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December/January 2020/2021 |
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| Regular features, news, events, Q&A special - and much more |
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| Natural selection |
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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.
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| Let it snow |
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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.
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| ExaClair expands the Exacompta Aquarel, 1928 and Eterneco ranges |
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ExaClair, the UK subsidiary of the Exacompta-Clairefontaine Group, has expanded its Exacompta Aquarel, Eterneco and 1928 ranges to meet all home working needs. Aquarel has introduced an A4 expanding case, as well as lever arch and magazine files, plus new desktop accessories across a selection of soft, subtle and light pastel colours; Eterneco's new water resistant, nature inspired archive boxes, lever arch files and expanding cases suit those looking to create an earthy feel; and 1928's glossy lever arch and magazine files will bring a punchy brightness to a home office.
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| Crafter’s Companion launches charity Christmas decoration |
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Crafter's Companion is launching a brand-new Christmas decoration in support of the Bradley Lowery Foundation. The charity decoration, which is a first for Crafter's Companion, is a purple stocking filled with crafty tools and essentials. For every decoration sold, £1.75 of the £5.99 retail price will be donated to the children's charity. Since it was founded, the Bradley Lowery Foundation has raised more than £3m for dozens of poorly children; established a dedicated support line for the families of children with cancer; donated over £200K to researching childhood cancers; campaigned for new drugs to be introduced in the UK and has plans to build a holiday home in Scarborough.
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| Craft Buddy Ltd® announces new Disney licensed range for 2021 |
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The company can now reveal that it will be working in partnership with Disney to bring a new licensed Crystal Art® range to market in Spring 2021 based around popular Disney characters. Available in a range of kits and sets across Craft Buddy's established Crystal Art range (also known as 'diamond painting' or 'diamond art') the new Disney designs will bring a touch of magic to the collection, providing timeless appeal to Disney and Crystal Art fans aged 8+ across the UK. Crystal Art sets enable adults and children to create treasured pieces of wall art, cards, notebooks and more. The technique used to produce sparkling Crystal Art is similar to painting by numbers with each design featuring a numbered, adhesive template. Using the magic pick up pen (included), simply lift up the coloured crystals and place them on the corresponding dots. Affixing instantly, the result is a beautiful piece of rhinestone art which can be kept or gifted to loved ones.
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| Make dozens of cosy creations inspired by Star Wars |
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Featuring more than 25 projects pictured in gorgeous full-colour photography, Star Wars: Knitting the Galaxy includes patterns for clothing, home projects, and toys inspired by Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Rey, and a whole host of droids, ships, and aliens from agalaxy far, far away. Projects range from simple patterns like the Ewok Hood (sized forboth children and adults!) to more complex projects like the Darth Vader Pullover. It even includes patterns for knitted replicas of a few iconic costume pieces, such as Luke Skywalker's cropped flight jacket from Episode IV A New Hope and Rey's waistcoat and arm warmers from The Last Jedi.
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| Giving & Living springs forward |
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Following the new lockdown rules and continuing the Covid-19 uncertainty, Giving & Living, the South West's well known gift and home trade show, has been postponed to the spring of 2021. The show will now take place from Monday 10th May to Wednesday 12th May and will be held at Westpoint, Exeter. It will, as ever, be the place for buyers looking to stock up with the very latest trends in gifts and home accessories for the year ahead.
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| Anne Stokes chats to Craft Focus about her new collection |
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Craft Buddy Crystal Art® launched its first licensed range of products in collaboration with Anne Stokes, renowned fantasy artist in 2019. Craft Buddy has joined forces once again and released the new autumn/winter 2020 Anne Stokes collection which is available now. Craft Focus editor, Rachel Westall, chats exclusively to Anne about her artwork and inspirations as well as how she has navigated her way through a creative lockdown. Here is what she had to say ...
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