Welcome - Shiny Shrimp

Hello and welcome to the shiny new home of the shop, previously known as, Sian Shrimpton – Design & Illustration.
Shiny Shrimp is the new name of my stationery shop, but you can still expect the same cute and colourful gifts, cards and of course Penguin!

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✨ NEW THINGS ✨ I haven't launched any new pro

✨ NEW THINGS ✨

I haven't launched any new products for a while, mainly because I've been busy creating the new branding and renaming my shop to Shiny Shrimp. However, this is a sneaky peek at designs that are so fresh, I only started work on them last week! The colours and layout have changed about 100 times already and they are very much a work in progress, as part of a collection that I'm calling the Shiny Collection. It will be a collection of products that I've wanted to create for a long time and Penguin will be taking a break with these, although I'm sure he'll be back before too long! What do you think?

#NewProducts #ShinyShrimp #KeepGoing #StationeryLove #MarchMeetTheMaker #MarchMeetTheMaker2021 #IndieRollerMMTM

Day 4 of #MarchMeetTheMaker is "on your desk" and

Day 4 of #MarchMeetTheMaker is "on your desk" and I had far too much fun creating a swipable photo so that you could see my whole desk.

My desk is usually really tidy, I can't help it! But sometimes I get to the end of the day and I'll have all manner of empty cups, snack wrappers, random pieces of paper, pens and all sorts scattered about, and those are usually the days when I've got the most done.

I have my bullet journal to keep me organised, I hide my phone most days to keep me focused, then all I need is either the Adobe Creative Suite or a piece of paper and pencil and I'm good to go.

If you swipe across you'll see the "team," we have pinky, who is a pink @momijihq doll, Penguin who I made out of Fimo a couple of years ago, and Sunshine bunny, who was made by @sewseworiginals for my 30th birthday. I then have my most used selection of notebooks, sketchbooks, and pens and of course this year's Penguin desk calendar, which I've only just remembered to change for the photo 🤦🏻‍♀️ I have my 365 days of affirmations, today's says "Change is not an event, It's a process" I don't change it every day but it's nice to have a different little reminder everyday. Then most importantly, my clipboard, which I doodle all over with notes and scribbles each day, it's nothing fancy, just a piece of cardboard with a bulldog clip at the top and a pad of paper. 🤫 This might soon be replaced with a product of my own 🤔

#ShinyShrimp #Deskie #DeskSetup #MarchMeetTheMaker #IndieRollerMMTM

Day 3 of #MarchMeetTheMaker is all about my values

Day 3 of #MarchMeetTheMaker is all about my values and beliefs. This is something that I've worked on a lot over the last couple of years with @indie_roller and they're ever evolving, just like my style that I spoke about yesterday.

🖍 CREATIVITY
Being creative is integral to who I am, I'm at my happiest when I have a pencil in my hand or have a new idea for a product, and many of my hobbies include some sort of creativity or the arts. I believe that everyone can be creative in their own way, it doesn't have to be your job, you don't have to be able to draw, some find their creativity through cooking or gardening. Anyway, I could talk about this all day if you let me, it's very important to me.

❤️ LOVE
It might sound cheesy (I love a bit of cheese) but the next one is love. When I first started thinking about my values, I had a long long list and this one was a simplified version of a few things: family, kindness, loving what you do and love for the world we live in. As a business, this means great customer service, making my own hours so I can be there for family, making environmentally friendly choices in my products/packaging/waste and being kind to myself. It is a very broad one but doing everything from a place of love.

🥳 JOY
This means doing what I love, bringing joy to your letterbox, finding the little things that make me smile in everyday and celebrating those little wins. Also dance breaks are essential to the running of this business at times!

A little disclaimer to say that I'm aware that all of these are very positive, and I have considered "what if I'm not feeling creative?" or "what if I'm not feeling the joy?" both of which are completely fine and this is when something would need to change, I'd need to take a breather and come back to my work after a rest. This isn't saying that I always feel joyful or always feel creative, or always make the right decisions for my business. These are just a little guideline and might help point me in a good direction when I need to make a big decision in my business.

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Day two of #MarchMeetTheMaker is "style" and I tho

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