Craft shop says no Bad Blood after Swift merch leads to standards visit
A craft shop has sought to “Shake It Off” after Taylor Swift-themed merchandise led to a visit from trading standards.
The Crafty Shack on Kirkcaldy High Street was visited on Wednesday after trading standards received a call regarding merchandise produced ahead of taylor sw if t’ s sold-out concert at Murrayfield later this year – and it responded with a tongueincheek social media post using many of sw if t’ s song titles.
Shop owner Michael Fern said: “A couple of weeks ago we had posted on our social media about some Taylor Swift goodie bags. It was an order we had been asked to do to surprise their friends who had tickets. we made up mock tickets and obviously someone has reported us for doing them.”
However, Mr Fern and business partner Diane Pearson addressed the apparent ‘bad blood’ with a hilarious Swiftthemed post on Facebook. It name-checked a number of Swift’ shits, including anti-hero, Love Story and Blank Space, as the situation around the call-out is explained.
It said: “Never in my “Wildest Dreams” did I think that I “Did Something Bad”! However, I suppose you can “Call It What You Want”. Just please, “Don’t Blame Me”, all I wanted was to be a part of the “Love Story” between asw if tie and their idol. There will now be just a “Blank Space” where th em erch used to sit… “If This Was A Movie” and I was an evil “Mastermind”, then we’d sell Saylor Twift merch instead
“I am trying to act like“mr perfectly Fine ”, but I know“All Too Well” how hard it is for a small business to survive in the high street these days with “Castles Crumbling” all around us. Although The Crafty Shack was born in “22”, “The Story Of Us” is only just beginning… we have so many more exciting things to come!
“What is better than revenge” is taking a moment to “Shake It Off” and tell ourselves: “Long Live” The Crafty Shack!!
“I did use quotation marks on all the songs so that we remain “Safe & Sound” because I tell you one thing, Trading Standards, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together!”
Mr Fern said: “It is disheartening when they come out to you and it feels like they're out to get you, but we’ve been here two years and we’ve never had this issue before, so we tried to make light of the situation. it was more trying to make a joke out of the situation, but obviously we now know that we shouldn’t have done it.”