A Croissant Crush
October 2, 2024
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Baking news! There’s finally a design trend you can get your teeth into! The flaky and buttery crescent-shaped croissant is currently a craze in the
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Card Creatives Air at New Designers Show
July 17, 2024
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In 1985, the imaginative spectacles of Live Aid, Back to the Future and the first episode of EastEnders enthralled audiences of millions – yes, 13
Glorious Gardens
March 6, 2024
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Botanical greetings card brand Umbellifer is launching a new range called Glorious Gardens. The concept behind the range is to celebrate great British flower gardens
Embracing The Jelly Jiggle
February 27, 2024
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Drifting onto the design shores for 2024 is the Be Jelly trend hypnotically gliding onto catwalks, home decor, prints and of course greeting cards. From
Garden Border 2024 Calendar
November 23, 2023
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Yorkshire eco greetings card and prints brand Umbellifer has created a beautiful and richly produced hanging calendar using twelve of its Garden Border card range
Celebrate The Little Joys
November 4, 2023
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You’ve Got This, Be Kind, Go Your Own Way, Don’t Let Anyone Dull Your Rainbow – there’s a magnificent mountain of greeting card captions supporting
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2025 Festive Trends
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The seasons have well and truly turned into autumn and up and down the nation gift, home and garden retailers are planning festive shop windows,
House History Jigsaw Puzzle celebrates Scottish Heritage
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All Jigsaw Puzzles, a specialist puzzle store, with over 20 years’ expertise in creating and curating premium jigsaw puzzles, has released the House History Jigsaw
INDX Gift Edit 2026 – Exciting Plans Revealed!
October 2, 2025
Get ready to discover a fresh wave of gift inspiration, a dynamic new trade show set to invigorate the UK giftware market in 2026. Designed
Dalian Talent Group signs Disney distribution agreement with Enesco
September 30, 2025
Dalian Talent Group (DTG) has just signed a European distribution agreement for its brand-new Disney candle and home fragrance collection, with wholesale gift supplier Enesco
Go West in the New Year!
September 27, 2025
As we head into the Golden Quarter for gifting the team at Giving & Living is looking ahead to one of the first trade sourcing
New Seedlings Collection from Ohh Deer launched at Autumn Fair
September 22, 2025
UK design brand Ohh Deer has unveiled its first collection of eco-friendly seed cards in collaboration with Seedlings, a US brand that is not stocked