Art & Crafts Money Spinners

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Hello ,

Greetings from Spain where I am working at our sister company in Malaga.
Last week I told you about my forthcoming trip to India and asked for help with ideas.

Well... muchas gracias! Absolutely lots of suggestions and ideas.
Can I ask for a little more help?

I'm trying to compile a list of the Essential and Classic giftware items. The things that every gift shop will sell day in day out.
Of course we have our own hard data from years of selling to thousands of customers across a big range of products, but you know what I just feel we are missing some key products.

What are your surprise best sellers?
So put your thinking cap on.. what is the one line that generates a chunk of sales..
Let me know that intel, especially if it stock not currently available at AW and then after number crunching adding the data we have available we will share the results with you.
How useful is that!

Meanwhile the other day I was taking a stroll along the beach front at La Cala close to my house when I stumbled upon a craft market. Absolutely fascinating, one lady had made a business from fashioning jewellery from sea glass, that's the broken glass that gets tumbled in the sea until it looks like a frosted tumblestone. Some she had made into a scented potpourri together with driftwood and shells and presented beautifully in organza bags. We sell those organza bags and we sell bulk fragrance oils for craft projects like this. She also made earrings and necklaces.. sold in natty jewellery gift boxes.. (yes got those also)

A little further along a young artist was selling rock art, beautiful designs created from black and grey beach pebbles and mounted in deep picture frames. A perfect souvenir from your Spanish holiday, and an idea that could be applied to almost any tourist resort.. Guess what we sell those Deep Picture Frames..

As Christmas approaches craft items make a more special and thoughtful gift than your than your standard mass produced item.
Need shredded paper or wool wood for baskets, we have both baskets and abundant shred (and at the right prices) see below.
Guess what? We have stocks of those massively popular Jute gift bags for jam jars.. which also lend themselves to many uses and look amazing with shredded wood wool inside to enhance your gifts.

Also.. I don't want to scare you but it is not so long to Halloween, are you fully tooled up?

This time next week I will be in Delhi - India, so could be interesting.

Take care
David

Check out our Halloween Page and choose from many scary lines..
So until 19th October we are sending Free Spooky Soap worth over £35 at retail value with every order over £150+vat.

Range of our Soapstone Oil Burners is back in stock and has been selling really well at Ancient Wisdom for many years which makes them one of the best selling designs. They are one of the first products imported from India and come in great designs.

Our wholesale Soapstone and Marble Soap Dishes are hand carved in India of natural soapstone, which brings that beautiful earthy look to any bathroom. Soapstone is easy to care for and will last for years. Polished at the bottom and raw but smooth at the top.

Take your gifts, gift baskets and packages to the next level with our wholesale shredded paper. Add volume, color, and texture to any present. Available in 8 different colours and packed in 1Kg bags.

Add value, volume and wooden natural texture to any present with this natural shredded wood.
Your customers will appreciate that you took an extra step to make their shipment look that much more lovely and they may even be able to reuse the shred for projects of their own.

These Raffia Rolls are perfect for decorating any gift wrapping. Synthetic Raffia benefits from being less messy than natural raffia, gentler on the hands and is colourfast. Create a beautiful natural looking hamper with this easy to use raffia ribbon.

It fills the hamper space efficiently and enables your products to stand proud for more attractive presentation. All Shreds are supplied in 5Kg compressed bales for easy storage making it easy to add professional quality filling to your hampers and gift packages. Wholesale prices are highly competitive.

Our vast range of Christmas lines includes Christmas simmering granules, Christmas cushions, signs, wreaths and baskets and also Christmas soaps, festive bath bombs, angels and more...