Back in February 2020 we attended our very first Annual Spring Fair at Birmingham NEC. As an Artist more used to paintings this was a whole new world. We went with the objective to find out a little bit about the greetings card market, and whether or not we had a product that would fit in. Armed with a list of questions and ideas longer than our collective arms, we ventured into a vast expanse of stands, not knowing what to expect.

I first met Anthony Temporal and his Wife Sara, the owners of Soake at the NEC Autumn fair last year, which is a large trade show for retailers to buy products. My husband, Dave, and I own our own art gallery in the little seaside town of Teignmouth in South Devon. Our art gallery sells limited edition prints and lifestyle products which have all been created by me, Laura.