Exciting new animation series launches for pre-schoolers
Manuscript launched its Lionheart Collection in 2019, with a range of arts and craft...
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
Exciting new animation series launches for pre-schoolers
Manuscript launched its Lionheart Collection in 2019, with a range of arts and craft...
Crafter’s Companion launches products with Next
Crafter's Companion, the global art and craft retailer, is excited to announce a new partnership with...
New scene-scapes from Lavinia Stamps
Lavinia Stamps has introduced a new range of scene-scapes along with two new stamps recently featured on...
London Stationery Show returns bigger and better this October
London Stationery Show, the UK's only trade show dedicated to writing and paper...
Restrictions are lifting! We can now sit inside a pub instead of sipping prosecco dodging hail storms in our local beer gardens and of course we can now hug our loved ones! Our Friends & Family Reunited feature toasts this milestone as we share products that we can’t wait to either do with family members or prepare ready for their visit. We hope that summer 2021 brings a season of celebrating and memory ‘making’.
Shops can positively prepare for the months ahead and we have pages packed with product including our Children’s Crafts and Back to School specials ready for those backpack essentials. We also have a beautifully botanical feature on succulents and cacti – the houseplant trend is set to be huge for the foreseeable so make sure your offering includes some of Exaclair’s New Décopatch Cactus models or Oh Sew Bootiful’s Cacti Embroidery Kits!
For all the latest on trade shows reopening please do check out our show news pages. I do hope to be seeing some of your faces at an exhibition centre very soon!
Till then, enjoy the issue!
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
This Cute Kitties Needle Felting Kit is the latest addition to The Crafty Kit Company's needle felting collection, and is sure to appeal to cat lovers. Everything needed to complete the kit can be found in the box, including clear, step-by-step instructions, and it contains enough soft wool in a variety of colours to create a trio of adorable kittens, meaning that crafters can recreate their own feline friends in needle felt! The RRP is £16.95.
Find this, along with The Crafty Kit Company's other needle felting kits on the company's award-winning trade website: trade.craftykitcompany.co.uk
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Brian Price, national accounts manager at OLFA UK talks to Craft Focus about their renowned cutting tools, proudly made in Japan. Here's what he had to say... Tell us a little bit about the history behind Olfa. Who started the company and when? Mr Yoshio Okada, the founder of Olfa Corporation, invented the world's first snap-off blade cutter in 1956 as a solution to other knives constantly losing their edge and becoming dull. He came up with the idea of a snap blade from breaking off segments of a chocolate bar and analysing sharp edges of broken glass. He realised that if a single segmented blade could be made to snap at given points, you'd always have a sharp edge to hand.... read more
Any buyer will know that the process of purchasing holds more than meets the eye. Equally, any salesperson will know that your pitch should be perfectly tailored to your audience. But what about when that audience is from overseas? The cultural differences in US and UK retail buying are more numerous than you might think. So, what can we learn from purchasing across the pond? Retail expert, Tim Bush, shared his expert insights into the mind of a US buyer at Spring Fair @Home. Discover his top tips for taking your brand across the pond.... read more
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