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On-the-Button stationery
Belly Button Designs has long had a strong portfolio of eye-catching signature designs on card, wraps and bags. This year sees a sharp focus by the Manchester-based business to expand its stationery offer, in part due to retail demand for a range that encapsulates Belly Button’s gorgeous inspiration-packed selection of designs. Some of those, like Elle, Electric Dreams and the hit of PG Live, the new Meadow, are picked out in a combination of all-over designs or subtle motifs. The full range of new stationery, which will be on show at Harrogate Home & Gift, covers To Do Lists, A4 Padfolio, ceramic pen pot, sustainable notebooks, weekly planners, spiral notebooks and two-pen sets.
Belly Button Designs
0161 902 0200 www.bellybutton.cards
Buzzy as bees!
Meet the whole family of new Bumble Bee Gonks from Joe Davies (Home & Gift, Hall B, Stand B66). These cute little chaps are bright and cheerful and will definitely brighten up any room. Available in three sizes and numerous styles, these cheeky characters have fun, springy, pompom antenna and pretty organza wings. Let these fun bee gonks buzz their way into your heart!
Joe Davies has a reputation for award-winning service and a great range of gifts dedicated to the independent retailer. What’s more, all its products are available in the trademark ‘little and often’ quantities with a minimum order value of just £100 and free nationwide delivery.
Joe Davies
Cards to sing about!
Yorkshire greetings card brand Umbellifer is launching 12 new designs at Home & Gift (stand DP4-79) under the ‘tweet’ sounding name Songbirds & Seedheads. Each card celebrates one of the UK’s most loved songbirds, including the goldfinch, blue tit, wren and long-tailed tit. The reverse of each card also features cultural information on the bird depicted along with some interesting facts: for instance, did you know that the nightingale is able to produce more than 1,000 distinct sounds? All printed on carbon offset, FSC accredited board and in plastic-free cello. Now that’s something to sing about!
Umbellifer
07510 874363 stephen@umbellifer.co.uk
Bloom-ing gorgeous!
All is blossoming at Cinnamon Aitch as the recently-launched range Bloom has grown with some gorgeous new additions just added. The floral range has seen 20 new card designs, vibrant and pretty, featuring birthdays and blanks to complement the current relations. Colour and pattern is key, ensuring the all-over designs will jump off the shelf. Printed on 350g FSC board and made entirely in the UK, each card is supplied in a recyclable cello or can be supplied naked or with a clasp if preferred. This range also sees the loveliness spill into little card packs, notebooks and more soaps and candles making perfect accompanying gifts. All can be prettily wrapped up in new eco-friendly gift wrap, also just launched.
Cinnamon Aitch
Sweet and smiley
Kali Stileman Publishing specialises in design-led greetings cards and wrapping paper for children and the young at heart. We can’t get enough of the new animal tiddly widdly collection: a series of sweet and smiley animals and creatures on muted on-trend coloured backgrounds. These mini cards are perfect for birthdays, new baby cards… or just to say hello!
Kali Stileman Publishing
One for the boys
Following the launch of its popular range Grace, Cherry Orchard has launched Grayson, its male counterpart.
The demand for the new Male Grayson has seen Cherry Orchard extend the range further from the Open and Relations that are already available to now include Relation Ages and Open Ages. The new male birthday cards feature stunning artwork of popular hobbies and celebration designs and have the signature intricate details of gold foil bringing the design to life - and all are finished with a luxury gold envelope.
The new launch is available to pre-order and has 13 x Code 60 milestone ages from 16th to 100th and 9 x Code 100 Relation Ages Grandson 16th, 18th, 21st and Son 16th, 18th, 21st, 30th, 40th and 50th.
Cherry Orchard
Paper view
ExaClair Limited, the UK distributor for Décopatch, has unveiled a range of Maxi Packs of its decorative papers.
The new Maxi Packs contain 100 sheets (30x40cm) in various colour and pattern themes – yellow and orange, pink, red, black and white, blue, green and a children’s collection. Each pack has 20 sheets of each of the five featured designs.
These new additions to the range complement the existing Maxi Pack that holds 11,000 squares of 3x3cm sized paper across a random selection of Décopatch patterns.
Lawrence Savage, marketing manager at ExaClair, says that Décopatch is a great way to inspire creativity and have fun: “These Maxi Packs are perfect for craft groups, schools or Décopatch addicts as they offer great value for money. Décopatch is a simple and original concept for creating decorative objects and upcycling items, as the technique is suitable for many surfaces including papier mâché, wood, metal, glass, ceramics and plastic. In addition to a number of in-store merchandising options, such as our popular ‘Bunny’ FSDU, we can also provide retailers with a variety of online marketing collateral to support sales, as well as offering demonstration solutions for events and open days.”
