Rachel Ellen Designs is an independent greeting card, stationery and gift business based in Nottingham. They produce bright and beautiful products, to make you smile! As they head towards the end of an unexpected and challenging year, Thinking of you week could not...
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Cards for Good Causes launches dedicated ‘Thinking of You’ area to mark Thinking of You Week as charities are ‘Not Just for Christmas’
Cards for Good Causes, The UK’s largest charity Christmas card retailer, is getting behind Thinking of You Week with a number of initiatives to mark the important date in the greeting cards calendar. A dedicated ‘Thinking of You’ area has been launched...
Tatty Teddy lends a paw to Thinking of You Week!
2020 is an important year for Tatty Teddy, the signature character behind the Me to You brand, which this year celebrates 25 years of Sharing the Moments that Matter. To celebrate, the much-loved grey bear with a blue nose and patches has taken centre stage in a...
Media interest ahead of Thinking of You Week!
Consumer press coverage in the run up to Thinking of You Week has so far ranged from The Daily Telegraph’s GoodNews newsletter to My Weekly and a host of family bloggers! Sarah Ebner, the head of the Daily Telegraph’s Good Newsletter (where the emphasis...
Nottingham Publisher, The Art File, spreading the wave of happiness by donating cards to local care homes and schools
The Art File are celebrating Thinking of You Week by encouraging the sending of cards within the local community. Based in Nottingham’s historic Lace Market, The Art File have reached out to care homes, schools, and hospitals close to them to - in a very safe way...
Royal Mail film asks “Who are you thinking of this Thinking of You Week?”
Royal Mail is responsible for delivering many of our Thinking of You Week cards, so it’s great that they are supporting this campaign to ‘send a card, deliver a smile’ across the country during the last week of September. Paul Tatman-Madsen, Head of Consumer Products...
Publisher Corniche creates a wave of Thinking of You cards!
Evesham-based publisher Corniche is repeating their successful Thinking of You Week activity from last year: Corniche’s Kate Whatmore included an additional Thinking of You card with all those she sent out – so that the recipient could send one too! Kate said “The...
Thinking of You Week USA!
Millions of American’s will also be sending cards to people they care about 21st-27th September; just to say ‘Thinking of You’! First launched by the UK Greeting Card Association in 2014, Thinking of You Week has travelled to the USA and is now in its 3rd year...
Dedicated Thinking Of You Displays In Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is really getting behind Thinking of You Week this year, like never before. The leading grocer is giving the event a long run-up, with a dedicated display of some 50 designs from several publishers having gone into its top 200 stores from the middle of...
The best way to say Thinking of You!
Here's our short film suggesting the best way to say Thinking of You! https://youtu.be/21Y9IyhWQtw Thinking of You Week has been celebrated every September for the last 7 years. This year it is 21st-27th September 2020; and there has never been a more appropriate year...
UK Retailers and Publishers work to make this the biggest Thinking of You Week yet!
Paperchase, Cardzone, Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Card Factory are some of the major multiple retailer names to have pledged their support for this year’s Thinking of You Week (September 21-27) through various initiatives instore and on social media. In...
Janie Wilson donates 100’s of ‘Thinking of you’ cards
Yorkshire based greeting card publisher Janie Wilson donated 100’s of ‘Thinking of you’ cards, with stamped address envelopes, to local small business’s to send out with their orders. Business’s such as local restaurants who were providing a take away...
Royal Mail Reveals How Lockdown Has Seen Consumers Upping Their Card And Letter Sending
The emotional significance of the written word during lockdown has been made clear by new Royal Mail research, which reveals that one in five (18%) UK adults have been sending more letters and cards since measures began. The postal operator shared how nearly...
Hallmark Giving Away Half A Million Greeting Cards
Leading greeting card publisher, Hallmark Cards is giving away half a million greeting cards across the UK to help the public show gratitude and appreciation for the everyday heroes in our lives – doctors, nurses, care...
The greeting card community keeping in touch during lock-down
Award winning artists, and Greeting Card Association members, Lanther Black, have written and produced a film for the GCA illustrating the joy of receiving a card. GCA members, ranging from artists, publishers, retailers through to suppliers and agents, have come...
ITV News reflects on the importance of sending cards
In week 8 of lock-down ITV news reflected on the important part card sending is playing during the Corvid 19 lock-down, and how the card industry is playing it's part in raising morale and supporting the NHS. ITV regional news across the country talked about the...