Psypuff creations!

Here is Psychara in the dreads I made her. I used blends of several shades of blue with black and white splashes. Doesn't she look awesome!?

And here is my Psypuff! He is so cute and I have named him Clive (after Mr. Clive Barker )

You can check out the Psypuff page HERE.

Extra Long Dreads

Back in 2012 I made some long double ended dreads for the lovely Anna ( aka Anouk Dread Maker)

Since then Anna has turned this set into extra long single ended dreads . So awesome! 

What length do you like your dreads? Short and cute? Or long and lovely? 

Lovely Customer Photos

I always appreciate it when customers send me in their photos of themselves wearing my dread creations. And this week I was so happy to get 2 beautiful customer photos.

The first is of Alyx, she commissioned me to make an a-line kit in black, slate grey and steel grey. The length ranges from 6 inches to 16 inches.

And secondly, Maya, who commissioned me to make a long set in smoke grey, light blue blend, purple blend and wisteria. I loved this colour combination, wisteria is one of my favourite shades.

Hair Pretties

Laura Aurora wearing her button hair clip.

Apart from making dread extensions and falls I also have another love for making other hair pretties! Hair clips & bows, which go great with dreads or natural hair.
I personally have a treasure trove of different hair clips, bows and bands, and I never seem to have enough!
So on my Etsy shop you will find many cute, colourful and occasionally spooky additions to add to your hair!

A popular item in my shop is the 'Giant Button Hair Clip', which is available in lots of different colours. I also recently added a version with added sparkle! Both of which have been tried & tested by the lovely alternative model Laura Aurora.

There is also a range of super cute heart hair clips, available in pastel and neon colours. If you see one you like but would like it in your own colour choice, please feel free to contact me via etsy or e-mail.

Photos!

I just finished the custom dreads for my last competition winner. I really loved the colours she chose.

I also got this amazing customer photo of Nykie wearing the green crochet dreads I made her. Photo by Luci Alice Photograpy

You can get 10% off of your order at my etsy shop with the code TEN2013 (expires March 31st 2012)

www.blacksunshineiow.etsy.com 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone :) I hope 2013 is starting off well for you all.

Last year was a blur of many different dreads kits! Here are a few of my favourites :)

 

To see more photos please check out my Facebook page

This year I plan to make a lot more pre-made dread kits (accent & full) to have for sale on my etsy shop. There are already a few available now, plus lots of cute jewellery and knit wear www.blacksunshineiow.etsy.com

If you are interested in a custom order of dreads please feel free to e-mail me (or contact me via facebook) for a price quote blacksunshineiow@hotmail.co.uk :)

October fun

This is turning out to be a pretty busy month :) I do like being busy!

The other week Black Sunshine teamed up with the amazing Bubble Fusion to do a photo shoot with the very talented photographer, Luci Alice. Here are a couple of the shots, more can be seen on the Black Sunshine Facebook page.

All dreads and accessories from Black Sunshine

Photos by Luci Alice Photography

Corsets made by Bubble Fusion

The Black Sunshine facebook page is nearly at an amazing 2000 likes! When it hits that number I will be starting a big giveaway for a full set of custom dreads plus other goodies :)

I was also lucky enough to be featured by a great site called Daft Crafts. They help promote all handmade artists and are super friendly and nice! If you want to check out my feature and learn a bit more about my adventure with Black Sunshine over the past eight years just click HERE.