Gift Focus - Nov/Dec 2017 (Issue 104)

42 giftfocus hand-made with love If you’re looking for UK hand-made quality gifts and home fragrance, Busy Bee Candles has an awful lot to show you. From gorgeous hand-poured and finished scented candles to amazingly high strength wax tarts and melts, the hand-made quality of each item shines through. Even the glass shades for the Electric Wax Warmers and the flame free Magik Candle® offered by Busy Bee Candles are hand-made and hand-poured so everything really has that authentic craft feel. As far as complete gifts are concerned, the company offers wax melt selection boxes and complete wax melt gift sets that include a wax warmer and tea lights? Again, all handmade. Browse Busy Bee Candle’s huge range of more than 260 fragrances and its numerous hand-made gift products. T: +44 (0)1550 750 419 busybeecandles.co.uk Crystal Fantasies™ – are hand-made in Devon by Wild Things . Mirror bright motifs, made using top quality Swarovski crystals, at an extremely affordable price. The company has its own exclusive, well-stocked British- made designs, so there’s no running out of stock when the customer needs it most. With displays that offer a lot of value in a small footprint – floor standing, counter top or hanging. The Crystal Fantasy™ range now covers a wide range of subjects, from garden birds to butterflies and dragonflies, guardian angels to fairies, wildlife and marine life, esoterica, unicorns and mermaids. Almost all products are hand-made in the UK, and virtually all are exclusive to Wild Things Gifts. The company aims for next day delivery if ordered by 1pm, as keeping customers happy is the number one goal – happy customers equals happy Wild Things! T: +44 (0)1392 211 268 wildthingsgifts.com Namaste has a huge range of fairly traded hand-made, handcrafted products. It has launched a great collection for autumn/winter including new gifts, clothing and accessories, home accessories and soft furnishings. The range pictured is made from recycled hand-made Kraft paper, which is made from 100 per cent cotton waste using an environmentally-friendly process. The metallic foiled design in pinks and purples features pretty butterflies. There’s a great choice of wrapping paper, rolled in a display box to make retail selling easy, variety of sizes of gift bags, boxes and a gift pouch for smaller items. There’s also an A4 bound ring binder and two sizes of notebook. Namaste is a friendly fair trade company committed to ethical trading. Its huge range of products includes gifts, jewellery, clothing, home accessories, soft furnishings and furniture. Give Namaste a call for free colour catalogues (the autumn collection catalogue is hot of the press) or visit the website for other great gift ideas. T: +44 (0)1756 700 790 namaste-uk.com To ensure Floralsilk’s arrangements remain bang on trend, its florist designers have just spent a day with Judith Blacklock, the award-winning, London-based florist. “We’re proud of our design and manufacturing facility here in the UK” says Director Stephanie O’Flaherty. “And thanks to Judith’s expert tips we have a truly stunning new collection to launch at the Spring Fair 2018.” T: +44 (0)1778 425 205 floralsilk.co.uk