so yesterday was quite possibly one of the nicest, warmest and sunniest days i've experienced in a long time! i was supposed to spend the day in college essay writing but when i stepped outside i knew i couldn't stay cooped up indoors all day so i spent the day wandering around Douglas town centre instead!
you should know that the weather here in the Isle of Man is almost typically windy/rainy/kind of gloomy, true some years we get lucky and are blessed with smashing summers and lots of sunshine, some years. . . we're not so lucky!
but yesterday. . . it was just sublime!
but unfortunately i left my camera in the car so i couldn't take any pictures of how pretty it was!!!!!!
anyway, do you remember this lil' lady???
well yesterday afternoon i popped up to Sweet Ginger to say hi to Julie and Ciara and i was delighted to see that they'd put up the 'Sweet Ginger Strips' posters
there's a big ol' poster behind the shop counter and another one in the shop window!!!
but that's not all because they'd also set out all of the 'Sweet Ginger Strips' bags as well!
these are little bags chock full of gorgeous fabric strips that you can use to make whatever the hell you want!
for example. . . you could plait them together and make cute bracelets or a hair tie, you could stitch them together and make a funky rag purse or scarf, you could sew them into ruffles or roses for handmade rosettes or charms in fact. . . you could use them to make all manner of super duper things!
anyway these bags are super duper awesome and super duper cheap (if you ask me!) so if you live local and fancy a little TT race week project or just fancy some little strips of fabric, head up to the shop and get yourself a bag or two! and just think. . . you'll get your very own 'Sweet Ginger Strips' tag featuring my artwork as well!
oh there are also 'Sweet Ginger Strips' and 'Polka Dots' greetings cards as well :)
i gotta tell you though, it's crazy seeing my drawings printed up on tags and posters in a shop! there are actually 3 posters in all though seeing as the lovely Julie and Ciara also got me a poster of my very own!!!
she's already pinned up in my room (helping to cover up some more of the hideous 'skin disease' wallpaper!!!)
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oh i snapped this pic of Pepe and Sophie as well, they're now happily cooped up in one of the shelves on display in the shop
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while i was in 'Sweet Ginger' i also decided to treat myself to a set of Moomin badges!
i've wanted these badges since i first visited the shop back when Ciara and Julie were still unpacking all the lovely stock, i figured it was about time i got a set, the only thing i have to do now is figure out where i'm going to pin them!
does anyone else remember the Moomins from their childhood?! i know that myself + my friend Courtney have spent countless afternoons attempting to draw them and reminiscing about how cute and slightly scary they were!
most of the people i know that remember the show only seem to remember being freaked out by some of it's characters but i used to love watching the Moomins animation when i was little!
i remember there was a Tove Jansson Moomin comic/story book in the library when i was at primary school and i used to read it over and over again
i know that they recently made a new Moomins film but i've yet to see it, if any of you have seen it let me know what it's like!
and now i'm going to stop going on about the Moomins and go and make some tea!!!
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that's it for today i think, tomorrow i plan to blog about some awesome new artists i've just been told about by an old college student, i think you might like their stuff as much as i do!
bye for now, that's all folks . . . ◕‿◕ ★ xX
