Welcome to the twelfth edition of my Supporting Small Businesses series. Subscription boxes are all the rage right now and they come in a range of subjects and sizes. I love stationery and writing letters, so I was immediately interested when Spotlight Post released its first subscription box in April 2021.
Spotlight Post is the brainchild of Mary & Rob of Spotlight Stationery and Lucy, one of their subscribers. The subscription box is aimed at people who love writing letters and keeping in touch with pens and paper rather than email and text. It raises money for From Me To You, a wonderful charity that encourages people to write letters, anonymously, to cancer patients. £2 from each subscription box is donated to the charity.
The great thing about Spotlight Post is that while their primary option is a monthly subscription, you can subscribe bi-monthly or, if they have any left, you can pick up a previous month’s box as a one-off purchase.
When June rolled around, I decided to finally treat myself to a Spotlight Post subscription. Having already got a stash of stationery I need to use up, I chose to go for the bi-monthly subscription. June’s subscription box was mailed on Monday, 28th June and swiftly landed in my mailbox on Wednesday, 30th June. As I chose the bi-monthly subscription, my next box won’t be due until the end of August, but no doubt I’ll see what’s in the July box and will want that too!
Upon opening the box (which fits through any letterbox), I was greeted with an A5 sheet of paper welcoming me to the third Spotlight Post box. As well as listing this month’s contents, it also gives some fun facts. This month it asks if you’ve ever wondered about the difference between “Mail” and “Post”? You know what, that question has crossed my mind in the past! If you don’t know the answer (and haven’t subscribed to Spotlight Post), then the answer can be found at Flea Market Love Letters (a blog that I can see myself spending a lot of time reading!).
There is a whole host of goodies in the Spotlight Post box including writing paper, envelopes, stickers, stamps, greetings cards, postcards, pens and washi tape – all wrapped up in red tissue paper and a gold sticker. All of these are things I would use and they are good quality products too.
My favourite thing in the box is the Räder Poppies greetings card and I already know who I’m going to send it to. I’m really looking forward to using these products and I’m sure my pen friends will enjoy them too.
Spotlight Post subscription boxes currently cost £25 + delivery costs (£2.50 in the UK).
Spotlight Post = Happy Mail!
Do you subscribe to any subscription boxes?
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Please note: I bought this subscription box with my own money and I am in no way affiliated with Spotlight Post.
33 Comments
Carol
It makes me sad that so few people send “snail mail”. I love pretty stationery!
Eastside Cats
While I haven’t sent a handwritten letter in years, I do mail greeting cards, and fill the inside with my horrible penmanship.
Buying greeting cards is a hobby; I shop in all kinds of locations, hoping to find unique and individual-specific topics.
Fun!
Nikki
I’m glad I’m not the only one who treats buying greeting cards as a hobby!
Shybiker
I love this! I write letters often and support postal mail. I’ll check and see if this is available in my country. Thanks for suggesting it!
Mary Wright
Hi there Shybiker,
We’ll send our boxes to you wherever you are in the world!
Mary
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Kelly
What a perfect subscription box for you!! The only one I do is the quarterly subscription from Field Notes. I would enjoy something like this, too. There are so many fun, lovely items in it!
I think you need to up yours to once a month!
Kelly
P.S. That blog entry about mail vs. post is fascinating. Thanks for sharing it!
Kelly
I placed an order!! (you’re such a bad influence on me!)
Nikki
Yay! Let me know what you think of it when it arrives!
Kris P
I don’t subscribe to much of anything anymore, even having giving up most magazines, but I’m considering returning to paper cards in lieu of ecards in at least some cases. I loved the Spotlight Post’s post cards!
Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter
I find I can barely write these days! I’ve been emailing etc so long. The stationery looks beautiful though.
Yvonne (@Fiction_Books)
I must admit that I can’t remember the last time I actually wrote a full length letter to someone. I generally find myself adding a short note to the side page of a greetings card, which I know just isn’t the same! I fact I was so appalled at the price of postage stamps when I topped up last week, that I am even considering cutting out greetings cards too, except for the one or two very elderly relatives who don’t understand ecards.
Yet I still hanker after good looking stationery and pens, so please Post Office, make letter writing affordable and we might be able to encourage people to take up their pens and start rediscovering the art of real writing!
I don’t do subscriptions to anything really either, although I can see the appeal of this particular offering, to someone like yourself, who loves to keep in touch the traditional way – Good for you! 🙂
Nikki
Writing letters is an expensive hobby, especially with the cost of stamps climbing every year.
Somewhere in Ireland
Beautiful stationery and greeting cards. I have been using email for so long but occasionary send postcards and greeting cards to some people.
CherryPie
It looks lovely 🙂
Jo
I’d definitely enjoy receiving something like this, I love stationery. I don’t subscribe to any subscription boxes at the moment but I’m sorely tempted.
Mary Wright
Thanks very much for this review, Nikki, and I’m delighted that you like our stationery box!
Mary
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Nikki
Thanks Mary. It’s a wonderful subscription box!
Ann
This is just perfect, Nikki! So many delectable goodies in one subscription box. Surely a delight to receive and an incentive to start sending more snail mail! xxx
Anca
I have two subscription boxes for vegan products, one lifestyle and one for beauty. It’s always amazing to receive them, so I fully understand your excitement when you got the box. Not knowing what’s inside makes this kind of subscription boxes both fun and wonderful.
I love everything you’ve received in the box, the paper looks so nice. I would have purchased a box if I was writing letters, but I’m not.
Diana Studer
Deja vu to see those very old South African stamps there!
jeanie
I so love how you support and promote regional businesses. This looks like a company I would enjoy — beautiful papers!
Sheld
Wow! Now this is a nice subscription box I could get on board with! Looks like so much fun!
Sophie
This box looks so good! I feel like this would make such an amazing gift too. The paper and washi tape looks great.
Nikki
I would have been very happy if someone had given me this as a gift!
Liberty Belle
It’s all so pretty! I especially like the postcards, envelopes, and fern card.
Hena Tayeb
Wow you got so many beautiful goodies.
jessicabookworm
Beautiful stationary! I just wish I did enough writing to enjoy a box like this, however I have just signed up for a box subscription from the Tea Time Bookshop, which I am super excited to receive my first box of soon!
Nikki
That sounds like a great subscription box!
Cristina Rosano
Love the sound and look of this box! I used to write letters quite often and still do at times, so it calls for some great paper! Love the look of the cards and stickers xx
Aimsy
Ooo, so many pretty stationery bits in this box! I wouldn’t want to use them, but that defeats the point of it doesn’t it?! haha!
Thanks fro sharing 🙂
Aimsy xoxo
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craftspress
Great idea to support the small business. I really enjoy this great reading. Thank you for sharing it.
Aiva Vocisa
I wish we had something similar in Ireland. I love sending snail mail and hunting for beautiful postcards and cards – it is one of my hobbies that can bring you lots of joy and new friends! These days everyone spends hours a day communicating through social media, texts, and emails. But these digital messages don’t have the same feeling as a handwritten letter! Let me know if you want to be my Pen friend 🙂 Aiva xx