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It is Ocah's 5th birthday !

 

 

 

To celebrate our 5 years in business One lucky person will win the opprtunity to have their Wrap made into the carrier of their dreams for just £5 !

There are also 5 Runners up Prizes of a Stalk Free pass to secure a custom slot (details below*).

There are 5 Wrap Scrap Keyrings up for grabs too !

What would you choose ? an Ocah Full buckle  carrier ? or Maybe a Padded Waist Conversion with all the bells and whistle, Harmony Straps ?  a Pixie Style Sleephood,  Leg padding, maybe Arms out Padding too, how about a heart shape sewn onto the waistband ? and of course you would need a matching keyring.

 

All you need to do to be in with a chance of having your wrap made into your dream carrier is visit our Bigcartel store here answer the following question:

How old is Ocah  ?

Choose your answer from the drop down box below before adding it to your cart and proceeding through the checkout.  Once you have paid for your entry you will be automatically entered into the competition.

You may enter as many times as you like but you must pay for each entry in a separate transaction otherwise it will count as one entry.

 

 

Terms and Conditions:

 

• The closing date of the competition is:  Tuesday 21st May 12pm UK time (British Summer Time).

 

• The Winners will be announced at 1pm UK time Tuesday 21st May 2013.   All Winners will be notified via email.

 

• The first Prize Winner and Runners Up will be required to provide the wrap to be used for their carrier at their own expense. 

 

• The cost of  shipping the completed Carrier to the first First prize Winner will be paid by Ocah.

 

• A Stalk Free pass will be allocated to 5 Runners up.  Stalk Free Passes can be redeemed from July 2013 Onwards. All cost are to be paid by the person holding the Stalk free pass this includes all conversion costs and all shipping costs.   A full Price list for Ocah Wrap Conversions can be found below. 

 

• The cost shipping the Prize Wrap Scrap Keyrings will be covered by Ocah.

 

• In the event of a tie-break where more than one person enters the correct answer we will choose a winner at Random using the random number generator random.org.com

 

• The winners’ name will be made available on our blog, www.ocah.typepad.com and on the Ocah Facebook Page.

 

• If any winner does not respond to our email notification within 48 hours of the competition close a redraw of their prize will take place from the correct entries received.

 

• Competition is open to residents of the UK and Worldwide.

 

• The prizes are non-refundable and cannot be transferred. No cash alternative is available.

 

*  The proceeds from this competition will go to Ocah.  This is not a charity fundraiser,  if you are not comfortable with contributing to this fund raising effort please do not enter this competition.

 

This Competition complies with the UK Gambling Act 2005.

 

Ocah Price list: 

 

From June 1st Our Prices are as follows:    

 

Padded Waist Conversion (with Wrap Straps)                               £97

Clipee Conversion (with Wrap Straps)                                         £104

Ocah Full Buckle                                                                      £154

Reverse Half Buckle  (buckle shoulder straps & tie waist              £115

Podegi (with Wrap Straps)                                                           £89

 

 

Customise your order with any of the following :                                

 

Duo Straps                                                                                 £28

Harmony Straps                                                                          £28

Mei Tai style padded Straps                                                         £28

Adjustable Sleephood                                                                  £18

Leg Padding                                                                                £12

Arm out padding                                                                          £18

Matching chest strap                                                                   £15

Additional layer of wrap fabric (to be supplied by customer)               £5

Additional layer of wrap fabric (to be supplied by Ocah)                   £12         

Pixie Hood                                                                                  £28     

Sweatshirt hood                                                                           £28

Novelty shape Tostitching (eg. Heart shape)                                   £14

Extra topstitching                                                                         £12

SSC waist                                                                                   £18

Continuous Webbing free waist                                                      £18

Matching Keyring                                                                           £8

 

* Embroidery and Appliques are available  subject to approval and are individually priced from £8-£40            

P&P within the UK £5.00

Shipping to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,  £18.00.

Shipping to All other Countries Postage is charged at the actual cost for your country. 

N.B: All wrap scraps are returned with completed carriers.  

 

New slot allocation for June Sewing.

New slot allocation for custom orders THERE IS NO HURRY - PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION BELOW  

The Next Custom slots will be available as follows: This is the draw for carriers to be sewn in June.

We will be taking names from 11am on Wednesday June 5th through to 11am on Friday 7th June. 

To be in with a chance of getting a Custom slot you need to email us at hello@ocah.co.uk

IMPORTANT:  DO NOT EMAIL US BEFORE THIS TIME - if you do your email will be discounted by our automated Filter system on our email inbox. 

Please enter "Count me in"  in the subject of your email, you do not need to write anything in the body of the message. IMPORTANT DO NOT EMAIL US BEFORE 11am on Wednesday 5th June.

When the Draw closes we will allocate a number to each person that has entered the draw and using RANDOM ORG. we will allocate 15 custom slots. Those people that have be successful in securing a custom slot will be notified by 12pm on Friday 7th June.

For those that have not had a Custom Slot with Ocah before here is a run down on how it all works.  :

The Custom slots will be allocated as detailed as above. 

We will send an email to confirm that you have been sucessful in securing a slot.  We will then ask that you pay a £20 non-refundable deposit to confirm that you want to go ahead with your custom order. 

Once you paid your deposit we will send you a live link to an online order form for your completion.  We are always happy to answer any questions that you may have before you complete your order form. As we work directly from your order form when sewing your carrier it is important that you include ALL information that we need to know to make your carrier.

You do not need to have a wrap available to send to us for your conversion before entering thr draw.  We can order a wide variety of wraps on your behalf if these are instock with our suppliers.  If you are sending your own wrap for sewing we will provide the details of where to send your wrap. 

Before we are ready to sew your order we will return your completed order form to you for checking and any changes to your details can be made before we start work on your carrier. 

Once we have recevied confirmation that your order details are correct we will send you a Paypal Invoice for the full cost of your carrier.  We do not start work on carriers that have not been paid for. 

We do not allow people to transfer a Custom slot allocated to them to another person.  If we find that someone has secured a slot and then given it to someone else we will cancel the slot and the deposit paid will not be refunded.

 

From June 1st Our Prices are as follows:    

 

Padded Waist Conversion (with Wrap Straps)                               £97

Clipee Conversion (with Wrap Straps)                                         £104

Ocah Full Buckle                                                                      £154

Reverse Half Buckle  (buckle shoulder straps & tie waist              £115

Podegi (with Wrap Straps)                                                           £89

 

 

Customise your order with any of the following :                                

 

Duo Straps                                                                                 £28

Harmony Straps                                                                          £28

Mei Tai style padded Straps                                                         £28

Adjustable Sleephood                                                                  £18

Leg Padding                                                                                £12

Arm out padding                                                                          £18

Matching chest strap                                                                   £15

Additional layer of wrap fabric (to be supplied by customer)               £5

Additional layer of wrap fabric (to be supplied by Ocah)                   £12         

Pixie Hood                                                                                  £28     

Sweatshirt hood                                                                           £28

Novelty shape Tostitching (eg. Heart shape)                                   £14

Extra topstitching                                                                         £12

SSC waist                                                                                   £18

Continuous Webbing free waist                                                      £18

Matching Keyring                                                                           £8

 

* Embroidery and Appliques are available  subject to approval and are individually priced from £8-£40            

P&P within the UK £5.00

Shipping to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,  £18.00.

Shipping to All other Countries Postage is charged at the actual cost for your country. 

N.B: All wrap scraps are returned with completed carriers.  

 

New Prices for Ocah carriers.

In the 5 years since I started sewing Wrap Conversions I have introduced only one other price increase. I dont like increasing my prices if I could sew for free I honestly would, I like sewing.  But Ocah is my business and it is time that I get real with my prices.  

In January 2013 I sat down to do my Tax return and was somewhat dismayed to discover that last year I earned just £1.53 per hour.  You hear carrier makers saying that there isn't big profits to be had in making baby Carriers ? you had better believe it, it is true.  

I do appreciate that my price increase may put my carriers out of the reach of some people, but I have to be realistic, I am not making basic carriers aimed at Newbie Babywearers. The majority of my customers are expereinced Babywearers that want quality customised carriers with all the bells and whistles. I have done my research and my prices were quite a lot lower than what people were prepared to pay for a 2nd, 3rd, 4th hand for an Ocah carrier.  I have also been charging considerably lower than the charges made by other other comparable Carrier makers.   

 

From June 1st Our Prices are as follows:    

 

Padded Waist Conversion (with Wrap Straps)                               £97

Clipee Conversion (with Wrap Straps)                                         £104

Ocah Full Buckle                                                                      £154

Reverse half Buckle                                                                   £115

Podegi (with Wrap Straps)                                                           £89

 

 

Customise your order with any of the following :                                

 

Duo Straps                                                                                 £28

Harmony Straps                                                                          £28

Mei Tai style padded Straps                                                         £28

Adjustable Sleephood                                                                  £18

Leg Padding                                                                                £12

Arm out padding                                                                          £18

Matching chest strap                                                                   £15

Additional layer of wrap fabric (to be supplied by customer)               £5

Additional layer of wrap fabric (to be supplied by Ocah)                   £12         

Pixie Hood                                                                                  £28     

Sweatshirt hood                                                                           £28

Novelty shape Tostitching (eg. Heart shape)                                   £14

Extra topstitching                                                                         £12

SSC waist                                                                                   £18

Continuous Webbing free waist                                                      £18

Matching Keyring                                                                           £8

 

* Embroidery and Appliques are available  subject to approval and are individually priced from £8-£40            

P&P within the UK £5.00

Shipping to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,  £18.00

 

N.B: All wrap scraps are returned with completed carriers.  

Nati Marbles Violet - Farnham Sling Library

This Ocah Wrap Conversion has been made using a Natibaby Marbles Violet wrap and Organic Denim Fabric. This carrier is a  Pre-school sized Clipee conversion with Denim hood and waist. This Carrier has harmony straps, Leg padding, and it has extra topstitching on the waist. The Embroidery of the Mama wearing her Baby is the logo for the Farnham Sling Library - this design has been sewn by the amazing Emma Turner at Bramble Rosehttps://www.facebook.com/brambleroseuk?ref=ts&fref=ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Didymos Sand Blossom - Ocah Full Buckle Carrier.

This Ocah Wrap Conversion has been made using a Didymos Sand Blossom wrap.  This carrier is a Pre-schooler sized Reverse half buckle ( buckle shoulder, tie waist )  with Adjustable Sleephood, Leg padding, and extra topstitching on the waist.

 

 

 

 

 

Oscha Starry Night Midnight

This Ocah Wrap Conversion has been made using a Oscha Starry Night Midnight wrap.  This Carrier is Inbetween Sized Clipee Conversion with Adjustable Sleephood, leg padding, and extra topstitching n the waist. 

This has a new style of shoulder straps, they are essentially Harmony straps with a Duo Strap style Box square sewn at the end of the padded area which brings the two sides of the pleated strap together for ease of tying. Below the box square the straps flare out as normal. The Strap can be worn neatly pleated on the shoulder or spread out to cup the shoulder. It is a combination of design features that works really nicely together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Didymos Orient OFB

This Ocah Wrap Conversion has been made using a Didymos Orient wrap.  It is an Inbetween Sized OFB (Ocah Full Buckle Carrier) with Adjustable Sleephood and Leg Padding as Standard, this Carrier has added Arms out Padding.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girasol Fog wrap OFB and Mini OFB.

This Ocah Wrap Conversion has been made using a Girasol Fog wrap.  It is a Toddler sized Reverse half buckle ( buckle shoulder straps with padded tie waist) with Extra top stitching on the waist and Custom Appliqué of the NZ Koru design depicting Mother and Child. Mini OFB also made using Girasol Fog ;O)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auction - Instock Ocah Wrap Conversion - Oscha Shui LongLunare

 

This Ocah Wrap Conversion is for Auction via our *Hyena Cart Store here. This Carrier is in stock and ready to ship to the winning bidder. 

 

This Wrap conversion has been made using a Brand new Oscha Shui Long Lunare Wrap which is 50% Deep Indigo Cotton with 50% Silvery Golden Natural Linen.                                                                       

This is a Inbetween sized ( 17.5" wide x 17" tall not including the waistband) Padded Waist Conversion with Adjustable Sleephood, Padded Harmony Straps, Leg Padding, and it has extra Topstitching on the Waist.                                                                                                                                                                   

This Carrier is fully reversible and can be worn Indigo/Purpley Side out or Silvery Side out.                                                                                                                                                                                   

Payment will be required in full at the end of the auction, if payment is not received this Carrier will be offered to the next highest bidder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Shipping is Quoted 1st class for the UK and International for all other Countries.  If shipping cost less than the quoted price a refund for the difference will be given.                                                                                                                                                        

Bidding is Private and so the names of bidders will not appear anywhere in this auction listing.   We will not be making the name of the winning bidder public.  

It is intended that this Auction will be held in US $ to check the exchange rate for your own currency please check here: www.xe.com                                                                                                                       

                                           

Due to having a large international Customer Base we have decided to mix up the timing of this auction to suit the PDT time zone.  Next time we will move on and choose another time zone, and then after that another new time zone, and so on.   To get an idea of the timing of this Auction (set to the Hyena cart default EDT time Zone ) we have shown a number of Countries and the time at which the auction will start (and  later end) in their Country.

 

San Diego (U.S.A. - California)                 8:00:00 PM            PDT     

London (United Kingdom - England)          4:00:00 AM            BST   

Adelaide (Australia - South Australia)        1:30:00 PM            CDT  

Paris (France)                                         5:00:00 AM            CEST     

Montreal (Canada - Quebec)                    11:00:00 PM           EDT    

New York (U.S.A. - New York)                 11:00:00 PM           EDT  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

**Please note this is not a Chairty Auction - I am raising funds enable my family to take a break so the funds raised here are entirely for personal gain, if you do not feel comfortable with this please do not bid

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*Information from Hyena Cart: 

You can browse around the stores as much as you like without registering. However, if you would like to bid on an auction, you will need to register for an account. Note that registering is very easy -- you only need to enter your first name and an email address. As stated in our Privacy Policy, your first name is simply used in friendly greetings throughout the site and your email is used as your contact information to the seller when you purchase items. This information is not shared with anyone other than sellers from whom you purchase items directly.

 

NEW - Ocah Hand Made Baby Carriers Buy, Sell, Trade - Pre -Owned.

 

 

We have set up a new FB page for people to Buy, Sell , or Trade their Ocah carriers. This will replace the existing FSOT forum that is linked here on the Ocah Facebook Page. Please note ALL of the guidelines pinned to the top of the new Page, play nice, and have Fun spreading the Ocah Love xx http://www.facebook.com/prelovedocahsforsaleortrade

Tip: - all listings appear in the "Recent Posts by Others" section on the right hand side of the New Page, Admin will share as many of these so that they appear on the Pages Timeline but if you dont want to miss out please check the "Recent Posts by Others" often. 

 

Guidelines for the using the Ocah Hand Made Baby Carriers Buy, Sell, Trade,  - Pre -Owned Facebook Page.

This is a buyer-beware selling environment. Ocah cannot be held responsible for the outcomes of any transactions made here.

This FB page is to enable private sales ONLY. Vendors are asked not to post here unless selling an Ocah conversion from their private stash.

Please only sell an item that is in your possession. Please clearly state a price / trade options. You may link to Ocah's own pictures, but please also add your own photo too.

Please only list Ocah carriers for sale. You may offer up trades that are other brands as part of an ISO for an Ocah (In Search Of) post in this instance please add a link to images of the carrier that you have for sale or trade.

Please do not ask a buyer to send personal/gifted PayPal payments. Requesting personal PayPal violates the PayPal terms of use and voids PayPal Buyer Protection.

In order that you can calculate your costs to include fees easily, there is a good fees calculator herehttp://www.clothnappytree.com/ppcalculator/

This is a buyer-beware selling environment. Ocah cannot be held responsible for the outcomes of any transactions made here. 

PLEASE ask to see feedback from the other party before proceeding, be it on another forum or on ebay. 

Be sure to ascertain condition of the carrier before purchasing and it is reasonable to ask to see the seller's own photos.

Please DO feel free to add photo graphs from the Ocah blogwww.ocah.typepad.com or add your own pictures

If you post an Ocah an carrier for sale or trade here please respond to all replies in a timely manner. 

Admins of this page reserve the right to remove any wall post that is deemed to be offensive in anyway or which do not adhere to the above guidelines.