Introducing The Grand Old Duke of Squawk from Sassy Seagull!
Hello, and welcome to The Grand Old Duke of Squawk - our brand new blog!
Let's start at the beginning with a story to introduce me, the person behind the Sassy Seagull brand! My name is Daisy, a quirky forty-something year old artist and designer living in beautiful North Wales with my lovely husband Joe and my cat Bob.
When I was younger, I studied dance, art and drama at university. By the end of university my job ambition was to be a textile designer. As is often the case, life had other plans and I now work as an NHS Improvement specialist.
Just over five years ago, I reconnected with my first love. He noticed that I wasn't doing art anymore and questioned it. So I picked it up again and I was definitely out of practice. I did a lot of mediocre art, but I know that creativity is a practice, and I needed to keep creating to keep improving.
I learnt from Instagram and took some courses and in January 2024 I launched my first products on Redbubble. As the year progressed, my brand identity developed as I found my style, and Sassy Seagull was born.
The name of the brand came from my first illustration, of a seagull which is now known as the Flo and Emily design. Once again, the same man, my first love and by then my partner, encouraged me to leave the flat and enjoy the sunny weather. As an introvert, I'm quite attached to my spot on the sofa and as he left the flat, he reopened the door around three times...."seriously it's lovely and warm out here, you should get out and enjoy it".
I KNEW he would expect that I wouldn't ACTUALLY leave the house. He knows how much I love being curled up on the sofa. So pig-headely I took myself out for a walk "to prove him wrong!" Living close to the sea, I wandered down to the beach and photographed a particular seagull. The rest as they say, is history!
Reader, this man is now my husband! And one of my biggest supporters and in May we celebrated our first wedding anniversary!
In February this year, I bit the bullet, and launched my own online store!
I'm working hard in the background to introduce some new items to the shop, including more children's sizes over the coming days and weeks, as well as a new menu layout and categories to make your shopping experience even better! As an LGBTQ+, size-inclusive business, we will also be moving away from 'womens' and 'mens' categories and moving to 'adults' and 'kids' sizes. Anyone can wear our clothes, no matter your gender or size! We believe that everyone should be able to LIVE LIFE IN COLOUR!
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Love Daisy x
