How does custom handcrafted giftware sound? When you visit Hestia Creations and see their inspirational product line, the first thing your mind wanders back to is a warm memory full of holiday cheer. Nights around the hearth, grandma's nativity set on the mantle or end table, Christmas cookies baking in the next room. These are what Hestia Creations inspires.

Whether your winter holidays are religious or secular in tone, there is something to enjoy at Hestia Creations. The same quality and attention to detail is shown in the Santa figurines as well as the nativity scenes, custom Christmas ornaments and other holiday decorations.

Have a customer that collects Santa figurines? Give them a reason to return to your store for their collectibles by adding the annual Santa figurines from Hestia Creations. With the same appeal of a Clothtique® Santa, these fun little figurines feature a new design every year. Santa is timeless but his legacy changes slightly for each generation. Watch Santa take on a new hobby, culture or other change each year with annual Santas from Hestia Creations.

Starter nativity sets are also available for those with a religious preference for the holiday. Christmas nativity sets are very popular additions to holiday home accents. Watch how the children line up to play with the donkeys—the perfect lead in for mom and dad, aunt and uncle, or grandma and grandpa to tell the wonderful Christmas story. Hestia Creations provides the basic Nativity set, animals, individual …click here to read Looking For Inspirational Gifts With A Unique Twist?…

Party Deco has come to the rescue with foil party decorations that nearly steal the show! As you browse the selection of colorful foil decorations, you can almost hear the whispers of party guests as they try to find out where to get their own foil wire garland for a graduation party, Mardi Gras decorations for a Fat Tuesday shindig, Star of David confetti for a bar/bat mitzvah and other party supplies for their own get-togethers. Be the name on everyone's lips when guests begin their party planning by offering these fun party decorations and supplies.

Sometimes the table at a party just looks bland and boring but not when cute foil centerpieces are on display. Party Deco has a unique party centerpiece, balloon weight, and many other party supplies for nearly every occasion. Celebrate your big day with a host of decorations for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Mardi Gras, and more holiday decorations. Show your graduate how proud you are with the many unique graduation party supplies such as pull out garland decorated with tiny graduation caps. Present your beloved with a balloon bouquet held to the table inside a romantic heart balloon weight. The possibilities are endless with the many fabulous foil decorations at Party Deco. It's even fun to say!

Products Your Customers Will Be Thankful For

In the middle of the dog days of summer, it's hard to turn our attention to the upcoming holidays. But summer vacations will soon be over, school will be back in full swing, the air will turn crisp, the leaves will start falling, and preparations for the Thanksgiving holiday will be on everyone's mind.

Make this season one your customers will be inspired to plan for by offering beautiful and unique Thanksgiving decorations and gourmet foods. Adding these products will enhance the season and encourage your customers to add some unique flair to their Thanksgiving holiday. These FGmarket vendors can help you have a bountiful Thanksgiving.

Everyone loves a hot, rich cup of coffee on a cold holiday morning. That's why offering your customers a fantastic selection of gourmet coffees is a great idea. Place a variety of blends, flavored coffees and teas in gourmet gift baskets to welcome those out-of-town guests. Depart from the typical brew for a specialty brew on Thanksgiving morning with some selections from Wicked Joe. They specialize in providing incomparable coffee and being kind to the earth in the process of growing and cultivating the tastiest coffee beans.
Wicked Joe offers a substantial variety of organic and specialty coffees from the Americas, East Africa, and the Pacific. They also provide flavored coffees; which are a welcome change to a big Thanksgiving morning breakfast or afternoon dessert. Some of their tastiest include Vermont Maple Nut Crunch (great with waffles or pancakes!) and Blueberry CinnaMaine to compliment homemade blueberry muffins. Frankie's Nutty Vanilla and Hazelnut Cream are hits with homemade pumpkin and pecan pies, while Pumpkin Spice and Butter Rum add a sweet ending to a full day of enjoying family and friends.

Of course, the attention at Thanksgiving is on the food. Encourage your customers to break from some of the same old, tired recipes and add something special to their holiday menu this year by offering exceptional quality products from Culver Duck Farms. Located in Indiana Amish country, five generations of duck breeding and growing makes this family a major supplier of gourmet quality duckling to fine restaurants and specialty stores worldwide.
In addition to the turkey, add one of Culver Duck Farms' all-natural whole ducklings or chickens to the menu this year. Offer customers marinated duck breast, smoked duck, and duck sausage, which are great additions to salads and soups. Culver Duck Farms even carries an array of tools especially useful in preparing their products, as well as cooking tips and instructions. For an especially unique touch, their Hand-made Duck Oil Bath Soap makes a great hostess gift or addition to a gourmet gift basket.

It's also important to remember Thanksgiving decorations as we plan for the holidays. Home decor is a vital part of making the holidays special. Decorator & Craft Corporation (DCC) offers fresh and innovative products for holidays and everyday in their "We're Gathered Together" collection. Turn October pumpkins into Thanksgiving turkeys with Decorator Craft Corporation's Rusty Turkey metal decorations that slip right into the pumpkin; a great Thanksgiving idea that can be used year after year.
DCC, also, offer beautiful garlands and wreaths such as their Natural Pip Berry items, Frosted Fall Beaded Garland, and their Orange Berry Garland and Wreath with Fall Leaves. These will transform any doorway and set the mood for a beautiful holiday. To add sparkle and shine to your Thanksgiving table, DCC's Copper Lacquer Plate Chargers enhance any dinnerware and add depth of color and texture to the Thanksgiving table.

For a rustic touch to holiday decor, Intrada offers some of the best in Italian ceramics and pottery. Intrada's handmade Italian pieces blend with any lifestyle and transform the ordinary into fanciful decor. Intrada's four Thanksgiving collections are Fantasia Autumn, Autunno, Pheasants and Cornucopia. Each of these collections has its' own unique beauty and adds flair to a holiday table setting. Choose from pumpkin tureens, turkey tureens, turkey sauceboats and acorn plates.
The Pheasants collection offers life-like hen pheasants, single pheasants and fall leaf candleholders to add that outdoorsy feel to your home. For beautiful color, the Cornucopia wall decor in various sizes adds a splash of Tuscan colors to any decor. These beautiful ceramic pieces make wonderful hostess gifts for the holidays, as well.
Most stores offer the same type of Thanksgiving decor and foods. Give your customers that specialty store service by providing unique ideas that spur their creativity, while offering items of quality and value they will appreciate. These are just a few of the many FGmarket Thanksgiving vendors who can provide the products to make your Thanksgiving Sales bountiful.
Contributor: Jill Evans

Adding Old World Santas, Unique Christmas Ornaments and One of A Kind Christmas Collectibles to your Holiday Inventory.
It is never too early to think about what you will sell at Christmas. Collectibles are a huge aspect of holiday decorating. Many holiday traditions begin with deciding what to collect and how they will be displayed. Christmas collectibles are purchased to enhance an existing collection , as well as for gifts to begin new collections. Some of the most popular collectibles are Christmas ornaments, which are collected by every age and income level. FGmarket has a multitude of Christmas collectibles vendors carrying products from extraordinary Santas to unique Christmas ornaments. Take a few minutes and look over the wholesale Christmas vendors in this FGmarket newsletter, you may find some wonderful Christmas wholesalers that will help you ring in the sales this holiday season.

World Santas

The Santas made by Stone Soup Santas are absolutely adorable. Santa's are made with sculpted polymer clay, painted and finished in fine vintage feel costumes. These collectible Santas also incorporate plush animals, wire-crafted sleighs and other great accessory creations to enhance Santa and spread the holiday spirit. Collectible Santas of all sizes, from the smidgen (16") to the massively (45"-48") tall Santa are available. The extra details in each Stone Soup Santas creations are remarkable. Fine attention to detail with additional design elements fashion together the fun and festive characteristics of each product. Customers won't be able to resist the creative, festive and finely-crafted Santas from Stone Soup.

Unique Christmas Ornaments

New traditions come from hot new concepts. Mini cowbell Christmas ornaments called Mini Cowbell Giggle Lings, are noteworthy Christmas Collectibles from Belsnickle Enterprise Inc. These mini cowbell ornaments will be the talk of your shop. Fresh, trendy and charming; all necessary characteristics that keep customers yearning for collectibles year after year. Ranging from animals to sports and everything in-between; Belsnickle balances trendy with traditional. Moravian Advent and Christmas stars, sleigh bells on fine leather, along with many other Christmas collectibles are available. In fact, their fun, hand painted Christmas doorknob bells will have you ringing in sales.

One-of-a-Kind Collectibles

With an Troutman Originals creates life-like Santas with so much detail and exquisite craftsmanship, they will astound your customers. In fact, even those who do not decorate for Christmas will want one. Diane Troutman offers one-of-a-kind custom Santas, as well as hand-cast risen editions from her originals. You'll never find these kinds of details in any mass-produced Santa. Each Santa is unique in character and theme; created as collective heirlooms to be proudly displayed and passed from generation to generation. Don't miss the Christmas stocking Santa in the risen collection.

Collectible Santas

Prizm Incorporated offers many desirable Christmas collectible lines. Combining historical and cultural elements in each intricate design, these collectibles weave in all the worldly seasonal elements of Christmas. The Pipka Santa collection represents the richness of Christmas throughout the world making them desirable collectibles. Other Prizm collections, such as Artist Peggy Abrams' Making Season Bright Santa figurines, bring merriment and light to the holiday season. Prizm is dedicated to producing and marketing gift products that are always creative and unique. Focusing on high quality and standards while providing a product in good value and excellent taste is the ultimate goal of Prizm. Build history with your customers with the Christmas collectibles from Prizm.

When choosing which special Christmas collectibles to carry, keep in mind why people choose to collect an item. Some collectors, look for traditional items that give them a feel for nostalgia. Others look for figurines that remind them of times with their family. Yet some collectors will choose unique Christmas ornaments based simply on how well they fit in with their other decor. Shopping the superb wholesale Christmas vendors listed on FGmarket will make it easy to fill your Christmas collectible lines with the styles and products that will have you ringing in the sales this Christmas.
To check out more great Christmas vendors select a product line:
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Contributor: Leigh Morrisett

Early Indications Point to Strong Gift Buying in 2006

After reading the previous newsletters about Packaging and Gift Wrap suppliers on FGMarket.com, it's now time to see some great gift and decorating ideas from FGMarket's Christmas Gift Vendors. These vendors bring decorating ease and elegance to this magical holiday season. You'll find just what you need to prepare yourself for the predicted increase in this year's holiday gift buying. YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS

Just look at the heirloom quality of the handmade Santa's from Forever Christmas by Chelsea, Inc. Since childhood, Chelsea Fair has been in love with the magic of Christmas. She has recreated that same magical feeling for everyone with her Old World Santas. Chelsea is an internationally-known artisan who has designed and hand made her Santas for Neiman Marcus, Sak's 5th Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Horchow, and Fortmun & Mason of London. Chelsea's Santa's are the "Who's Who" of high-end retail.

Visit the Gallery of Santa's and choose from Chelsea's different interpretations of St. Nicholas. From lush and opulent to the genial and affable, these Santa's represent the timeless appeal of this Christmas legend. Chelsea's handcrafted Santas reflect quality and elegance along with attention to detail. Now is the time to begin a tradition with holiday gifts and home decor that will be appreciated by generations to come.

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

The goal of Bottomley Evergreens & Farms is to meet all of your Christmas greenery needs. What a wonderful way to say "Happy Holidays," when using their beautiful GARLAND. Turn a porch, an entrance or a banister from simple to sensational. Use this fresh greenery outside or inside. The garland's beautifully crafted and aromatic scent sets the scene and mood for the holidays. All of the garlands are machine tied to a strong non-visible nylon cord, which makes the garlands flexible and manageable.

Along with their garlands, you may want to try the rich and fragrant, handcrafted WREATHS made with heavy foliage and hand tied to a rigid double wire-painted frame. Also, the DECORATIVE ITEMS which include table top trees, deluxe mantle pieces, centerpieces and bouquets, make wonderful embellishments for the home and office, or they can be given as gifts. This family operated business takes pride in its work, and has become the largest manufacturer of fresh Christmas greenery in the eastern U.S. For a look at how their fresh greenery products are made, along with the different stages of development, take their interesting and informative virtual tour. You'll be glad you did.

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS

If you are looking for an array of stylish, unique and beautifully designed Christmas Cards then look no further than EMANI KEMET, INC. dba GALLERY 51.
Emani Kemet, Inc. is a greeting card and stationary manufacturer, and Gallery 51 is their boutique. The gallery is where much of the work of Emani Kemet is displayed, and also where the personal meetings for client consultations are conducted. Usher in the holidays with Holiday Greeting Cards, Business Holiday Cards, Holiday Cards for Friends and Family and Photo Greeting Cards.

When planning a yuletide gathering, extend holiday hospitality by sending Holiday Party Invitations. If you have difficulty finding just what you are looking for, then why not have Emani Kemet (Gallery 51) custom create something for you?

In addition, Gallery 51 has other gift items, including Artwork by Edreys, Jewelry, Home Decor, Shea Butter, Spa Products and Candles. A place to explore, Gallery 51 emphasizes beauty, meaning, love and balance in its store.

DECK THE HALLS
Decorative Traditions is a direct importer of Christmas Decorations, Artificial Flowers, Foliage and related items. Decorative Traditions sells to professional designers, wholesale, retail, craft, and display trades. Don't hesitate to call the company for information on availability, or to request a catalog. In fact, a customized catalog based on the types of products you are interested in can be made for you.

Whether it's small accents or bold arrangements, you'll find plenty of holiday ideas. Choose from Christmas Trees, Garlands, Wreaths, Swags, Ornaments, Sprays, Floral Displays, Fruits, Berries, Candle Rings, and Plush Soft Sculpture Snowmen and Santas. Your rooms can reflect the natural holiday look of berries, apples, pinecones and garland. Or, you can choose to make a striking statement with the dramatic look of glittering beaded and frosted fruits, garlands, wreaths, and trees. Don't delay. Many seasonal products are in stock now.
Since early indications point to strong gift buying in 2006, greet the holiday season by checking out these and other Holiday and Christmas Gift Vendors, as well as the variety of Packaging and Gift Wrap Vendors listed on FGMarket.com. You'll find countless suppliers offering unique, Christmas giftware and seasonal items that can help ensure you have a prosperous holiday retail shopping season!

As promised, we offer WRAP IT UP! part 2 with even more great ideas and new gift packaging and gift wrapping products for the holidays from an additional group of high-quality and unique Packaging and Gift Wrap suppliers on FGMarket.com!

The mission of All Wrapped Up is to provide the most unique gift ideas to a market that appreciates style, quality, service and reasonable prices in a timely manner. The unique line of Novelty Gifts and Stacked Boxes are some of the prettiest gifts around. Designed to coordinate with the tower boxes, they offer a variety of looks and prices to complement a specific theme or holiday. Try the curly wire Silver Snowmen which, when emptied, serve as candle votives, and the glittering Crown Jewel Buckets, which make decorative planters or wine buckets. All Wrapped Up products are filled with delicious gourmet treats or you may choose to purchase empty boxes or containers without the gourmet treats, and fill them yourself.

Choose the Holiday & Christmas Dazzling Delights. This line of exciting gift boxes can be ordered empty or filled with the All Wrapped Up delectable treats. Pop Art Packages are two tier gifts washed with color. Light dances off the shimmering boxes and the glitter-lined silver dollars reflect an extraordinary palette of colors. Elegant Ornaments are unique and exquisitely shaped boxes that look like Christmas ornaments. There is also the Plenty of Presents design, which can be stacked up to five tiers and are beautiful red holiday packages with accompanying gold wire gift ornaments. All That Jazz is the name of our artistically detailed winter friend that accompanies the shimmering Jazz It Up tower box set.

The Happy Hanukkah collection displays the symbols of the season. These beautiful boxes are accompanied with the Star of David, Dreidels, and Menorahs. Kosher gourmet treats can be included. With All Wrapped Up – it's up to you. If you feel like creating or packing your own special gift, you can purchase many of the unique items filled or empty. But chances are, after packing them yourself, you'll let All Wrapped Up do the work for you. If there is something special that you're looking for and you don't see, just ask. The Corporate/Custom Programs may be able to find or create just what you need.

For a selection of Boxes, Wrapping Paper, Baskets and more, look to WrapSmart. Their huge inventory includes high quality gift bags, gift boxes, favor boxes, tissue, ribbons, wrapping paper, cellophane, baskets, filler shred and more for wholesale and retail buyers. The new expanded line offers Nested Gift Tower Boxes, Gift Trays, Gourmet Candy, New Imported Favor Boxes, Cartabianca Imported Bags and more!

The Holiday Selection of Bags, Boxes, and Gift Wraps makes it easy for you to find what you need. New this year are the beautiful metallic Silver Favor Boxes that come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Stylish Gift Box Trays, which are open gift boxes, come in solid colors of red, green, black, white or gold, along with Christmas and holiday scenes. With the related paper products, coordination is a snap. The assorted Holiday Gift Bags come in solid colors or a number of Christmas, holiday, and winter scenes. These bags are easy to carry with their sturdy nylon cord J handle.

The holiday greetings' Jumbo High Density Bags are perfect for customers to carry all the packages bought from your store. Corrugated Presentation Packing Boxes come in colors such as elegant burnished gold or holiday themes. Why not send gifts in Holly Berry Frost, Arctic Frost, or First Snow Corrugated Packing Boxes? These Presentation Packaging Boxes are UPS-approved, ready to just label and ship. The beautiful packages carry your image, as well as your product to your customers. The gift wrap selection will "cover" almost any gift, and the equipment and supplies like gift wrap dispensers, ribbon dispensers, and deluxe paper cutters are available for your gift wrap needs.

The Packaging Source offers the latest and most successful trends for a unique and customized look. Their goal is to provide innovative products, with low minimums along with offering quality products at reasonable prices.

Browse through the full line of Holiday Packaging. The holiday gift wrap includes vibrant colors, contemporary prints, elegant designs, winter scenes, and Christmas favorites. These gift wraps come with corresponding curling ribbons and curling dispenser. Check out the large collection of holiday gift bags. Look into the elegant European Shopping Bags with matching rope handles and sturdy cardboard inserts which comes in a variety of colors. Simply add the holiday coordinating tissue and ribbon for a striking gift bag.

It's not only smart, but easy to customize your shopping bag with Personalized Labels. Pressure sensitive labels are hot stamped with your store name and logo. The labels can be printed either vertically or horizontally. Pick your background colors, and hot stamp colors for your original label. Before your purchase is complete, a black and white proof will be submitted for your approval.
These and other fine wholesale and supply companies can be found in FGMarket's Packaging and Gift Wrap vendors category.

There's still time to shop from a great selection of 2006 Holiday gift bags, gift boxes, packing boxes, shopping bags, favor boxes, tissue, ribbons, wrapping paper, cellophane, baskets, filler shred and more for wholesale and retail buyers.

Early Indications Point to Strong Gift Buying in 2006
Wrap up your holiday gifts in style with a variety of wonderful products from the following FGMarket Packaging and Gift Wrapping vendors. You'll easily find just what you need to prepare yourself for the predicted increase in this year's holiday gift buying.
Gift Box Corporation of America has a simple philosophy:
A beautifully wrapped package generates new and repeat business for your store, adds value to the gift and enhances your store image. Gift Box offers a complete line of quality gift boxes, color coordinated shopping bags, wrapping paper, tissue paper, ribbons and bows. Leverage your brand and image by printing your logo on stock color gift boxes or shopping bags. Or create a signature look with your name and logo on a custom color gift box and matching shopping bag.
The holiday packaging line includes beautiful gift bags with holiday designs in 4 sizes. Add coordinating solid color tissue, raffia or sheer ribbon for the finishing touch. Stanford holiday gift wrap paper includes Santa, snowmen, winter scenes, trees, teddy bears, ornaments and Christmas designs. Accessorize these gift wraps with coordinating raffia, tulle and simple sheer ribbon for the perfect look. The raffia ribbons can be used alone, mixed with multiple colors or with other ties for an enhanced look. Curling ribbons add the finishing touch for any holiday basket, gift box or shopping bag. Solid and patterned tissues coordinate with holiday gift boxes and holiday bags and, beautiful holiday bows help make gift wrapping easy.

Triangle Industries, Inc. is your source for unique packaging concepts in gift bags. Triangle Industries, Inc. sells wholesale to appropriately licensed retailers and distributors. Their unique packaging concepts include One Step Boxes along with Gift Bags for all occasions.
Their 2006 Holiday Season Gift Bags and Boxes can be the perfect fit for your gift. Try their Push and Go 1-Piece Gift Box. This box opens and closes in one step and has the look of an expensive two piece set-up box. Holiday Boxes and Santa Boxes capture the season with color and style. What could be easier? Place the gift inside the box, close the lid, and tie the bow. The result is a beautifully wrapped package that will look great under the tree.

You'll also find an interesting selection of holiday gift bags. Give a beautiful red poinsettia, the gift bag, that is. The Poinsettia Gift Bag is die cut with gift tag and is as pretty as the real flowering plant. Santa's Hat Gift Bag, with its fluffy white handles and gift card, is easier to give than slipping down the chimney. The enchanting Gingerbread House Gift Bag is just right for a gift from the gourmet food section or you can even fill it with homemade cookies.

Your source for gift packaging products that are always new and exciting is Nashville Wraps. Nashville Wraps is a creative design and distribution company specializing in providing businesses with decorative gift and gourmet packaging products, as well as related retail packaging products for resale and store use. They offer a vast array of bags, bows, boxes, tissue, ribbons, cellophane, gift wrap and more for resale and store use. Whether you are looking for simple brown kraft paper bags or elegant gift shopping bags, you'll find large selections that are available in bulk carton quality, small packs and assortments. Many products can be custom printed or designed for your application and image.

For the upcoming holiday season, select Nashville Wraps Christmas Gift Tote Bags. These bags offer a variety of traditional and contemporary designs for celebrating the holidays. Deluxe gift totes, designed for a resale and economical for in-store use, are available in several sizes. Frosted Plastic Gift Sacks, available in three sizes, are made with a side pleat and a flat bottom cardboard insert. These translucent bags make creative packaging for candies, party favors and pet treats. Buy in bulk cartons of 500 or in packs of 100.
Look at the Studio Collection Plastic Shopping Bags. These frosted matte plastic bags come in deep solid colors with soft loop handles and wide bottom expansions that help these bags to stand up on their own. These bags are perfect for florists, gift shops, spas, cosmetics, and bath & body products. Add an element of high-style, without high expense. And don't forget to check the Gift Wrap Specials! Christmas and Holiday Gift Wrap Paper Counter Rolls can be found at half-off wholesale. Remember that qualities are limited and are sold on a first come, first serve basis.
Since early indications point to strong gift buying in 2006, be sure to browse FGMarket's complete list of Holiday and Special Occasion vendors, in addition to the ones featured in this newsletter.
But Wait – - – There's More!

Due to the excitement of the holidays, FGMarket will be highlighting even more Packaging and Gift Wrap suppliers. Don't miss the next FGMarket newsletter to find out why everybody will soon be saying, "Wrap It Up!"

There is no TRICK in ringing up Halloween sales when you TREAT your customers to an exciting array of Halloween products. You can coordinate Halloween costumes, decorations, and party ideas that will appeal not only to the young, but to the young at heart.

Halloween is the second biggest shopping holiday for retailers, generating more than Six Billion Dollars in Sales! According to a survey by the International Mass Retail Association, approximately 82% of all Americans purchase costumes, masks, games, decorations and candy, along with other items for Halloween. FG Market has highlighted a few vendors that have a variety of Halloween costumes, party, and decorating ideas.
According to Robert J. Verdisco, President of International Mass Retail Association, "Halloween is becoming as much a holiday for adults as it is for children." The Ancient Egyptian Collection has costumes, jewelry and party favors for Halloween and for other types of parties as well. Why not suggest to the adventuresome shopper the unique Egyptian-inspired treasures from the Ancient Egyptian Collection?
For an unforgettable evening, host a Halloween Party with an Egyptian theme. Make a dramatic entrance wearing an exotic Egyptian costume and the replica jewelry from King Tut's Tomb. Then, carry out the theme with Egyptian decorations such as genuine Egyptian Papyrus Paintings. And for just one night, slip the surly bonds of earth, when wearing the Ancient Egyptian Collection's newest creation, the mythological ISIS WINGS. Why? Because Inside Every Woman Is a Goddess Waiting To Fly!

Choosing a line of Halloween costumes for young children is important. The award-winning company, BDay Parties furnishes fun and functional clothes that provide hours of imaginary play. Set the stage for fun BOO, not disappointed, BOO HOO! Young children enjoy emulating their favorite characters. What fun to arrive at a Halloween party dressed as a cowboy or cowgirl, a pirate, a knight or a princess (Our Reversible Princess Costume is a winner of the 2006 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award).
Bday Parties LLC is the manufacturer of wholesale Dress up Buddies Wholesale Dress up Costumes and accessories, and Par T Buddies wholesale unstuffed animal kits. These 'make your own' teddy bear or animal kits are great for gifts, crafts, parties or any special occasion. The wholesale party favors and dress up accessories are based on popular childhood party themes. You will find the perfect product for your retail store when selling costumes, accessories, party favors and gifts by Bday Parties.
Customers will find whimsical plush toys for the upcoming Halloween season, when they shop from the First & Main product line. Each of their plush pieces is stitched with love. Discover exciting and captivating plush products for every gift occasion. Check out First & Main and its wholesale collection of teddy bears and plush animal lines, along with their unusual, and appealing plush product characters.

Here are just a few of the plush products from First & Main. Pumpkin Pals are festive fall and Halloween decorative gift items. Start a collection of these charming plush toys with quirky attitudes to match. Names such as Candy Monster, Frankie, Batso, Bando and Esmeralda add to the fun of these wholesale plush pals that are all dressed up in festive costumes featuring satin, vinyl, and felt accents.
Petal Pushers are just the right additions to Halloween flowers and gifts. Cute, plush teddy bears are hugging floral vases that make two perfects gifts in one. The All Occasion Characters are excellent just because gifts and these everyday plush gift selections stimulate impulse purchases and produce great add-on sales.
Consumer trends indicate that Halloween is the third largest party occasion, after New Years and The Super Bowl. When customers are looking for the right decorations for their Halloween party, you can recommend PARTY DECO. Whether hosting a small group or a large gathering, PARTY DECO has a full selection of party supplies.

PARTY DECO provides Table Centerpieces, Hanging Fountains, Balloon Weights, Coin and Star Fountains, Centerpiece Sprays, Wire Garland, Pull Out Garland, Curtains, Fringe & Skirting, Columns & Windsocks, Drop Fringes, Confetti, Streamers, Closeouts, and Hardware. After viewing the outstanding selection of party products from PARTY DECO, even the most "party-challenged" will be inspired by the great Halloween decorations and Halloween party ideas.
As Halloween becomes more popular, consumers begin shopping earlier. Research indicates that 20% of consumers will have started their Halloween shopping by the end of September. Another 20% will begin shopping in early October. By mid-October, 21% of customers will be shopping, and 12% will do last-minute shopping.
Wholesalers and retailers can coordinate Halloween costumes, indoor and outdoor decorations, party themes and party favors for this rapidly growing market. With billions of dollars in sales, Halloween offers a tremendous opportunity for you to Listen to The Cash Register Ring. Browse through the featured product lines from these and many other Halloween and Party Suppliers listed on FGMarket.com to help make your fall season successful.

It's nearly time for Independence Day – that annual summertime holiday when everyone feels just a little more patriotic than usual, and the color combination of red, white and blue becomes, temporarily, fashionable. It's also a time when a lot of folks decorate with flags and banners and such, go on a picnic, march in a parade, or have a big community celebration.
You'll want to be ready with a stock of patriotic-themed decorations and other festive merchandise to help get the party going (and the cash register ringing!), so we've gathered a few vendors from the extensive FG Market listings to help make your Fourth-of-July buying easier, more convenient, and more successful!
What would Independence Day be without red, white and blue bunting draped from every balcony, window ledge and viewing stand? The place to get it is AllStates Flag Co., whose company motto is, "helping you lower the costs of raising your flag." AllState has bunting in several patriotic styles and in a tremendous variety of sizes. It's sold in sections, so you can get just what you need to decorate, for example, your storefront. But their real strength is in flags. They carry American flags in every size, every style, and every sort of material, from the small, hand-held ones you wave at parades to the gigantic flags that are hung in public buildings.

Allstates is proud to offer the highest quality and longest lasting indoor and outdoor U.S. flags available, which go well beyond Federal Government specifications. In addition to American flags, they also stock the flags of all the U.S. states and Canadian provinces as well as an excellent selection of flags from around the world. Their website is a wealth of information about flag history and etiquette, and a source of answers to frequently asked questions pertaining to the U.S. Flag Code.
For other creative representations of Old Glory, first check out the elegant beauty of the Stained Glass Flag from Glass Graphic Imaging. New technology allows GGI the ability to make this design by screen printing, using special techniques and processes, and assuring that, just like traditional stained glass, it will last virtually forever.

If the rustic, "down-home" look is more your approach, then take a look at the primitive style American flag signs at Blackwater Folk Art. Hand-painted on recycled tin, these flags have the rural charm of a country cottage. They're available in two sizes, and the smaller one bears the phrase "God Bless America, Land That I Love" hand-lettered on bottom portion.
Generate a lot of attention-grabbing excitement with the wind-catching products from Super Quality Groups, Inc.. Under the very appropriate heading of "Patriotic Wind Magic", you'll find spinning flowers, wind socks, wind wheels in single, double and triple versions, spiral wind twisters, sun catcher balls – even the American Eagle in two wind-driven versions. Animation of any kind always captures the interest of shoppers.

Create a window display of these items with a fan or two blowing from "off stage", and passersby will stop to see what all the activity is about. Everyone in your neighborhood will want one or more of these imaginative products for their lawns or gardens, and Super Quality Groups' excellent prices will allow you to stock plenty of them in inventory. The old-fashioned weathervane is soon to become obsolete as these spinning wind-catchers point the way to profits!
Appropriately named All-American Balloon Supply has literally everything in the way of patriotic and Fourth of July themed balloons and related supplies, including dozens of choices in both latex and foil balloons in all shapes and sizes. Standouts include the 3-foot diameter clear latex balloon with glow-in-the-dark stars all around it, the clear bubble balloon with fireworks all around the outside and 3-dimensional, inflated stars with the American flag motif on the inside, and the large scale, 45" horizontal Patriotic Shooting Star and 33" tall Uncle Sam Hat shapes.

In addition to all the usual balloon and helium-related supplies, All-American also carries hats, balloon weights, star cut-outs, gift bags, patriotic print ribbon, and specialty star top-printed latex balloons for columns and arches; everything needed to produce a high-flying and spirited Fourth of July party!
And finally, ring up those impulse sales with a display of LED flashing magnetic Body Pins from D.C. Creations. With all sorts of patriotic themes to choose from, like a map of the U.S.A., Uncle Sam's hat, an American flag, a heart, a ribbon, a dove, and more items decorated with stars and stripes, these clever, inexpensive pins actually attach by means of a small but powerful magnet placed inside the clothes or behind the lapel. Turn clockwise to make them come on; counterclockwise turns them off – no clothing is ever damaged.

With magnets placed behind the earlobes, the pins can even become fun earrings! Young women of all ages will enjoy wearing these patriotic pins during the holiday time. Be sure to display them close to the cash register.
These are just some of the patriotic products available from the many fine vendors at FG Market.com. For more ideas, visit the Patriotic listings under the Holiday and Special Occasion heading on the FG Market web pages.

It's just like making a trip to Market without ever leaving your shop … and soon it will be "stars and stripes forever" at your store, just in time for Independence Day!

As promised, this newsletter features jewelry, Easter candy and chocolates, as well as other wonderful gift ideas for Easter and Springtime from a few of the excellent wholesale companies and suppliers listed on FGMarket.com!
Of course, more than just eggs may be tucked into an Easter basket. Inexpensive jewelry makes a nice gift and is always popular as an impulse purchase. Many women like to wear themed jewelry during holiday seasons. A delightful line of hand-painted pins and magnets is available from Pins by Joanie. Bunnies, butterflies, spring flowers and other motifs are rendered in a cute, folk art style using acrylic paints on a wood backing. Many items are available in gift sets, which allow the purchaser to keep one and give the others away. Take a look also at the unique art charm jewelry offered by Anne Garrison Designs, featuring vintage photo and postcard images and light-hearted sentiments that may be worn on a bracelet or a pendant. The old-fashioned bunnies and chicks are nothing short of … charming!
Rounding out the holiday jewelry selection are the very reasonably priced earrings, necklaces and chokers from Becky's Collection . Here you'll find an extensive line of Easter themed gift items ranging from whimsical to religious. Be sure to see the really cute stretch bracelets with Easter motifs at very affordable prices you can pass on to customers.

As traditional as the Easter bunny, Easter eggs, daffodils and Easter lilies, what Easter gift basket would be complete without an assortment of jelly beans, chocolate-covered bunnies or other Easter candy favorites that are popular among the young and young-at-heart! Arndt's Fudgery, LLC makes their famous homemade fudge fresh everyday in a variety of sizes and packages that make ideal add-on gifts for holidays. They offer fudge by the pound, fudge gift baskets in 1 ½ lb. or 2 ½ lb. sizes, 16 oz. and 32 oz. fudge gift tins, as well as their 8 oz. Fudge Easter Bunny and 12 oz. Fudge Easter Egg, both available in either chocolate or peanut butter fudge flavors. Choose any of Arndt's quality fudge items to add a touch of homemade gourmet goodness to the Easter gift baskets you create this year!
Another unique candy supplier, Scripture Candy, offers a wide variety of popular sweet treats packaged in special wrappers that have prayers and Bible scriptures imprinted on them. The company's founding principle, "Reach The World One Piece At A Time," has been the basis for their unique candy packaging concept since the company's inception in 1996. A candy line for Easter features their Jelly Bean Prayer Bottle, filled with assorted jelly bean candies and a special message explaining what each jelly bean color represents. Jelly beans are also available in individual packs with religious sentiments on the wrapper. Other eye-catching sweet treats include their Scripture Pops, sold in a 60-count bucket of 10 different colors and flavors like Watermelon, Bubble Gum, Hawaiian Punch, Cherry and Sour Apple, as well as their smaller Faith Pops, available in 6 oz. bags or 80 count jars.

For many people, it is the original, inspirational message of Easter that has the most meaning, and for those customers you'll find a wide selection of gifts at Abbey Press. Featuring a large variety of wall hangings, figurines, plaques, light catchers, prayer cards and the like, Abbey is fully supplied to help you serve the Christian market. New products this year include a resin "Crown of Thorns" Lenten wreath with candles, as well as a tastefully framed print of the stirring "Hang it on The Cross" poem.
We've just begun to uncover all the Easter treasures waiting at FGMarket. But, contrary to popular advice, we've gathered all the "eggs" into one basket (so to speak) by bringing together a wealth of products under the same virtual roof. Be sure to visit all of the fine FGMarket vendors listed under the Easter Holiday and Special Occasion heading to discover all you'll need to fill your own basket and generate a successful Easter selling season. Remember, it won't be long before Peter Cottontail is on his way … so hop to it!