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Craft Focus magazine is a bi-monthly trade publication for the craft industry, distributed to Art & Craft shops, Toy shops, Model shops, Haberdashers and Needlecraft retailers...read more
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Christmas 2020 is going to be a good one. Of course it is, the year owes us that! Feeling festive and fabulous, we have part two of our Christmas special showcasing cards, make-your-own advent calendars, Christmas decorations and more. We also have a sugarcraft feature if you’re going to make your own delicacies; and a craft kits feature with fabulous ‘boxsets’ which make perfect gifts!
As well as our ever-popular brand spanking new feature, we also have a focus on glues and adhesives and keen sewers will enjoy our sewing and stitching special!
I chat exclusively to Kirsten Burke from The Modern Calligraphy Company about how, since lockdown, sales of calligraphy products have rocketed, you can see more of the company’s products in our Art Supplies feature.
With so many trade shows being digital and with the rise of social media, we all can recognise the importance of going online. So, this issue we have excellent advice from the Department of International Trade about how to gain support, encouragement to take the plunge online and how to secure trade deals overseas. There’s help out there if you are wary of taking those first steps.
I hope the final quarter of 2020 hears tills ringing, footfall increasing and most importantly health and happiness.
Rachel Westall, Editor
PS. If you have any news you would like to submit to this site or Craft Focus magazine, please email editor@craftfocus.com
Rachel x
Introducing the latest addition to eatsleepdoodle's fun colour & learn range – enchanting fairytales and legends design brimming with everyone's favourite storybook characters, knights, princesses, dragons, mermaids, magical unicorns and more... Available in a soft 100 per cent pure cotton (200 thread count) pillowcase and a fun placemat to go, kids can have great fun colouring and discovering favourite characters and icons from fables, myths and legends – including Rapunzel, Cinderella, Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone and Goldilocks. There's even space to create your own story on the beautiful 'book' print reverse – perfect for encouraging the little ones to practice their creative writing and the pillowcase makes a great addition to story time too. Like all eatsleepdoodle textile gifts, a set of 10 wash-out fabric pens are included and all the ink disappears completely after a warm machine wash (and from anything else in the wash too) ready to be re-used and re-coloured time and time again.
Email: hello@eatsleepdoodle.com , call +44 (0)1722 325 304 or visit the website: www.eatsleepdoodle.com for further details.
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Britta Kremke owner of Selected Yarns tells us all about how and when the company started and the range of brands they stock. Britta Kremke owner of Selected Yarns tells us all about how and when the company started and the range of brands they stock. The business started as a small B2C online shop (www.schmeichelgarne.de) in 2009, founded by Britta and her husband Carsten. At that time, they had a marketing agency specialised in programming online stores and thought it would be a good idea to have a shop of our own. In 2014, they started their B2B business by importing and distributing overseas brands in Continental Europe as Selected Yarns. In 2016, the couple developed their own brand Kremke Soul Wool. Selected yarns is based in northern Germany, in a small village with 200 inhabitants, right between Hamburg and Berlin.... read more
Keri Ackling CEO of Snow Windows discusses how the company began, their important charity work and how this year more than ever, you should celebrate Christmas and decorate those windows in style. Snow Windows is currently supporting Home-Start - a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. Snow Windows were introduced to Home Start when Kirstie Allsopp asked Tom to design a Christmas card for them in 2019.... read more
Here's the results of our previous poll where we asked...Is your store ready for Christmas?
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