Tatova Hata

30/05/2026

At a certain point, it dawns on you: this isn’t just another attempt anymore.

After a difficult, exhausting, but very important 2023, we entered 2024 with a different mindset. We no longer asked ourselves, "Will it work out?"

Instead, a different question arose: "How do we do this right?"

That year, we had five Christmas markets:
Belfast. Liverpool. Manchester. Nottingham. Sheffield.

And while each market had previously felt like an experiment, we’ve now started to think systematically.

How do we organize logistics between cities?
How do we forecast inventory correctly?
What do people actually choose?
Which products evoke emotion, and which are just pretty things?

We continued to work on our own – standing behind the counters, listening to people’s stories, observing, asking questions.

Because we realized one important thing:
you can’t build a business on assumptions.

It’s built on understanding people.

And, perhaps, that was when we first stopped feeling like people who were "just trying something out".

We began to feel a sense of responsibility for what we were building.

20/05/2026

After the first market in Nottingham, it became clear that this was no longer just a one-off success. People were coming back. They were telling their friends about us. They were looking for things that helped them stay connected to home, even far from Ukraine.

In the summer, we took part in a fair in Tarasivka – a Ukrainian village in the UK. And there, we felt particularly keenly just how strong people’s connection to their culture can be.

By autumn, things had started moving much faster. Belfast. Leeds. Manchester. Nottingham. Sheffield. We hired our first staff, rented lorries to transport goods, learnt to plan logistics between cities, and spent nights repacking products to get everything ready for the next fair.

But most importantly, we continued to work at the fairs ourselves at the weekends. Because we wanted to understand people, see what they reacted to, and feel what really mattered to them.

At the same time, we were learning English, trying to figure out how accounting works in the UK, how processes are structured, how the business environment operates, and how to scale something that, until very recently, had existed only as an idea. It was then that we truly felt the difference between an idea and a business for the first time. An idea inspires. But a business is the ability to keep moving forward even when you’re tired, don’t know something, and are learning everything at the same time.

Looking back, I realise: during that period, we weren’t just building Tatova Hata. We were simultaneously building a new life for ourselves – step by step, in a country that had been a complete stranger to us until very recently.

17/05/2026

In November 2022, we took part in a Christmas market in Nottingham as Tatova Hata for the first time – the city where we were living at the time after moving to the UK.

At that point, we didn’t yet have a clear idea of what this might develop into. We just had an idea and a gut feeling that it was important for people to have things around them that created a connection to home, culture and their own memories.

We applied to take part in the fair – and our application was accepted.

What followed was what probably marked the true beginning of Tatova Hata: searching for manufacturers in Ukraine, the first orders, dozens of conversations, logistics, and the anxiety of wondering whether anyone would actually want these things.

For two months, my husband and I worked at the fair every day. And it was there that I first saw how differently people react to such things – yet how similar the emotions themselves are.

For some, it was a warm reminder of home.
For others, a way to feel a connection to their roots.
And for others still, a first encounter with Ukrainian culture through handmade crafts and traditional skills.

It was then that it became clear that Tatova Hata could be more than just a small family project; it could be something much bigger.

10/05/2026

When you’re far from home, your connection to it rarely hinges on anything grand. More often, it rests on simple things you can hold in your hands. On objects that act as memory triggers and need no explanation.

This isn’t about décor or souvenirs as such. It’s about items that serve a different purpose – they restore a person’s connection to their identity, culture and heritage.

I’ve seen how this works for different people in different countries: when you’re physically far away, it’s often material things that become a point of reference. A small but steady way to recapture that sense of "belonging".

From this, it becomes clear that there is not only an emotional demand, but also a market demand. People don’t just buy things; they seek out meaningful objects that can be passed on, given as gifts, or taken with them as a piece of history.

Then the product begins to look different:
🔸not as a mere item, but as a carrier of meaning;
🔸not as a range of goods, but as a system of symbols that can be developed across different contexts and markets.

It is around this that the logic of Tatova Hata is gradually taking shape as a project at the intersection of culture, memory and product design, with the potential to enter international markets: souvenir chains, Christmas markets, museums, corporate gifts and so on.

29/04/2026

There are things you only truly come to appreciate with time.

Back in the 80s, my father would come home from work – and our house would come alive. From ordinary wood, he would create things that seemed almost magical to me at the time: carved boxes, plates, candlesticks.

We were all part of the process – Mum, me, my younger sister. Some of us helped, some just watched, but it was a time when the house was filled with meaning. Not because of the objects themselves, but because of how they were made. Back then, I didn’t think of it as anything special. It was simply part of my life.

Over the years, I came to realise: it wasn’t just about the items themselves, but about the approach, the attention to detail, the respect for the material. The fact that every item is made by hand and has its own character.

A few years ago, my father passed away.
And it was probably then that I realised even more deeply just how much these memories had influenced me and what I do today.

Tatova Hata has grown in many ways from this experience. Not as an attempt to ‘replicate’ it, but as a desire to preserve the approach – to create things that have substance, not just form.

Because, ultimately, people can tell the difference.

26/04/2026

When you find yourself far from home against your will, many things сhange. But what changes most profoundly is the very sense of what "home" means.

A few years ago, I moved to the UK, trying to protect my family from the war that, one morning, turned our normal lives upside down. And it was here, in this new reality, that I truly felt for the first time just how much home means to us. It is no longer just a place – it is a collection of sensations, smells, details and symbols that create an inner sense of stability and peace.
I began to catch myself looking around for something familiar – something that would at least partially bring me back to Ukraine. To those moments where there is peace, warmth, understanding and acceptance.

That was when the first idea for Tatova Hata emerged – not as a business in the traditional sense, but as a way to maintain a connection with what holds true value for me: home, culture and my own identity.

Today, it is more than just an idea. But for me, it is important that this very feeling always remains at its core. Because sometimes one thing can do more than it seems – it can give a person back a piece of home. And today, this feeling is gradually turning into real things that are finding their people in different countries.

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08/02/2026

We are back from the international exhibition Messe Frankfurt — and it was incredibly inspiring ✨

Here, in one place, traders, manufacturers, designers, marketers and professionals from all over the world meet. You literally feel how new ideas, trends and products of the future are born.

We came here not just to look —
we came to be inspired, to learn how to do the best for our customers.

Because you can create something truly beautiful only when you see the world wider 🌍

Ahead — new solutions, new formats and even more cool products for you.
We work to amaze❤️
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Ми повернулися з міжнародної виставки Messe Frankfurt — і це було неймовірно надихаюче ✨

Тут, в одному місці, зустрічаються трейдери, виробники, дизайнери, маркетологи та професіонали з усього світу. Ти буквально відчуваєш, як народжуються нові ідеї, тренди й майбутні продукти.

Ми приїхали сюди не просто подивитись —
ми приїхали надихнутись, навчитися зробити найкраще для наших клієнтів.

Бо створювати щось справді прекрасне можна лише тоді, коли бачиш світ ширше 🌍

Попереду — нові рішення, нові формати й ще більше класних продуктів для вас.
Працюємо, щоб дивувати ❤️

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04/12/2025

🎄 The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree is more than just decoration.
Each toy has its own meaning:
✨ balls - a symbol of harmony and peace
⭐ star - light and hope
🕯️ candlesticks - home comfort and warm family moments

Christmas unites us in the desire to create magic at home - and we will be happy to help you with this.

At Tatova Hata you will find a wide selection of unique, handmade Christmas tree decorations and holiday decor.

We invite you to visit our locations ( Manchester, Belfast, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield) at Christmas markets or order online with delivery ( tatovahata.com)🎁✨

03/12/2025

🎄If your Christmas tree is not ready for Christmas yet, then come to us.
🎁 If you are looking for an original handmade gift, then come to us.
🥰 If you want a gift made with love, then come to us.
Our locations:
Manchester:
Market Street
Albert Square
Liverpool:
St George’s Plateau, outside St. George’s Hall
Belfast:
City Hall Gardens
Nottingham:
Old Market Square
Sheffield:
Pinstone Street

26/11/2025