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PG ASKED A SELECTION OF RETAILERS FOR THEIR BEST SELLERS Jo McBeath, owner of Chirpy, Chapel Allerton. A design-led card and gift shop in a suburb of north-east Leeds. Category
Name of Publisher
Product/Name Range
Comments
Everyday
Dicky Bird Graphic Factory
Generally Alphabet Range
“We love the bold and bright designs.” “This is a great new range.”
Relations and Occasions
Earlybird Designs
Ink Sandwich
Pavilion
Generally
“Especially good wedding, anniversary and engagement cards.” “The thank you, new adventures and thinking of you designs are popular.”
Rosie Made a Thing
Female birthday
Hutch Cassidy
Animal-themed
Mifkins
The Woodland Collection; Tiny & Terrific
“Beautiful designs of flora, fauna and mushrooms!” “Good for teens.”
Adult Ages
Joy Jen Studio
Numbers & Letters
“New in - customers love the simplistic artistic designs.”
Art
Sarah Thornton
Discoball
Diedododa
Botanical Alphabet
“The cards are a way of owning a bit of this local artist’s iconic artwork.” “One of our best sellers, that are suitable for all occasions. They look beautiful framed - we sell a lot as new baby cards.”
Giftwrappings
Graphic Factory Pavilion
Generally Lifestyle
“We especially love the squiggle design.” “This is also bought by customers to frame.”
Gifts
1973
Anthony Burrill Notebooks Pencils Vegan Leather Collection Planners Flower presses, plant shelves, pinboard calendars and tea towels
“Really popular.”
Right: A design from Dicky Bird.
Humour
Children’s Right: Bold numbers against a painterly background on Joy Jen Studios’ cards.
Right: A Botanical Alphabet card from Diedododa.
Pencil Me In Goodeehoo Ohh Deer Studio Wald Below: Some of the seaweed design range from Studio Wald.
“Those referring to hot flushes, washing machines and gin score highly.” “Customers love these quirky, funny cards.”
“New for us!” “We do well with the notebooks, totes and purses.” “Great designs.” “Popular as gifts, especially as they come from a local familyrun Yorkshire business.”
Above right: Some stationery lovers pencils from Pencil Me In. Right: Pharoah Phone Pouches from Goodeehoo. Left: One of the Anthony Burrill notebooks from 1973.
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