2024 - The Craft Box

Posted on 1 December 202419 February 2025 by

December News!

From Christmas….

…to pulling the curtain on another wonderful year at The Craft Box. Thank you for all your support, we couldn’t have done it without you.

Our new Raymond Briggs range is set to go live this month so watch out for that,

The Snowman and The Snow Dog - Blue and Red

we also have more of our Christmas range going live including some new items for stocking stuffers, for anyone still looking at buying gifts.

This month, there are a couple of recognised days to watch out for like Candle Day (7th – perfect excuse for getting some new candles), Monkey Day (14th), Winter Solstice (21st), Christmas Eve (24th), Christmas Day (25th) and Hogmanay (31st – or as the rest of world calls it, New Years Eve).

Don’t forget to check out our 25 days of discounts in our advent calendar page.

Until our catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 1 November 202419 February 2025 by

November News!

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This month, there are a couple of recognised days to watch out for like Bonfire Night (5th), National Cappuccino Day (8th – drink more coffee, why not?), Remembrance Day (11th) and International Men’s Day (19th).

Our new Raymond Briggs range is set to go live this month so watch out for that,

we also have more of our Christmas range going live including some new items for stocking stuffers, for anyone still looking at buying gifts.

We will also be at the Erskine Salvation Army Christmas Fayre on 16th November, 10am – 2pm and also at the Paisley Salvation Army Christmas Fayre on 23rd November, 10am – 3pm £1 entry payable at the door. It’s set to be 2 very festive days, I do hope you’ll come along and join us. Check out our Craft Fairs calendar to see all our upcoming fairs.

Until our catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 1 October 202419 February 2025 by

October News!

Festive crafting

The festive season will be upon us before you know it and if you’re looking for some crafting gifts then we have some goodies for you. This month sees the return of our hot chocolate bauble gift set, which was a massive hit at our last craft fair. Our Christmas range will be going live also, so watch out for that.

This month, there are a couple of recognised days to watch out for like International Coffee Day (1st – as if we need an excuse here at HQ to drink more coffee) and World Mental Heath Day (10th), Back to the Future Day (21st), National Pumpkin Day (26th) – so make a family day of it, why not go to a pumpkin patch and pick your pumpkins for carving (or simply pick them up at the supermarket and having a carving competition) and of course Halloween (31st).

Until our catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 1 September 202419 February 2025 by

September News!

Time for some spooktacular crafting!

It’s time for Halloween crafting (yes!)

This month, there are a couple of cool days to watch out for like Roald Dahl Day (13th) and International Rabbit Day (28th) – for those looking for an early excuse to wear those rabbit ears sitting in a drawer waiting for Halloween.

Our new releases this month…sees our Halloween range going live

so be sure to watch out for those.

For our online customers who took the time to stop by to see us at the Irvine Incorporated Trades Gala Day at Low Green in Irvine we’d like to say thank you very much. It was a great day and you made the long day much more memorable. Hope to see more of you at the next craft fair.

Thank you to all our customers for bearing with us as we underwent some major website maintenance. Our site is now faster, fully secure and more robust as a result of all the hard work gone into migrating it to it’s new server.

Until our catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 1 August 202419 February 2025 by

August News!

Autumn crafting time!

It’s that time of year when all us crafters dig out our Autumn craft stash and create all those awesome cards, scrapbook pages, home crafts, etc. in all those warm hues of orange, brown, red and golden yellow. Even if that is just me, I’m really looking forward to it this year.

This month, there are a couple of cool days to watch out for like International Cat Day (8th), National Dog Day (26th) and National Beach Day (30th) – for those who need an excuse to go to the beach, that one is for you.

Our new releases this month…we have our Autumn range going live

, so be sure to watch out for those.

For those who fancy seeing us in person, we’ll be at the Irvine Incorporated Trades Gala Day at Low Green in Irvine, Ayrshire on Saturday, 17th August 12pm – 4pm – feel free to stop by and say hello.

But until our catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 1 July 202419 February 2025 by

July News!

Just a short news article this month!

It’s been a hard slog the last month here at HQ, between craft fairs, prep work and creating a whole load of new products for you guys.

There are a couple of cool days in July to watch out for like World UFO Day (2nd) and International; Tiger Day (29th).

Our new releases this month…we have our brand new digital toppers going live

which you can download as soon as you checkout to get crafting even faster, so be sure to watch out for those.

But until our catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

P.S. Can the person who got in touch about Owan Wyn Evans card making kits please get back in touch? It would seem when our systems were brought back up after they went down last month a few of our emails have gone walkabout and we’d love to get some more information on your request – who knows we might even be able to make it happen for you.

Posted on 1 June 202419 February 2025 by

June News!

(Summer) holidays are coming…(summer) holidays are coming…

Can you believe it’s nearly summer holiday time? This year has seriously flew in already!

There are some cool days in June, like National Best Friends Day (8th) – a good time to spend some time with your bestie, or this is always a good excuse to go find one if you don’t have one already. We also have International Blood Donor Day (14th), whether you’re a regular who hasn’t been in awhile or you’ve always wanted to give blood, I always think if you can, you should (if you’re O Negative like me, you’re a universal donor so you’re blood is especially important to our NHS). After all the feeling of saving a life is rewarding. We also have Father’s Day (16th), Summer Solstice (20th) and we have International Pineapple Day (27th), I’ll just leave that there as I’m not sure what to say about that one lol.

So…on to our new releases this month. We have our Father’s Day kits going live

so be sure to watch out for those.

But until our next catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 1 May 202419 February 2025 by

May News!

May the Fourth Be With You…

The 5th month of the year is here already? Where has the time gone?

So we thought you might like to know about some cool days in May, like Star Wars Day (4th). We also have World Bee Day (20th), World Turtle Day (23rd) and National Creativity Day (30th) – if you’ve been looking for an excuse to get creative, then this is it.

And in the spirit of being creative, this month we will be releasing our new junk journaling starter kits

so be sure to watch out for those.

But until our next catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 1 April 202419 February 2025 by

April News!

Put a little spring in your step

Spring flowers have finally sprung, they look so nice and full of colour. Time for Spring cleaning as well

So we thought you might like to know about some cool days in March that aren’t April Fools’ Day, e.g. National Deep Dish Pizza Day (5th) any excuse to eat pizza is fine with us! National Siblings Day (10th), International Creativity and Innovation Day (21st) and World Penguin Day (25th), if you love penguins, be sure to look out for our awesome penguin themed card making kits.

Also this month we will be releasing our Scottish Football themed card making kits

and our much awaited Dr Who themed card making kits

– so be sure to watch out for those.

But until our next catch-up next month fellow crafters, stay creative.

Posted on 15 March 202419 February 2025 by

March News!

A little later than scheduled

I know, this months news is running a little late, but we’ve been busy getting reorganised and time has been in short supply. The start of this month saw us leaving some platforms with the closing of our eBay shop and our Etsy shop currently on hold until further notice. This leaves us with more time to focus on our website (now the sole place to purchase our lovely items), craft fairs and those all important new products.

Also this month, sees some cool days still to come in March, e.g. Red Nose Day (15th – today) International Day of Happiness (20th) but who needs an excuse to be happy when you have crafting, right? National Puppy Day (23rd), Good Friday (29th) pay day for a lot of people and a cheeky public holiday to boot. Lastly we have Easter Sunday (31st) where you get to have some family time, and a good way to have quality family time with the kids is with one of our Easter kits.

This month saw the release of our Easter card making kits which are still available to buy, but hurry as these won’t be around forever.

But until our next catch-up next month fellow crafters, enjoy some family time (and Easter eggs).