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Giftwrapping: New Products
It’s a wrap A selection of new giftwappings launches. l Kraft products feature heavily for Glick this year, starting with its Happy Birthday text designs, along with bees, butterflies, cats and dogs. Meanwhile, for Christmas there is an abundance of styles and finishes from our best-selling artists. Right: One of the Kraft-based ranges from Glick.
l UKG has launched four new ranges: Just My Type - bright, bold, brave statement gift bags, topped with a foil finish; All New Essentials - bigger, brighter and bolder than ever before, at a value price point; WOW Balloons - soft hand-painted designs meets luxury gold foil and embossed detailing, and Confetti Cocktail - finished with stylish holographic foil and embossed detailing.
l Belly Button’s Mobius is a continual hand drawn line art collection featuring across cards, bags, flat wrap, stationery and gifts ‘a way of simplifying our complex world filled with little pops of colour’. The wrap and bags selection covers flat wrap and bags in small, medium, portrait and bottle bag sizes. Left: Delicate styling from Belly Button.
Above: UKG’s Wow Balloons.
l Kali Stileman Publishing has recently added gift tags to the company’s growing product collection. The laser cut gift tags feature everything from radishes and rainbows to sports cars and lucky cats. Right: A gift tag with a mighty roar!
l Nothing says ‘celebrate’ as much as painted Party Brights designs from Deva Designs. From party hats to chunky script and stars and stripes, the optimistic range is perfect for mixing and matching. Also new from Deva is Collaboration, with Julie Dodsworth creating a new bicycle design in her unique style and colour pallets. Plus double-sided Madhya from Designers Guild features highly detailed verdant leaves, with the front and back strikingly contrasting and complementing each other. Above: Deva Party Brights.
l A trio of new designers’ giftwrap designs have been launched recently by Lagom. Manchesterbased Caroline Dowsett is literally painting her city all the colours of the rainbow; Lois O’Hara’s distinctive designs are making people smile, while Naomi Wilkinson takes her inspiration from folk art, vintage graphics and children’s books.
l Having spotted The Wild Kind’s quirky engaging designs on its homewares products, Penny Kennedy was keen to clinch a licensing collaboration. It debuted at the recent Spring Fair and has been included on a Christmas range. Left: Pick up a penguin. The Wild Kind style from Penny Kennedy.
l The arrival of warmer weather is reflected in Crumble & Core’s floral and outdoorsy designs across giftwrap and tag packs. Right: A Crumble and Core Wheelbarrow design.
Right: A Caroline Dowsett design from Lagom.
PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE
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