Meet Emma Higgins and Jamie Melvin of events and bespoke gift company Thoughts and Crosses

We’re both Bridge of Don locals and met in 2020,’ Jamie explained. We quickly realised how much we had in common, including how ambitious we both are. Emma is such a creative person and has always been in customer facing roles, while I work offshore and also run part of a local model railway business. My hard working and entrepreneurial qualities combine well with Emma’s skills – this made the perfect match to not only be together as a couple, but to be together in business.’

Emma commented, ‘Thoughts and Crosses started out with me creating cards and small gifts for friends and family to pass the time while Jamie was offshore. I loved doing this and with Jamie’s business experience, we thought it should become a company, so Thoughts and Crosses was launched at the start of 2021. After adding a laser machine to TAC’s inventory this allowed us to enter the wedding and event market creating bespoke welcome signs and table plans.

‘We continued to expand our selection of personalised cards and gifts and grew our collection of rental items. We now have everything from sequin walls, flower walls, neon signs, aisle decor and much more allowing us to be part of people’s special moments at events such as weddings, parties and baby showers. We are always looking for the next big trend to make your event special.’

Jamie added, ‘One of the most memorable events we were a part of was Trend’s Garden Party this April. We loved discussing ideas with the team and bringing their vision to life. The event was full of pinks and florals using our items including our Pink Flower Wall, Pampas Wall and over 20 centrepiece trees. Another great thing about running our business is we’ve been able to help create our friend’s wedding days – it’s so special to set up and  then also attend their big days!

‘As this is Emma’s full time focus, we prep for our weekend events during the week as well as creating all our bespoke cards and gifts. We love getting a personalised card request through – we’ve had requests from funny sayings to a friend’s favourite cocktail to feature on their card. Our personal favourite is when we recently created a card for someone to give their surgeon following their mastectomy as a thank you. As you can imagine it was a bit of a cheeky card!

‘The best thing about running Thoughts and Crosses is the community of amazing and loyal customers we have built over the last three years! They are so supportive and keen to see what we do next – without them our business wouldn’t be where it is today. We both agree that the worst thing about running a business with your partner is that you can’t stop talking about it – even when we’re out for dinner we are chatting about the next product launch or the next flower wall to buy! Let’s call it passion?

‘Although we spend most of our time eat, sleep and breathing Thoughts and Crosses, we do try to make sure we have time to enjoy the little things. Emma loves a true crime documentary while I can’t miss an F1 race and we love to take time out to go for a relaxing swim.’

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