Gift Focus - Jul/Aug 2019 (Issue 114)

59 CHRISTMAS GIFTS Designed and manufactured in England by Corinne Lapierre Ltd, this bright kit comes with everything required to make a felt partridge, including wool felt mix, embroidery threads, toy filling, ribbon and a needle. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, making the project ideal for beginners and more advanced crafters alike. The partridge is part of the bestselling 12 Days of Christmas collection of decorations and gifts. Each kit is sold individually, but the full set is highly collectable. The sets retail at £7.20 each and are packed in windowed Kraft packaging to give the products shelf appeal. All trade orders receive free PoS and sample packs to make a display. T: +44 (0)1132 460 403 W: corinnelapierre.com With the Christmas season fast approaching, S omething Different is launching an addition to the popular Winter Wonderland and Merry and Bright collections. Winter Wonderland offers a selection of rustic yet contemporary decorations, while Merry and Bright presents a great choice of decorations, activities and gifts for the family during the festive season. Coming this year are on-trend grey Christmas Eve Boxes and a winter lodge incense holder with a smoking chimney to Winter Wonderland and Santa’s Footprint Stencils, Christmas Eve activity packs and novelty drinking glasses. T: +44 (0)1792 940 288 W: somethingdifferentwholesale.co.uk The 2019 holiday collection from Royal Doulton, distributed by Fiskars , has been designed in collaboration with Ellen DeGeneres and makes a perfect addition to seasonal activities, helping to create a festive table setting and providing stylish stocking-fillers and gifts. The designs take inspiration from Ellen’s love of animals and nature, with designs etched in red line drawings on soft white ceramic, accented with sentiments including peace, joy and peace on Earth. The Christmas dinner plate and bowl set, accent mugs, serving bowl and rectangular serving plate showcase cheerful festive motifs and are the ideal touch for the holiday season. T: +44 (0)1782 204 141 W: royaldoulton.co.uk Dunoon is a UK manufacturer of fine bone china mugs, cups and saucers and teapots, founded in Scotland in 1974. Dunoon now produces fine bone chine mugs in Staffordshire, the home of British pottery. The company’s high-quality clay is sourced from Cornwall and contains 50 per cent bone to give mugs a bright whiteness and strength. For 2019, Dunoon has released a Christmas mug and plate design featuring a robin set in a wintry scene and bordered by holly and berries, designed by Sue Scullard. This comes on the Orkney Fine Bone China mug shape and a 20cm (8in.) plate. Popular items, the annual mug and plate releases have become collector’s pieces. T: +44 (0)1785 817 414 W: dunoonmugs.co.uk