There is a new family in Sweet Berry Valley and there will also be a new shop very soon.
In today´s post I´ll tell you a bit about this family and why they decided to move to Sweet Berry Valley to start a new business.
Vivian and Lance Caramel love art.They met at the Sylvanian Academy of Fine Arts when they started studying drawing and painting.
Even though their dream was to make a career as fine artists they soon realized it was tough to make a living by only selling their artwork.
They needed a way to support themselves and still find enough time to devote to their passion for painting.
Lance became a part-time art teacher and Vivian found a job at an art gallery. Both enjoyed their art-related jobs as they not only paid their bills but also fueled their creativity and were a source of inspiration for their own artwork.
One fine day ,Lance was painting at his studio when he ran out of paint.
The truth was that finding art supplies in Sylvania wasn´t easy as there were very few art shops. Vivian and Lance had to order their supplies from a catalogue with the inconvinience of having to wait for their package to arrive for at least a week or longer.
It was then when Lance came up with the idea of setting up an arts and crafts store.
He told his wife about starting their own business and Vivian totally approved and supported her husband´s initiative.
Of all the villages in Sylvania they chose Sweet Berry Valley as it is well known for Arts in all its forms.Arts play an important role in the education of children at Berry Grove School and the Forest Nursery.
Lance and Vivian contacted Mayor Cameron Moss and Agatha Buckley, the school headmistress and the arts and craft teacher at Berry Grove School, to let them know about their desire to set up an arts and crafts store in the village.
Both seemed to be very pleased with the idea and Agatha Buckley was particularly excited at the thought of having a local shop to buy art supplies for her students.
(Hope you like these two photos. It was really hard to make the children sit properly and hold their colored pencils. My ten year old daughter drew the pictures)
They have only been in the village for a few months but they have already settled in and their shop will be open soon.
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The prompt for challenge#4 in the Sylvanian Families Collectors Community was Art and Artists.
At first, I only intended to make some miniature art supplies. Then, I thought I could set up an arts and crafts shop to display the supplies I made and finally, when I had to choose the shop owners,I felt the need of explaining why The Caramels moved to Sweet Berry Valley to open their new business.
The Caramel Dog family is one of the last two families I added to my collection (The Chihuahua family is the other one).
I love the Caramel dogs since I first saw them and I´m happy this prompt inspired me to introduce them in Sweet Berry Valley.
As for the miniature art supplies, I made some for today´s post but you´ll see more when the arts and crafts shop is finished.I still need to take some pictures.
Hugs!
