Tizzy Treats are now on Facebook

Tizzy Treatz, suppliers of the sweets in The Mythical Beast Sweet Shoppe, have a new group on Facebook- sign up and follow them to find out where they will be selling sweets next!

It's all over now :(

Our last day and the weather decided to be specially gloomy for us. Not only was the weather sad we were shutting up shoppe, but the lifeboat was out- we watched it come back to the island in pretty horrible rain and wind.

As you may remember I stood on my camera the other day, which means I can't actually see anything until I get home and plug it in to the computer- hence some slightly strangely framed photos.

A poor rained on, twisted arrow that once pointed the way to the Shoppe

Even the Gorgon's were sad today

All empty- this is Becky helping to pack away the last few things from the Shoppe.

Blue skies

I can't believe my eyes...after all the rain yesterday I woke up to see lovely blue skies over The Mythical Beast Sweet Shoppe. Looks like it's going to be one of those nice crisp October days that are made 100% better by a bag of sweets and some Mythical Beast themed art.

SALE!!!

Katy's Gorgon plush are consistently the thing in the Shoppe that people walk over too and pick up, have a little cuddle with, say 'these are so cool' and then have an internal debate about justifying buying a soft toy when they are 36 years old. To help with that dilemma we have knocked some money off and now you can own either Medusa, Stheno or Euryale for a mere £20. Each Gorgon comes with useful information about her, such as the knowledge that one of them likes mashed potato. Either click on the photo or hop over to the online Shoppe to treat yourself to one today. Alternatively come and visit us this weekend and see if there's any left.

Gunilla's altered postcards have also just been reduced- now you can own an original piece of work by a fantastic German artist, for a mere £12- these are based on postcards of her drawings, and each one has been altered in a different way, making them totally unique. Comes framed. This lovely lovely painting isn't in the Shoppe, but shows just why I asked Gunilla to be part of the show:

Last weekend of the Shoppe

It's the last weekend of The Mythical Beast Sweet Shoppe this weekend, and i'd love to say it looks like it's going to be beautiful sunny weather, but i'd be telling big fibs. As long as we don't get washed out to sea we will stay open though.

As well as the real live shoppe we will also be running down things in our on-line shoppe as some items will soon become unavailable- Johanna has already dropped the price of her Unusual Horses print to a mere £10- so snap one up while you still can.

Some of the other highlights in the shoppe (click on the image to buy)

The Adventures of Percy... for a mere £3.00


Yeti brooches from Custom Made UK £7.50

Artist book and necklace by Lost in the Forest (aka Emily Chandler) £24 reduced to £18

SWEEEEEEEEEETS!

I stood on my camera yesterday and broke it, so there's no more new photos from the Shoppe for today i'm afraid. Instead I bring you this fascinating insight into sales in sweets over the last four weekends.

Top Five Selling Sweets:

1. Jelly Beans
2. Chocolate Peanuts
3. Rhubarb and Custard
4. Lemon Bon Bons
5. Sherbet Lemons/Strawberry Bon Bons/ Kola Cubes

Bottom Selling Sweets:

1. Humbugs (no sales at all!)
2. Mint Imperials/Barley Sugar
3. Army and Navy/ Chocolate Limes/ Cough Candy/ Fruit Pastilles/Liquorice Toffees
4. Dew Drops/Pineapple Cubes
5. Aniseed Balls/Sweet Peanuts/Butterscotch

To be fair to the bottom selling sweets, it's only Humbugs that haven't sold at all- oh and we've sold 134 flying saucers at 2p each!

In terms of art, the top selling item in the shoppe by a long way are the teeny tiny charms, but maybe that's because they are so cheap! And they are closely followed by the marvelous postcards from Simon.


In our online shoppe it's The Sea Horsicorn by Peskimo that is leading the race.


There's only one more weekend to go before we shut up Shoppe- we've had some lovely visitors, it would be great to see some more of you!

ps- thanks to Elaine for coming and being the guest keeper yesterday, and for Jason for keeping me company today.

Open today too

Camilla has opened up the shop again today. She says the weathers not too bad.

Open today

The weather this weekend looks like it's finally letting us down- after three weekends of sunshine so hot I nearly got burnt (and did get heatstroke) I woke up this morning to grey skies. I'm still going to be going along to open up the Shoppe- but remember if you are making the journey from far (like magical Unicorn land for example) then give me a ring on the number above and i'll let you know the status.

Last weeks top sellers in the shoppe were postcards from Chipfork, and rhubarb and custard sweets. Poor old humbugs remain unloved, with no sales at all. Come down and buy some humbugs today why don't you?