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| Manuscript Brands launches plastic free packaging |
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Manuscript Pen Company Ltd is excited to announce the launch of its globally recognised calligraphy products with new plastic free packaging. The sought-after product range will no-longer feature single-use plastic clam packaging, instead, Manuscript's much loved calligraphy products will be presented in 100 per cent recyclable cardboard offering a sustainable packaging solution. Eco friendly packaging is certainly becoming expected from buyers and customers alike.
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| Stamp to success with Visible Image |
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Visible Image was founded in 2004 and the company is now based in Bridgend, South Wales. It is now 19 years since Mark Alexander, Creative Director of Visible Image will have made his very first clear photopolymer stamp! Here, Mark talks exclusively to Craft Focus all about his successful stamp and stencil business that will be celebrating 20 years, next year!
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| h+h americas hits Chicago |
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h+h americas is the platform for the North American Handicraft Industry and sister event of the German h+h cologne, the world's leading trade fair for the handicrafts industry. It's a B2B trade show with an extended digital marketplace accessible before and after our event. Open to everyone who makes a living in crafts, h+h americas serves a community without membership requirements. The show dates in June are carefully timed to serve buyers with seasonal offers to the entire handicraft industry. The first-time event in 2022 combined 2,000 attendees with 200 exhibitors who displayed a wide range of products from yarn, fabric, art, craft materials to toys and pastimes. Darrin Stern, Vice President Koelnmesse Inc. Show Director of h+h Americas, talks to Craft Focus exclusively about the upcoming June event in Chicago...
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| Corinne Lapierre new bee-themed range |
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Corinne Lapierre loves bees and so do customers. Her Bee Linen Lavender Bag are so popular that she decided to design a bee-themed mini kit with a difference. Covered in buzzing bees and trailing leaves and flowers, this adorable Beehive hanging decoration would grace any garden room or could even be suspended from an indoor plant! The on-trend printed craft card recyclable box is packed with absolutely everything needed to complete the project including soft wool mix felt, DMC thread, a needle and toy filling. Detailed instructions and templates are very clear and easy to follow.
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| New designs from SoloCrafts! |
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SoloCrafts is pleased to offer more wonderful designs from their Lithuanian friends at RIOLIS! There are 20 new launches, but shown here are: By the River – RRP £62.99, and In the Garden – RRP £59.99. These counted cross stitch designs are stitched on Zweigart 14 count aida fabric and use RIOLIS' wool/acrylic embroidery threads. Offering a deeper colour and soft feel these threads are great for giving a true to life finish.
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| Pen Pals 4 Pupils project perfect to prove #WritingMatters |
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Maped Helix have taken National Stationery Week's #WritingMatters hashtag to heart with
their brand-new Pen Pals 4 Pupils initiative that's set to get the UK's children putting pen to paper. The writing equipment giants have set up the FREE project to link youngsters in Years three to five with their peers in other parts of the country, offering them a safe way to swap handwritten letters and build lifelong friendships as part of the annual event that runs over Monday to Sunday, May 15th -21st.
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| Plans for Creativeworld 2024 |
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The leading international consumer goods fairs Ambiente, Christmasworld and Creativeworld were held together for the first time at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre in February 2023. Under the motto "Home of Consumer Goods", the trade fair trio redefined the most important and biggest networking platform and formed the hub for the global consumer goods sector. In a short pit stop, Julia Uherek and Philipp Ferger answer questions and reveal what's planned for 2024 and what innovations exhibitors and visitors can already look forward to.
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| Registration for Home & Gift open! |
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Mark your calendars – registration for Home & Gift Harrogate 2023 is now open! The industry's most beloved buying event will be gracing the heart of Harrogate once again this summer from the 16th to 19th July, with four jam-packed days of unique networking opportunities and 1000s of incredible new products to discover from familiar names as well as exciting new brands on the block.
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| Forthcoming Events |
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Please note: All dates are subject to changes, contact organisers for more information before making arrangements. To view more events, please visit the events page on our website...
21-23 Jun 2023 - h+h americas
Donald E. Stephens Convention & Conference Center in Rosemont
www.hh-americas.com
16-19 Jul 2023 - Home & Gift Buyers Festival
King's Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA
homeandgift.co.uk
20-21 Aug 2023 - Scotland's Trade Fair Autumn
SEC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow, G3 8YW
www.scotlandstradefairs.com
3-6 Sep 2023 - Autumn Fair 2023
NEC Birmingham, B40 1NT, UK
www.autumnfair.com
4-5 Sep 2023 - The London Textile Fair
Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 0QH
www.thelondontextilefair.co.uk
10-12 Sep 2023 - Top Drawer London
Olympia London, Hammersmith Rd, London, W14 8UX
www.topdrawer.co.uk |
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