Monthly News - The Craft Box

Posted on 1 April 202319 February 2025 by

April News!

Can you believe it’s April already?

As some of you may have seen our mid month announcement: we have merged with The Craft Box and will have moved to our new URL thecraftbox.uk! We have also updated most of our branding to match, and will be finishing this in due course.

Also this month sees some cool events like April Fool’s Day (1st – today until 12pm), Easter (9th), National Pet Day (11th) and World Penguin Day (25th).

Going live this month we have more of our Easter kits, new products such as unmounted clear stamp sets and embossing folders.

So until our catch-up next month, stay safe.

Posted on 1 February 202319 February 2025 by

February News!

Love is in the air!

This month sees National Pizza Day (9th), Valentine’s Day (14th of course), National Love Your Pet Day (20th), everyone’s favourite, pancake day (21st) and lastly National Pokémon Day (so if you see anyone dressed up as a Pokémon character on the 27th, you’ll know why).

Look out for more of our Valentine’s card making kits – there’s still time to purchase some before the big day, we have new birthday card making kits and towards the end of this month we’ll have Mother’s Day kits available to purchase.

So until our catch-up next month, stay safe.

Posted on 1 January 202319 February 2025 by

January News!

Lang may yer lum reek!

A very old greeting used in Scotland at New Year, meaning may your new year be a prosperous one – after all if you could afford to make your “lum reek” (keep your fire lit, smoke bellowing from the chimney) that would indeed make you wealthy back in the day.

Another year, another load of planning new products: we’ve been working hard to create newly designed general card kits for any occasion and birthday kits, plus we have some new topper sets coming your way so look out for those over the next few weeks.

But until our next catch-up next month, happy new year!

Posted on 1 December 202219 February 2025 by

December News!

It’s the most, wonderful time…..of the year!

This month sees World Wildlife Conservation Day (4th) to raise awareness in help preserving the worlds’ most endangered species. Christmas jumpers at the ready for Christmas Jumper Day (14th), I know I have mine at the ready and nothing confirms winter is here like the Winter Solstice (21st), the day of the year where we have the shortest hours of daylight – just under 8 hours – or as I like to see it, less time until you get to go home and curl up in comfy clothes with some hot chocolate!

Of course we can’t forget Christmas Day (25th) – but you already knew that, and lastly Hogmanay (31st) where it’s out with the old and in with the new.

Speaking of Christmas, it is fast approaching and whether it’s everyone in cosy jumpers, Christmas tunes in every shop or ‘Home Alone’ on every night, you’ll not be allowed to forget it!

Here at HQ it’s no exception, decorations aplenty, twinkly lights, hot chocolate and Christmas music – all to get us in the mood for “Santa! I know him.” – Elf

That does not mean it’s not been a busy few weeks, getting peak Christmas order ready and organising new designs for our Christmas range.

But until our next catch-up next month, “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

Posted on 1 November 202219 February 2025 by

November News!

Stock up your crafting stash with a bang!

It’s such a busy month with National/International/World awareness days this month.

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness month, anyone who has known anyone with Alzheimer’s will tell you that a month is not probably not enough to raise awareness of this horrendous disease and what it does to it’s victims.

Also this month we have Guy Fawkes Night (5th), Remembrance Day (11th), Remembrance Sunday (13th), Black Friday (25th), Cyber Monday (28th), World Jaguar Day (29th) and St Andrew’s Day (30th). Wow that’s a lot of events in November!

In honour of Remembrance Day we have poppy theme charity card kits where all proceeds go to Poppy Scotland.

We also have our Black Friday deals, these should pop-up on social media – so look out for them.

Until our catch-up next month, all you happy crafters, stay safe (especially near sparklers) x

Posted on 1 October 202219 February 2025 by

October News!

Pick of the patch!

It’s been a very strange atmosphere these last few weeks, what with the passing of the only monarch most people have ever known. One of those major events that normal people assume will never affect them and get surprised that it has touched them. The news coverage of it was just overwhelmingly sad, I think it would have brought a tear to even a glass eye. A new era, for the first time in 70 years we have a King once again – the national anthem will take some getting used to at the next Olympics. With that new era, let’s learn from the past and look to the future.

Speaking of the future….spooky season is almost upon us again.

September is breast cancer awareness month, there’s World Snow Leopard Day on 24th, National Pumpkin Day on 26th and of course the clocks go back on 30th (I like to do the rhyme to help me remember: Spring forward, Fall back). And lastly, I guess it needs no introduction, Halloween is on the 31st.

In keeping with this theme, we have some cool Halloween kits to share with you, we still have our Autumn kits from last month and we have our new Autumn topper sets about to go live this month.

Until our catch-up next month, all you happy crafters, stay safe trick or treating x

Posted on 1 September 202219 February 2025 by

September News!

Time to fall in love with crafting again

It’s the time of the year when nature puts on it’s very own colour show and don’t get me started on the pumpkin spiced latte’s. Although here at HQ, September is known as Spider Month since all the larger spiders appear for their annual mating (for the record, we all scream at the sight of spiders around here).

This month, as always, marks the autumnal equinox (the time of year where the sun passes the equator, the official end of summer for us here in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of summer for the Southern Hemisphere) where both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of our wonderful planet share roughly the same daylight as night.

In the small village I am from the autumnal equinox was always the mark of our harvest thanksgiving. Not hugely celebrated outside of our village ( which is surrounded by fields for miles) and mainly in the local church, where people would bring filled baskets as a mark of thanks to the church.

September is also National Classical Music month, and we celebrate International Day of Charity on the 5th so look out for our charity card kits.

Did you know that September is also the most popular month for birthday’s in the UK? That said, we have some new birthday card kits for you to enjoy.

Also, inspired by all the wonderful September colours we have created Autumn card kits that compliment these.

Until our catch-up next month, all you happy crafters, stay safe x

Posted on 15 August 202219 February 2025 by

August News!

First off….

Let me apologise for posting this months News randomly on the 15th, we’ve had some technical and staffing issues with our ordering system over at HQ which lead to an all hands on deck with lots of manual processing of orders….and ultimately this post not going out at the start of the month like it normally does. I know, it’s no excuse and it should never have been forgotten.

So anyway, new products to look out for this month are our A4 Birthday Topper Sets and new get well card making kits.

Until our catch-up next month, all you happy crafters, stay safe x

Posted on 1 July 202219 February 2025 by

July News!

Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun crafting?

Who can believe that half of the year has been and gone already? I barely can. Well here at The Craft Box HQ, we’ve been super busy so time really has flown past.

So now it’s July, let’s see what fun days we can all celebrate in July. Oh did you know July is National Ice Cream month? But who needs an excuse to eat some right? We also have World UFO Day tomorrow (2nd) – we plan to dress up in the office for that one. Next week sees World Chocolate Day (7th), so naturally we have to celebrate that one in the office on Thursday!

This month is super exciting for us, as we are about to launch an exciting new product range – so stay tuned to find out more in the next few days.

As well as the new product lines our designers have been working hard on some new card kits in the birthday and general sections of our site, so look out for them over the coming weeks.

Until our catch-up next month happy crafters, stay safe x

Posted on 1 June 202219 February 2025 by

June News!

It’s Summer baby!

Look out your T-shirts and shades because it’s summer time! With June’s warmer weather we get to open the windows wide and allow the heat in instead of putting on the heating.

As well as the start of summer this month we also have World Ocean Day (Wednesday 8th), Father’s Day (Sunday 19th), the Summer Solstice (the day of the year with the most daylight – Tuesday 21st) and we can’t forget Social Media Day (Thursday 30th).

With the Queens Jubilee, here at The Craft Box, we get a longer weekend to chill out before we start to create and share some of our new card kits. Look out for our summer themed kits in the birthday and general categories, some ocean themed kits raising money for Marine Conservation Society (MCS), as well as more of our new Father’s Day kits.

Until our catch-up next month, stay safe x