Really Good
Another busy show for Really Good, which
Rainbow Designs
exhibited three new ranges Spam, Love
& Tickles and Off the Lease. The Spam
Plush and character stationary experts, Rainbow Design’s traditional strong showing at
range uses ideas from some of the dodgier
Spring Fair was no different this year with a host of new initiatives across characters
emails we get sent in the post and will
like: Paddington, Miffy, Wallace and Gromit and The Very Hungry caterpillar and others.
work really for male recipients.
For Beatrix Potter there’s New Classics focusing on Peter and Jemina produced
Really Good also released some new
from beautiful soft fabrics. Also for 2009 is new initiative, the Signature Collection.
cards in the The Bright Side range, which
Peter Rabbit, Mrs Rabbit, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and Benjamin Bunny have been created
uses old block printing letters and a touch
with real attention to detail and each holds their own textured-effect book.
of foil for both male and female customers.
The Flower Fairies dolls are a completely new range
New Edward Monkton Gifts were
for this year and are perfect for young girls with four
also launched at the NEC including the
Fairies - Almond Blossom, Rose, Lavender and Rose
gloriously-titled Handbag Hook of Glory,
Cherry, all have a soft fabric body with moulded head,
which allows women to hang their bags off
silky hair, glittery wings and a wearable silver hair piece.
a table while they are lunch!
Bobbypin is a new license for Rainbow and features
Web: www.reallygood.uk.com
a new range of social stationery featuring the innovative
Tel: 01235 537888
and trendy designs from Jeffrey Fulvimari. The
slimline notebooks decorated with gold foil come in
a stylish CDU detail would be ideal for
greeting card shops.
Lastly, The Sofest Spot
Soul
is a major entry into the ‘cute’
Really
market coming from the successful
Good’s sister
2008 greeting card range by Gemma
operation,
International. The Softest Spot features a
Soul, has
plush puppy, a bean toy in a gift bag, a
also been
gift boxed mug, a two-part friendship
busy with a
keyring and a phone charm.
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Notable to the Rainbow collection
cards called
are a new offering of accessory items
Soulissimo
including phone charms, keyrings, pens
launched in
and notebooks as well as the plush
December and
lines. Many of these have been brought
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new in this year so retailers are able to
of this range
have a complete offering from one range or
unveiled at
just dip in and out of a variety of ranges.
the NEC. The
Web: www.rainbowdesigns.co.uk
cards are a new size for Soul and features a number
Tel: 01329 227300
of different artists producing designs for everyday and
occasions as well as blank.
Web: souluk.com
Tel: 01235 537816
Plus Cards
A new
entrant
to Spring Mint
Fair and Fans of Mint Publishing’s Knit & Purl range
finding its featuring the work Harborough Ladies
feet in the knitting circle weren’t disappointed with
Cardgains the unveiling of new designs. The quirky
Village collection of hand-knitted characters and
was Plus the situations they find themselves in is
Cards. now Mint’s biggest seller - no wonder
Two that 12 new designs in everyday, 10 for
new releases stood out: Friendly Bods, which Christmas and six for juvenile ages and Get
uses a collection of computer generated Well Soon.
characters for a wide range of flittered sentiments ‘We had a pretty good show,” says
and occasions. Mint’s Operations Director, Debbie Harrold.
The Valerie Tabor Collection meanwhile “Export sales were particularly good and we had a lot of national sales enquiries from
features 24 designs, all with the ‘ahhh’ factor from an American artist of the same name. the likes of John Lewis. House of Fraser and Selfridges.”
Each design is embossed, UV varnished and supplied with a silver envelope. Mint also announced it had become a Cardgains supplier just prior to the show.
Web: www.pluscardsltd.com Web: mintpublishing.co.uk
Tel: 01202 895099 Tel: 0116 230 4197
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