From Personalised Gifts to New Zealand’s Largest Craft Blank Supplier

Simply Engraved Gifts began as a small New Zealand giftware company with a simple passion: creating meaningful, personalised gifts that people could treasure.

In our early days, we focused on crafting personalised wooden plaques, keepsakes and custom gifts for customers throughout New Zealand. Every order helped us develop our skills, improve our processes and better understand what local customers and creative businesses truly needed.

As the business grew, we began working with more acrylic, timber and MDF. This introduced us to a rapidly growing community of New Zealand crafters, makers and small businesses searching for quality materials for their own creative projects.

Discovering a Gap in the New Zealand Craft Market

While sourcing materials and components, we noticed a significant gap in the market.

Acrylic and wooden craft blanks were available in New Zealand, but the market was largely controlled by a small number of suppliers. In many cases, crafters were paying high markups for basic shapes and materials—not because the products needed to cost that much, but because there was limited competition.

For hobby crafters and small creative businesses, these prices made it more difficult to experiment with new ideas, build product ranges and earn a reasonable profit from their work.

We believed New Zealand crafters deserved better.

That was when Simply Engraved Gifts decided to enter the craft blank market with a clear goal: to make quality acrylic and wooden craft blanks more affordable and accessible throughout New Zealand.

Making Craft Blanks More Affordable

We began expanding our production capabilities and developing a growing collection of acrylic, MDF and wooden craft blanks.

By improving our manufacturing processes, purchasing materials efficiently and keeping our pricing fair, we were able to offer crafters better value without sacrificing quality.

Our range quickly grew to include:

• Clear, white, black and frosted acrylic craft blanks

• MDF and wooden craft shapes

• Custom-cut acrylic and wooden designs

• Sign blanks and display pieces

• Wedding signage blanks

• Educational and preschool craft products

• Personalised plaques and gifts

• Bulk craft blanks for businesses and professional makers

We also recognised that creative projects do not always fit standard shapes or sizes. That is why custom cutting became an important part of our service. Customers can request unique shapes, dimensions, materials and hole placements to suit their individual projects.

Whether someone needs one custom piece or a larger production run, our team works to provide practical, affordable options.

Supporting New Zealand Crafters and Small Businesses

The response from the crafting community was incredible.

What began as a new product category quickly became one of the most important parts of our business. Crafters appreciated having access to locally supplied materials at fair prices, while small businesses could purchase the components they needed without excessive markups eating into their profits.

Our success has always been closely connected to the success of our customers. When local makers can access affordable materials, they have more freedom to create, experiment and grow their businesses.

Today, Simply Engraved Gifts proudly supplies acrylic and wooden craft blanks to hobbyists, professional crafters, small businesses, schools, early childhood centres and commercial customers across New Zealand.

From a single blank for a home project to custom bulk orders for established businesses, every customer remains an important part of our story.

Becoming New Zealand’s Largest Craft Blank Supplier

Over the years, our product range, machinery and production capacity have continued to grow.

Simply Engraved Gifts has developed from a small personalised giftware company into New Zealand’s largest supplier of acrylic and wooden craft blanks. While the business has changed considerably, our original values remain the same: friendly service, reliable quality and fair pricing.

We are proud to offer New Zealand crafters a strong local alternative to expensive suppliers and overseas marketplaces. Buying from a New Zealand business also means faster delivery, easier communication and access to custom cutting services tailored to local customers.

Our goal is not simply to sell craft blanks. We want to build long-term relationships with the people and businesses using them.

Expanding into Australia in 2026

After achieving significant growth throughout New Zealand, the next step in our journey is bringing our affordable craft blank range to more Australian customers.

In 2026, Simply Engraved Gifts is expanding further into the Australian market, giving Australian crafters, makers and small businesses access to our growing collection of acrylic and wooden craft blanks.

We see many of the same challenges in Australia that we previously identified in New Zealand. Quality craft materials can be expensive, custom options may be limited and smaller businesses often struggle to access competitive pricing.

Our Australian expansion will allow us to offer another choice—one built around affordability, flexibility and genuine support for the creative community.

Our Story Is Still Being Written

Simply Engraved Gifts started with personalised gifts created by a small New Zealand business. A gap in the market gave us an opportunity to challenge unnecessarily high prices and make quality craft blanks more accessible.

That decision transformed our business.

Today, we are proud to support thousands of creative projects across New Zealand, from personalised family gifts and wedding signs to educational resources and products made by growing local businesses.

As we continue expanding throughout New Zealand and Australia, our purpose remains clear: to provide quality acrylic and wooden craft blanks at fair prices while helping crafters and creative businesses bring their ideas to life.

Explore our range of affordable acrylic and wooden craft blanks at www.segifts.co.nz.