Gift Focus - Jul/Aug 2018 (Issue 108)

giftfocus 103 home & gift preview MEHA ART Stand: DPD-A44 mehaart.com Originally from Kenya, artist Meha Hindocha now calls Manchester her home. Meha creates vibrant, intricate pieces inspired by everyday interactions and emotions. Her range of richly illustrative cityscape designs includes Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, London, Sheffield, New York and Las Vegas, with many more places to come. Meha’s work is available as a wide collection of gift and homeware items, including prints, cushions, mugs, coasters, gin glasses, tea towels and more. She also offers exclusive commissions and bespoke work. Meha has recently worked with the British Museum, Fenwick, Museums Sheffield and Liverpool Cathedral, and her work is stocked in a number of independent gifts shops across the UK. SOCK ACADEMY Stand: C55 sockacademy.com Sock Academy is thrilled to be launching its brand new baby sock brand, Cucamelon, at Harrogate Home & Gift 2018. Following the success of its United Oddsocks and Cockney Spaniel brands, Cucamelon will complement the other gifting ranges by providing beautifully cute and colourful gift-boxed socks for babies from 0-2 years. With an initial launch of 10 different boxes in the range, Sock Academy has carefully looked at baby clothing trends, colours and designs to create a range that is adorably eye-catching, both in terms of the socks themselves and the cute designs of the gift boxes. Claire Catlin, assistant director, said: “We wanted to create a range of beautiful baby socks to complement our existing brands and provide more choice in baby gifting. We see this as a market area we can add real colour and fun to. We’re all in love with our new Cucamelon baby sock range and can’t wait for the launch at Harrogate Home & Gift. Our designers have created the most heart-meltingly beautiful range of baby socks, which I’m sure everyone will enjoy giving and receiving, and they have the same superb quality of our other brands.” HOLLY J CRAFTS Stand: GF28 hollyjcrafts.co.uk Holly J Crafts is a family-run sewing and embroidery business based in Yorkshire, with products handmade with passion and pride. The company’s products include: cushions, hanging cushions, peg bags, baseball caps, chefs’ aprons, babies’ bibs and much more. Most products are machine-embroidered with popular on-trend sayings. It is constantly researching, developing and designing fresh ideas into products and embroidery artwork. A Holly J Craft product makes a wonderful handmade gift for all occasions and all ages, with a personalisation and bespoke items service offered too. The products are designed and manufactured to the highest standard and are competitively priced. Holly J Crafts can produce bespoke and personalised products for your shop, company or customer. The company has no minimum order quantities and offers free carriage on orders of more than £100.