New Beginnings

Well, I have decided that I shall be doing a weekly blog on what we're up to, new tutus, how our week has been etc. A bit of a tutu diary you could say! We're still in the early stages of our business so hopefully we can look back at some blog posts in a few years and remember the good old days!

We actually have staff now! Can you believe it? Our admin assistant started last week doing emails and phone calls, etc and we have a new machinist starting tomorrow. This should hopefully start freeing me up to add new products to the website, keep it maintained, work on new samples and more! Seems like we're getting busier and busier every week and as mental as it is right now and as exhausted as we are from working from 6am until 10pm at night I hope it continues. And now we have staff perhaps we might get a real lunch break here and there!

So... have a peek at some new tutus we've created over the past few weeks. These aren't on the website yet. Some may be added in the future while others may not. If you've found this blog by accident and want one of the tutus below just send us a message here 

This is our Daisy Days tutu set. Funky sunshine yellow cascade tutu with daisy detail on the front, matching plunge bra with matching daisy and festival daisy headband. Great for festivals, EDC and EDM outfits! Such a summery outfit!

Sunshine Tutu Set Daisy Costume

This is our cascade tutu with 6 foam roses on the front. Great for an 'outside the box' Alice in wonderland costume!

rose tutu alice in wonderland costume

We made a children's Alice in Wonderland tutu for a special party. Was in a rara style tutu with black ribbon trim edges, matching black bow and white net apron on the front with casino suit sequin detail

Alice in Wonderland Tutu Skirt

A different take on a Minnie Mouse tutu. Made in red sparkle net with black sparkle bow and frill trim. Polka dots are made of our white 'Angel' glitter fabric. So sparkly in real life!

Minnie Mouse Tutu Retro Style

We're currently having a play with some new Minnie ears ideas. These are some Sailor Minnie ears for any nautical nights out. Cute little anchor details in royal blue glitter fabric and a cute red vintage look hair bow. We're also doing some in stripes for a sailor theme as well as some leopard minnie ears. Photos will be up soon as the leopard ones look awesome!

Sailor Minnie Mouse Ears

Nautical Minnie Mouse Ears



Below are our Minnie ears in the 'Angel' glitter fabric with a white sparkle hair bow and a straight veil. Some people are preferring this straight veil to our cascade veil. Perfect for a girl who loves Disney but doesn't want anything too fussy!

Bridal Minnie Mouse Ears 

Minnie Mouse Veil

We were asked to make a custom bridal set with light up veil but it was also her 30th birthday. We love making custom tutus and tutu sets so we accepted the challenge! All the tiaras with ages on were quite expensive so I decided we could add the 30 ourselves with our glitter fabric like the Minnie Ears above and it worked out even better than we expected! The glitter fabric is so sparkly in real and photos don't really show how pretty it is. The tiara was also super glittery and with the white sparkle net mixed with neon pink net and LED lights it looked gorgeous! 

Hen Night Veil 30 Birthday Veil

Light Up Hen Night Veil

Behind The Sequins

This blog is mostly a 'sneak peek' behind the scenes. Where you can see how we do what we do. As well as the amount of time and effort that we put into just one tutu! As well as our faithful side kick Rocco the Lovebird. 

Bride to be tutu set

In this post I'll be showing how we create our DELUXE Ravin' Stardust tutu set, that was requested by a customer that loved our Ravin' Stardust Tutu set but wanted glitter L plates and glitter hearts with a different veil. We're more than happy to create any of our customers ideas :)

See below the 'Tutu Story' from start to finish!

Rocco answering customer emails!

Each tutu is each individually cut once the order has been placed

                              

Each layer has to be feathered to achieve the shape as well as the individual orange and yellow 'flashes'
Depending on size tutus can take upto 25 minutes just to be cut out into their lengths, layers and style especially if there's a bustle added on too

Well, it's not like that with Rocco....

Again depending on size a tutu can take up to anywhere from 10-15 minutes to an hour if there's lots of frills or detail!
You know when all the animals help the princesses in the Disney films? 

neon tutu

Rocco is only allowed to supervise this bit or he'd be running away with all the sequins!

 

Every single star sequin is glued on individually by hand all over.
Thats A LOT of stars so it takes A LOT of time!

Photos taken before glue had dried

Now for this outfit our customer didn't want our usual veil that goes with our Ravin' Stardust she wanted a straight pink veil with matching sequins and a purple glitter tiara to match the L Plates and hearts.
 And who are we to say no??

Tiara will need to dry overnight to ensure all glitter is dried to the tiara so
it doesn't all rub off when we sew it to the veil!

Matching Hen Night Veil - Custom Order

And then the parcel is off to the Post Office for a journey with the Royal Mail to arrive at your door!

Hope you've enjoyed the insight into our little studio and the makings of just one of our tutus at the Tutu Factory

Please message us at thetutufactory@hotmail.co.uk or LIKE us on Facebook :)

Mad Hatter Wedding

VEGAS BABY!

This was custom made for a customer whose sister is getting married in Vegas and was having a Mad Hatter themed hen night so we mixed the two as well as personalizing it for the happy couple!

This veil is made of a silver fever top hat (on a headband) with white hologram sparkle dress net in our cascade style veil with colour coordinating playing cards with the Ace of Hearts being personalised with the couples names on - altogether now, awww!

Was really happy with the outcome so we'll also be adding these to the website very shortly once it's been completely updated and customers will be able to choose their colours to match their theme. Could also be done without the veil for special birthdays?

Who says you need to have a 'traditional' veil for your hen night/wedding? This is all about you so why not have it show your personality! :)

The Disney Dream

Everyone wants their fairy tale wedding...

I'm a huuuuge Disney fan myself and most of my friends are big fans too so it was only so long before someone had a Disney Hen Night (quite a few actually!) Well one of my besties had a Minnie Mouse Hen Night so I created a few to see which she liked but THIS ONE seems to be a huge favorite of us Disney Dreamers!

Minnie Mouse Bridal Veil

 This is hand made by myself at the Tutu Factory UK. On a silver headband, the ears are made of glitter fabric from Josy Rose (a must for all UK crafters/fashionistas!) a silver tiara and a white hologram dress net in the Tutu Factory cascade style. This creates a super sophisticated, yet cute take on a Minnie Mouse hen night for the Bride To Be!

I also attempted some sequin ears in a red for any sexy Minnie Bride To Be's!

Sequin Minnie Mouse Ears

These will soon be available to purchase from our website the Tutu Factory in a variety of colours to match your Minnie Theme! We're just currently re vamping our accessories section at the moment!

Please get in touch with any queries or custom orders <3 thetutufactory@hotmail.co.uk