Good afternoon beautiful souls!

Welcome to Fata Morgana's INKLings! Today we are celebrating 2 years of Fata Morgana, and what better occasion than this to launch our brand new blog? 

There are times when I want to share lengthier, informative posts, but social media is not the right platform for such ramblings. I find myself skimming over long posts if they are on facebook or other social media. However, if I go to a blog, it is because I want to read. That, is why, I decided to take the plunge with this. 

This year, the shop's birthday celebrations have started early! We started them off with a Gozo Delivery Day - it was our 2nd such delivery day, and the plan is to continue delivering in person to our Gozitan friends on a monthly basis. 

Here are some snaps from the day:

Photo credit: Lorenzo Belmonte, Edit: Ros

We ran into Lucifer Morningstar himself whilst in Qala. No, really!

[Not really, no. This was me offering someone to have his face hidden, should he wish. Given that we share a mutual love [or rather, a mutual love hate relationship] with the actor who plays the part, I said I'd swap his face with Mr Tom Ellis. And so, here we are!]

We finished the day with a little Full Moon Celebration, as can be seen below:

Photo credit: Lorenzo Belmonte, Edit: Ros

We have also set up a 2nd Birthday Giveaway - which ran for a few days, and 2 winners were randomly selected! The prizes were 2 wire wrapped crystal necklaces made by yours truly.

Left: Leopard Skin Jasper, Right: Chevron Amethyst. Wire wrapping, photo & edit by Ros

On Friday the 10th of July, two winners - Enn Gee for #teamjasper and Kirsten for #teamamethyst - were randomly selected, and their prizes will be delivered to them today:

Winners of Giveaway announcement - Photos + edits by Ros

Finally, here is a bit of a background for those of you unfamiliar with Fata Morgana.

My name is Rosalind, and I hail from sunny Malta, Europe. I found my path in Paganism when I was maybe 9 years old? I forgot the exact age to be honest. Growing up in a country which was, at the time, predominantly Roman Catholic, it was a challenge to find books and other paraphernalia to allow me to practice my path as I desired. I yearned for a one stop shop, but there was none such place to be found. At age 18, I decided I would do something about it, and started what was then named Esoteric. That was short lived, as it was not the right time for such a business venture. And so, the concept was put on the back burner, whilst life happened. Fast forward to 8 years ago. 

I started my own little family, and it was quite a ride, to say the least! A couple of years ago, things calmed down enough to allow me to explore setting up shop, properly this time. 

I wanted to give the shop a Maltese flavour, and that, is how Fata Morgana came to be. 

I was still working elsewhere during the day when I set up Fata Morgana - but as of right now, I am now solely focusing on the shop! That opens up my daily schedule wide open - which means appointments and open days will be happening very soon!

Hello! Its'a me, Ros!