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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 fellow man it is there in all its glory in the main assembly hall of Bedford School – where over 100,000...
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. ...
