CHARLOTTE Cruickshank, has recently moved to Ottery St Mary having spent the last three years in Bridport. Charlotte still regularly commutes to Bridport however, where she works as a shop assistant for Claire Jillings at Candlelight Living in South Street.
Charlotte shares her commute with fiancée Paul Clifton who works for AmSafe Bridport. Despite studying for a degree in the History of Art, Charlotte has only recently reawakened her creative side making bags, bunting and cards, which she sells in Candlelight Living.
Charlotte also recently completed her first mural for a local interior designer after a chance meeting in the town. Animal lover Charlotte also works part time at a stables in Ottery St Mary.
WHAT do you like most about Bridport?
I love the market and what I really like is that all the dog lovers are out as well. Me and Paul are big dog enthusiasts and it’s so nice to see people having a nice time walking their dogs around the market. It makes the place feel alive when you have got something like that. There are some really nice people around and I have made good friends here.
WHAT would you like to change about Bridport?
People’s attitudes. That sounds really awful but I think sometimes people don’t realise what a good thing they’ve got. I think sometimes you need to look around and appreciate what you’ve got. You don’t always appreciate the nice area you live in, I was exactly the same in my hometown where I grew up.
WHAT made you make the leap from working in Boots?
This just kind of happened really, it was amazing. I was selling some cards in here and then Claire asked if I could do some cover and then that was it. I did a couple of days and it just kind of literally came out of nowhere. I didn’t really do anything with my degree for a while, and technically I’m not now, but I’m doing what I enjoy. I absolutely love it, it’s definitely worth taking the jump.
WHAT makes the shop unique?
I love it, I think it’s just got a nice feel about it. So many people say the same and that’s what’s really nice, people enjoy coming in here. So many mums bring their clothes in. They are all second hand clothes so people are getting a bargain but also all the yummy mummy’s can come in and make a bit of money back as well which is nice. We sell clothes for parents on commission; I think a lot of people find that really helpful because when money is a bit tight it does actually help.
WOULD you like to develop your creative skills even further?
I would love to carry on painting murals and I hopefully have another one lined up. I’d just like to keep making my bags and cards and selling them in other places as well. I do keep saying to Paul that when I’ve made my millions it will all be fine and I can support him, but that’s a little way off yet.
HOW did you get commissioned to do your first mural?
It was completely by chance. I was shopping in Country Seats, because there was a little sign in the window saying they had a sale on remnants and I’m a sucker for a bargain, and the guy asked me what I was buying fabric for. I told him and he introduced me to another lady in the shop who was an interior designer and it went from there.
WHO would be your three dream guests at a dinner party?
I really love Ewan McGregor’s voice, I would quite happily just have him sing to me. Rupert Everett because again he has such a lovely voice, so he could just talk to me. The third would be Robert Pattinson because he is very nice looking.
WHAT was the last book you read, film you watched and CD you listened to?
The last film I saw at the cinema was Twilight, I really love the films. I would never really be in to vampires or things like that because I am a good Christian girl but it’s the love story, every girl dreams of being completely loved. The last book I read in full was the last Twilight book. I tend to listen to music on YouTube so I don’t know what the last CD was. I am a ‘Gleek’ though so I love listening to Glee music.
WHAT'S your favourite muiscal and are there any you’d still like to see?
My favourite would be a complete toss up between Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. Probably Les Miserables, that’s the classic. I’d like to see Wicked.
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