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If you have passed by our Manchester or Leeds shop you will have noticed that our windows have been filled with striking Colorplan paper creations.

We partnered with Manchester Craft Mafia (MCM) a few years back, supporting the group's creative activities; so we thought it was high time that they presented their work in our Manchester window.

This year, for Manchester Histories festival we were asked to put together a window display that told our 130 year story.

Over at our Leeds store Chris Dorning, otherwise known as The Cunning Craftsman, has created an impressive illustrated window mural for us. Take a look.

If you've been past our Manchester store, you will have noticed that our window is currently home to ten sets of little houses. These gorgeous paper sculptures have been made by Helen Musslewhite, who is a visual artist and in our opinion a paper wizard! Helen made the sculptures for her book Little Houses - A Counting Book which has been published by Laurence King and is available to buy in-store and online.

This year, we've been busy in the laser studio cutting giant baubles out of G.F Smith Colorplan paper ready for our Christmas window display.

We are really pleased to host Comme Ca Art in our window this month ahead of their participation in Buy Art Fair later this month.

We were pleased to be able to lend our window space to the Whitworth Art Gallery and Modern Designers for their ad campaign in the run-up to the Whitworth re-opening.

Our Stuart, Ben and Rob aren't ones who shy away from creating a fright which is why we asked them to bring there fantastically freaky masks and props to create our Halloween window display.