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PG ASKED A GROUP OF RETAILERS FOR THEIR BEST SELLERS Tim Gould, co-owner of Objectables, Folkestone A quirky card and gift shop (that now operates from a bigger unit) in the reinvigorated Creative Quarter of the Kent International Focus coastal town. In addition to the shop, that Tim runs with his wife Annie, they also have the card publishing Category
Name of Publisher
Product/Name Range
Comments
Everyday
Earlybird
Super Fab
Eat The Moon Ohh Deer
Zodiac General
“They are a go to for us as they always fly out. Their Super Fab range is…super fab!” “Really fresh card designs.” “There is a temptation to just to phone up Ohh Deer and say “six of everything” - they have goodies we can’t resist!”
Laura Darrington Design
General
Ika Print Eleanor Bowmer
General General
Objectables Bettie Confetti
It’s Bin Ages Photoshits General
Stoats & Weasels
General
Jolly Awesome Brainbox Candy
Twonks Heritage Plaques
“We’re a publisher too, and our bestselling humour cards are always Objectables.” “She has just reappeared after a while away and we are soooo happy.” “We are loving the newness from this great Brighton-based designer.” “A good new edition for us this year.” “Genius, the rude ones sell out super quick”
Children’s
Mifkins Cath Tate Cards
General Birthday Blocks
“Just brilliant, we love them.” “These die-cut age cards are selling really well.”
Adult Ages
Lucky Ink
Badges
“The new badge range is fab.”
Art
Dry Red Press
General
Right: Robert Plant is one of Annie Gould’s bestselling art cards.
Objectables
Annie Gould’s cards in Objet D’artables
“We’ve always loved these cards and now we have a bigger shop we have the room for more art cards.” “Yes they are our own cards. They are bloody brilliant, also she is lovely!”
Cute
Sharon King-Chai
General
“One of the new publishers we picked up at PG Live.”
Photographic
Laura Skilbeck
General
Objectables
It’s Bin Ages
“Cute is not a word one would connect with Objectables, but we love these cards.” “Us again! They’ve ‘bin’ our bestsellers since we launched them in January.”
Alljoy Design
Message In A Bottle
Hadley Paper Goods
Party Hat Cards
Gift Wrappings
Pavillion Noi
General General
“Both make lovely wrap.”
Gifts
Forma House
“These always, always sell out.”
Right: One of the newest erasable pens designs from Legami.
Punky Pins Legami Stationery
Keith Brymer Jones mugs Jacket & bag pins Erasable pens
Right: Earlybird’s Super Fab is just fab.
Relations & Occasions
Humour
Right: Lucky Ink’s badges go down well.
Right: The crown’s the thing from Hadley.
3D/Pop-Ups
52 PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE
“These are doing really well in birthday and relations.” “These are both bloody brilliant!”
“Since we got the spinner with dedicated display for the cards, they’ve sold really fast!” “Having delayed in placing an order, we just can’t stop. The cut-out crowns have been brilliant.”
“It’s a killer!” “So successful we’ve started a kids’ stationery club.”