I'm a couple days behind letting you know that Innocent Crush by Anna Maria Horner arrived this week in the shop (2 months early, can you believe it?!) and I apologize for that. But looking at it, touching it, adoring it for a little longer gave me more time to really think about it and I found myself being quite introspective. I know what you're thinking,
"introspective about a fabric delivery?"
and you'd be right, it's a little out there. But I could hardly unwrap bolts of fabric with the names "Lovesme Lovesmenot" or "Maybe" or "Bubble Burst" without taking a little trip down memory lane. It's not too often that you have reason...or maybe I should say that I have reason...to think about my first crush. Don't you wish you knew then what you know now? Or maybe that's half the fun.
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I decided to look up the word "crush" and concluded that it is an aptly named occurrence. Only the very, very last of the definitions referred to first love, but many related squeezing, submission, burden, reducing, and altering or destroying structure.
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Altering or destroying structure. Hmmmm....Think about your first crush. Were you ever the same thereafter? Not often does your first crush turn into the love of your life, so tears, heartbreak, and maybe even devastation are bound to occur.
(Some of the following prints are not in stock in my shop, but I used them for dramatization purposes. I have 14 total prints from the collection.)
FIRST IMPRESSION
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You may get
MIXED SIGNALS

(I didn't order this one and really wish I had )
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and wonder if
MAYBE
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LOVESME LOVESMENOT
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Depending on the
TURN OF EVENTS
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you may end up with your
BUBBLE BURST

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or your heart
SHATTERED

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But hopefully before that happens you'll get the chance to
SLOW DANCE
(Sadly, I didn't get this one either)
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And though there may be another meaning for the name of this print but it reminded me of this
you'll carve your initials in a tree and they'll be
WOODCUT

forever.
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So what was your first crush like? Were you
CHARMED
or completely
SWEPT AWAY!
Enjoy!