It's that time of year again where we shut down for Christmas! Our last day for dispatch is Wednesday 23rd December and we will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021. Orders can still be placed on our websites during the Christmas period as normal

Chinese New Year is one of the largest celebrations in the world and with that comes lots of red envelopes. Find out more about Chinese traditions involving the famous red envelope.

In light of recent events we would like to assure you that as an e-commerce company, we are still able to dispatch orders as normal. However, please see changes to deliveries.

Find out what an open when envelope is and some ideas on what to include. They can be used for all occasions including birthday surprise, marriage proposals and more!

UK consumers are trying to cut down plastic use - we have collated data on the demographics and how people are implementing changes.

It's that time of year again (no, not Christmas) when Pantone releases their new colour of the year. The colour they have selected for 2020 is 'classic blue'

We are pleased to announce that we have extended our in house print capabilites and can now print white or full colour ink onto coloured envelopes including dark colours such as black and navy. Not only are we now able to offer printing onto dark coloured envelopes but we can now offer printing onto metallic and pearlescent envelopes.

Customers will be pleased to know that after more than an 8 year absence, Ideal Envelopes will be back at the ICHF Creative Craft Show in Manchester.

Take advantage of 10% off all our standard stock coloured envelopes while England remain in this years world cup.

Ideal Envelopes was proud to be asked once again to help of The Institute of Cancer Research with a donation of envelopes for a fund raising event that is the highlight of their social calendar.

We have added a new delivery option at checkout to further improve our service. You can now select an option to have your envelope order delivered to your local shop before 12pm!.