Craft Focus - Page number 7 - June/July 2021 (Issue 85)

7 EDITOR’S LETTER On the cover The new edding acrylic range makes painting easy and hassle-free. A compact, easy-to-use, colour-coordinated assortment for outstanding results on various painting surfaces, including canvas, paper and wood. The four different acrylic markers feature fine, medium and broad nibs and an acrylic 3D double liner – which combined with edding’s permanent sprays allows for even greater creativity. For further information visit the website www.edding.co.uk The summer of ’21 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 EDITOR Rachel Westall +44 (0)1376 514 000 editor@craftfocus.com PRODUCTION MANAGER Scott Brothwell SALES MANAGER Sarah Mclean +44 (0)1376 538 490 sarahm@craftfocus.com ACCOUNT MANAGER Tracy Voice +44 (0)1376 538 555 tracyv@craftfocus.com GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Sarah Hill, Stephanie Hodder, Vicky O’Connor +44 (0)1376 535 616 artwork@kdmediapublishing.com PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Lorna Butcher WEB DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Stuart Weatherley DIGITAL MARKETING COORDINATOR Katie Laley +44 (0)1376 514 000 KD Media Publishing, Pantile House, Newlands Drive, Witham, Essex CM8 2AP craftfocus.com Craft Focus is solely owned, published and designed by KD Media Publishing. Whilst every effort was made to ensure the information in this magazine was correct at the time of going to press, the publishers cannot accept legal responsibility for any errors or omissions, nor can they accept responsibility of the standing of advertisers nor by the editorial contributions. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher. Craft Focus is published six times a year. ISSN 1758-0900 @craftfocus @craftfocusmag @craftfocus MEDIA PUBLISHING Craft Focus is proud to be associated with and supporters of: