This period in history will always be remembered by all in many different ways, affecting beliefs and behaviour, arguably for the rest of our lives. One of the behaviour shifts is the extent to which children have embraced the making and sending of greeting cards, be...
Anna Victoria, a design studio specialising in contemporary art cards and paper goods was originally established in Cornwall in 2010. However since marrying her Naval officer husband and silent partner, she finds herself living in lockdown in Southern Italy. Anna...
Basildon-based charity card publisher, printer and creative agency, Elle Media Group is providing comfort to those in need in a number of different ways. In just over a week their idea, Bright Rainbow was up and running as a not-for-profit initiative to help those in...
Good things do come out of adversity as is currently being proven in Holland on the greeting card front where Millennials are embracing card sending like never before. What is happening in the Netherlands echoes the pattern in the UK and the US with 18-24...
Update Dec 2020: Captain Tom told the Sunday Times that he'd received over 225,000 birthday cards and raised over £39m. If ever proof was needed as to how close greeting cards are to the nation’s heart as the best way to communicate your affection and regard for your...
Well-known for coming up with inventive solutions within the greeting card trade, the team at greeting card printer Windles have diverted their attentions towards helping in the fight to stem the spread of Covid-19. And in doing so have not only manufactured PPE...
Article by Jakki Brown Anyone who reaches the grand old age of 100 deserves to receive lots of birthday cards, but none are more deserving than Captain Tom Moore, who on April 16, a fortnight before reaching his own special birthday milestone, had raised an...
Article by Jakki Brown of Progressive Greetings From creating special thank you cards for nurses and doctors, to developing posters that enable the public to show their support, donating thousands of cards to...
Former professional dancer, Rachel Church knows only too well about the importance of keeping ‘in step’ with the demands of the day, and so, as founder and creative head of Nottingham-based card, stationery and...
The impressive bunch of women who make up London-based greeting card company, Out of the Box Designs (OOTB) have put their talents and passions to good use by joining the Cofight-19...
With the vast majority of greeting card shops in lockdown, specialist greeting card printer, The Imaging Centre, has come up with a solution that is enabling independently owned greeting card publishers to provide the public with their cards. “Our customers have...
Alongside interviewing famous faces for various titles, Freelance Journalist Angela Sara West (www.angelasarawest.com), who recently interviewed GCA's Amanda Fergusson for the next issue of Craft Business magazine, also has a passion for card making. ...
Heidi and Dominic Early, co-owners of Earlybird Designs, a card publishing and retail business have launched #connectwithcards campaign, which kicked off with the Early family delivering free cards (ready stamped) to all the residents in the two...
Illustrator Emma Bryan, has made her latest range of greeting cards available to the public to download for free on her website. The Surbiton-based independent greeting card publisher launched her latest range, Softly Spoken, back in January before the pandemic...
“Everyone knows someone who is risking their health by working in the essential services right now, so it’s time to say thank you” says artist Clemency Bunn, of greeting card publisher Citrus Bunn. Clemency is donating 50% of all profit she makes from the sales...
Independent illustrator Lucy Nicholson of Lucy Maggie Designs is donating 70% of all profits raised from her exclusive ’Stay Home Club’ stationery collection to animal shelter and protection charities to support the valuable work they are doing during the coronavirus...
