Gifts and Interior Design Trade Fair/Vårmessen

From January 26th-29th the Gifts and Interior Design Trade Fair took place in Norway. I personally did not manage to make it there because of university, but a lovely person on Twitter blogged about it and took many photos which I will show here (with permission!).

http://messe.no/no/GaveInterior/Mummitrollene-kommer/ This is the website for the fair’s Moomin page for if anyone is interested in going in the future. One day I hope I can go. The text translates to:

“Moomin trolls are coming!
Moomin show their joint presentation for the first time on Norwegian soil. ‘FAIRYTALE MEETS REALITY’ is the title of the exhibition theme of the exhibition’s entrance.

The stand consists of 25 suppliers or licensees, who have joined forces to present different types of products of Moomin World. You will see books with the famous Moomin Adventures, cups and plates with images of Snusmumriken (Snorkmaiden) and Little My, bedding with Miss Snorkeling and furniture. Everything will be staged rooms of the house in Moomin Valley - to name a few. Maybe show himself Moomin Mama, Moomin Papa, or up too.

Moomin is one of Finland’s best known brands and biggest exports. This public stand has been shown in a couple of European interiors fairs, before now come to us.

Moomin is the original name of the Finnish Moomin.”

Here are the pictures uploaded to the blog by Søstrene Suse at http://sostrenesuse.blogspot.com/2012/02/blomster-bakst-og-mummitroll.html

She has really captured how magical the Moomins are, and how you can introduce them to your home to make it feel like you live in Moominvalley. She speaks of how her mother had told her about the fair and how excited she was to visit the Moomin section.

Seeing pictures of the fair makes me want to move out and build my own Moomin house, but right now I need to finish university so I can get a job to be able to afford more merchandise to make my home as beautiful as possible.