Discover the Latest Opportunities for Your Card & Gift Business Do you wish you had more opportunities for your business? Perhaps you want to win competitions or awards to boost your profile. Maybe you dream of seeing your products featured in the press?  Opportunities come in all shapes and sizes, but they all provide a great chance to grow your business.  Which is why I created The Opportunity List, a monthly round-up of opportunities that provide a chance for greetings and giftware companies to learn a new ..read more

Thinking of You Week 2019 is Just Around the Corner Thinking of You Week 2019 is returning for another special week of sending and receiving greeting cards. The aim is simple, to create a wave of happiness around the world! This year’s event will be the 6th Thinking of You Week and will run from the 22nd – 28th September 2019. The annual celebration of all things “card” is the brainchild of the UK’s Greeting Card Association (GCA), who have long recognised the benefits of s ..read more

Finalists for this Season’s PaperAwards  Unveiled by TopDrawer Organisers Top Drawer have recently announced the finalists for this Autumn’s PaperAwards AW19. Held twice a year at the Top Drawer’s Spring and Autumn shows, the awards celebrate design, creativity and innovation within the Greetings & Stationery industry. Supported by G.F Smith, the AW19 PaperAwards winners will be to be on display at the September edition of the sh ..read more

Find Your 2020 Calendars from these Top Publishers  Have you stocked up on 2020 calendars? With the Autumn shows just a few weeks away you might not even want to think about the new year, but, scary as it might seem, it might be worth thinking about calendars very soon. The sheer variety of designs in the market (including many licensed designs and pop-culture based themes) means that Autumn is a great time for reta ..read more

Discover the Latest Opportunities for Your Card & Gift Business Do you ever feel like you miss out on opportunities? You hear about an Awards scheme or a key piece of industry news a little too late? Well, that’s where The Opportunity List comes in. As we find ourselves in a new month, I thought I would try out a new style of post. With this list I’m going to give you a round-up of some key news stories and info on opportunities that you can take advantage of to help your business grow. There ..read more

Henries Awards 2019 Unveils Finalists in the Best Service Category Henries Awards organisers have announced the 10 publishers who will be competing for the ‘Best Service to the Independent Retailer’ award. Hot on the heels of the finalists in the product categories, these 10 publishers have been chosen for their exceptional levels of customer service; an important measure of every greeting card company. Along with the finalists in the design cateogries, the winner of the best service category will ..read more

50 Retail Buyers Choose the 2019 Henries Finalists It’s that time of year again! The Henries Finalists for 2019 have been announced. The Henries Awards is an annual ceremony organised by industry magazine Progressive Greetings to highlight the year’s best new card designs. At its heart the event shows the wealth of talent, creativity and innovation that can be found within the industry. This year, the competition saw well over 14,000 entries submitted by more than 200 publishers; a record number of ..read more

If You Want to Be a Greeting Card Designer Sarah Hamilton’s ‘House of Cards’ is a Great Place to Start.  Today we’re talking ‘House of Cards’, a wonderful book all about greeting cards by the super talented, and super hard working Sarah Hamilton. Not just an artist, a company owner or a campaign founder (Just a Card Campaign founder), Sarah is also the author of ‘House of Cards’ a book which I have been meaning to share with you for an embarrassingly long time. Seriously, I just checked my records ..read more