Latest news with #Cricut
West Australian
20-07-2025
- General
- West Australian
Broome Public Library joins Statewide Purple Road Project to raise awareness of Elder abuse
The Broome Public Library recently participated in the Purple Road project in partnership with the Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre to shine a light on elder abuse. The Purple Road is a Statewide campaign by NSCLC's Older People's Rights Service, created to shine a spotlight on elder abuse. As part of the project, communities across WA are asked to create handmade items that will be added to a travelling installation, a show of solidarity against the mistreatment of older people. In Broome, the Library's Craft and Conversation group helped drive the regional effort, spending hours knitting and crocheting purple pieces for the display. They also made handcrafted letters spelling out 'Elder Abuse', which will be reused at events like the annual Elders Forum. Shire of Broome president Chris Mitchell said the initiative reflects the strength of Broome's community spirit and the important role of local organisations in raising awareness. 'The Shire of Broome is proud to support initiatives like the Purple Road, which shine a light on the rights of older people and bring important conversations into the heart of our community,' Cr Mitchell said. 'It's inspiring to see our Broome Public Library craft group contribute so passionately to this Statewide project, and we commend them for their efforts to raise awareness and support others.' As well as taking part in the Purple Road project, the group has been busy crocheting blankets for local seniors, making labels with the library's Cricut machine, and knitting comfort bears for the Red Cross Emergency Services. The Craft and Conversation group meets every Thursday from 10am to 12pm at the Broome Library with newcomers welcome.
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cricut to Announce Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results on August 5, 2025
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cricut, Inc. ('Cricut') (NASDAQ: CRCT), the creative technology company that has brought a connected platform for making to millions of users worldwide, today announced it will report its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025 after the U.S. markets close on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. Cricut management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results that afternoon at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). A live webcast of the earnings call will be available on Cricut's investor relations website at A webcast replay will be available after the live event. To access the audio call, please pre-register using this link: Cricut Q2 2025 Earnings Pre-Registration. After registering, a confirmation will be sent via email and will include dial-in details and a unique PIN code for entry to the call. To avoid long wait times, we suggest registering at least one day in advance or at minimum 15 minutes before the start of the call to receive your unique PIN code. About Cricut, Inc. Cricut, Inc. is a creative technology company that helps people lead creative lives. Cricut hardware and design software work together as a connected platform for consumers to make beautiful, high-quality DIY projects quickly and easily. These industry-leading products include a flagship line of smart cutting machines — the Cricut Maker® series, the Cricut Explore® series, Cricut Joy®, and Cricut Venture® — accompanied by other unique tools like Cricut EasyPress®, the Infusible Ink® system, and a diverse collection of materials. In addition to providing tools and materials, Cricut fosters a thriving community of millions of dedicated users worldwide. Cricut has used, and intends to continue using, its investor relations website and the Cricut News Blog ( to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the Cricut News Blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. Contacts: Presspr@ Investor RelationsJim Suvainvestors@ Source: Cricut, in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CNET
15-07-2025
- Business
- CNET
Cricut Slashed Its Gear by Up to $700 During Their Christmas in July Sale
If you love making home décor, stickers, or cards, then maybe a cutting machine or hot press might be for you. These are a boon for teachers, business owners or people who enjoy making and designing cards for special occasions. Right now, Cricut is putting on a Christmas in July sale. They're offering discounts of up to $700 on equipment such as hot presses and cutting machines that give your crafts and designs a more professional look. Amazon is also offering deals on Cricut equipment and supplies, so you have twice as many ways to save. These deals are great time to shop if you've been looking for a way to up your crafting, and they could help you avoid higher prices if you have any tariff concerns. One standout machine is the Cricut Autopress, which is now down to $300 and is a massive $700 off right now. This press reaches temperatures of up to 400°F, includes dual voltage and can be closed easily thanks to its Zero effort design. For safety, it turns off automatically after 13 minutes of no activity. You can also save on the Cricut Explore 4, which is down to $229 right now and saves you $20. This is perfect for making stickers, vinyls, t-shirts and more. If you like to work with metal, banners and have larger projects in mind, you can also score the Cricut Maker 4, an upgrade over one of our favorites and shows the same amount of promise. It's now down to $379 and saves you $20. Other cool deals include the Cricut Mug Press, which lets you print designs directly onto your mugs for merch, gifts and more. Thanks to these deals, it's now just $100, down from its regular price of $200. It can print designs on mugs between 11 to 16 ounces easily thanks to its presets. Cricut's Christmas in July deals include a discount of up to 50% on materials, such as t-shirts, vinyl, iron-on supplies and more. If you want to get creative but aren't sure if these deals are for you, check out our list of the best 3D printing accessories and best iPad art apps for more options. Why this deal matters Cricut's Christmas in July sales offer massive savings on cutting machines, hot presses, supplies and bundles. Some of these discounts amount to up to $700 off, and buying now could help you save on potential increased costs due to tariffs.
Leader Live
04-07-2025
- Business
- Leader Live
New rules could ban 3D printed dragon and eggs from sale
School playgrounds around the country have been swamped with the colourful dragons in screw top eggs, made with 3D printers from templates and sold online. In an update to its 'Creativity Standards', items produced using 'computerised tools,' like 3D printers, laser cutters, or Cricut machines, must now be 'produced based on a seller's original design.' The rules state: "Etsy's mission is to Keep Commerce Human. We are the marketplace for original items from real people. We stay true to this by connecting buyers with unique items made, designed, handpicked, or sourced by creative sellers around the world. "We believe that every item on Etsy should reflect the creativity of our community. "Items on Etsy represent a range of creative endeavours, from goods carefully crafted by hand, to digital art generated with innovative technologies, craft supplies that fuel inspiration, and vintage items handpicked with care. Recommended reading: "We strive to be a marketplace where creativity thrives, special goods shine, and the role of a seller is celebrated. As such, all items must incorporate a human touch as outlined by the categories below." Under the section "Items produced using computerised tools", it says: "Physical items that a seller produced in their personal shop or home, using computerised tools such as a laser printer, 3D printer, CNC or Cricut machine. These items must be produced based on a seller's original design and are often personalised or customised to a buyer's specification." This clip shows a time-lapse of a 3D printing process of an articulated dragon [📹 HD, McGybeer] Previously, users say 3D printed items could be produced 'using a templated design or pattern.' This included commercially licensed files purchased from file-sharing platforms, sold with the designer's permission. Some welcome the move, arguing it curbs the glut of near-identical dragons and other toys clogging up Etsy's search. Others have said it penalises designers who rely on income from commercial licensing, and sellers who make their income by printing designs they've bought online.
CNET
21-06-2025
- Business
- CNET
Etsy Is Clamping Down on 3D Printed Products. Here's How It Could Affect You
It feels like everyone needs a side hustle these days. If your hobby can help make you some extra income, it seems like a no-brainer to at least try and do it. 3D printing, laser engraving and using vinyl cutters like the famous Cricut machine all give you a chance to make something beautiful, unique and sellable. Etsy has been the storefront of choice for almost 20 years, and despite other options being available, it still boasts 8.13 million active sellers in 2025, according to a recent Contimod report. Recently, the company has clarified its policies surrounding the "Made by a Seller" category, specifically relating to "items produced using computerized tools." The updates are subtle but could fundamentally change the way a lot of small businesses operate moving forward. Are all of these the same dragon, or are they different enough to be unique? Etsy/Screenshot: James Bricknell/CNET If you've ever searched for 3D-printed dragons on Etsy, you will likely have seen a screen like the one above. While each dragon looks very similar -- they are all articulated with little to no painting -- no two are the exact same. Almost all of the dragons you will see have been made by a small group of designers who license their digital models out to the Etsy seller, who use small print farms, or even single 3D printers, to print the physical model for sale. Etsy's latest update to its company policy around computerized tools has removed a key component that allowed for this type of licensing, leaving many sellers confused as to where they stand. Items produced using computerized tools: Physical items that a seller produced in their personal shop or home, using computerized tools such as a laser printer, 3D printer, CNC or Cricut machine. These items must be produced based on a seller's original design and are often personalized or customized to a buyer's specification. An Etsy spokesperson told me that the above policy has always been Etsy's standard position on products that are made by sellers. The area I have added emphasis to is the part that has been edited. Originally, the Etsy guidelines included the phrase "...or using a templated design or pattern..." which seemed to allow for the use of designs from 3D modelers. By removing this section and keeping the part about the original design, it seems to say that each seller must design the digital file themselves, as well as print it out, post-process it and ship it out. Etsy has said this update in policy is to clarify its position, rather than change it. According to the creative guidelines, an item that doesn't qualify is "A commercially available base item with only superficial alteration, such as addition of a simple, mass-produced stick-on adornment." The sticking point seems to be the "commercially available" part, as a lot of 3D print sellers on Etsy use a commercial license from 3D modelers as a source to create physical models. The business of 3D printing Patreon/Screenshot: James Bricknell/CNET 3D modelers that sell commercial licenses through sites like Patreon, Thangs, and Printables have sprung up over the last few years, to much success and accolades across the 3D printing space. Christian, or CraftyKid3D, as he is known on Patreon and social media, creates 3D models based on books and reading, including beautiful dragon bookends and small book holders to help you hold your paperbacks open. His Patreon has a commercial license tier that allows you to sell physical copies of his digital models online or at craft fairs and farmers' markets. He currently has 860 Patreon subscribers, whose $10 per month subscriptions make up a significant portion of his income. Etsy's updated policy is likely to significantly reduce Christians subscribers' ability to use the models he releases on that platform, causing both his and his subscribers' ability to sustain themselves. Worse, because the policy is vague, Etsy sellers could find themselves in violation by not knowing where the line is drawn. Even Etsy's own customer service seems to be confused, offering contradicting answers to questions asked by sellers. Two different responses to the same questions. CraftyKid3D/STLFlix/Screenshot: James Bricknell/CNET My colleague and fellow 3D printing enthusiast, Russell Holly, said the vagueness may be the point of the phrasing. "I suspect the current guidance is vague on purpose to discourage these mass production groups from making one small change and moving on, but that reality is inevitable." My question in answer to this is, where is the line for making small changes, and who else does it affect? James Bricknell/Russell Holly/CNET These two prints are clearly the same model, but each of us used a different color material and a different level of effort to paint the model in the slicing software. Digital files can be "painted" in the software to assign different colors to certain areas of the print. My copy (at left) is a fairly easy two-tone change to give me a brown front of the house surrounded by green, but Russell's (right) uses different colors and has had more time spent delineating which areas are which colors. This is a digital process to be sure, and not as manual as, say, weeding a Cricut vinyl and sticking it onto a Stanley tumbler, but it still takes time and effort and changes the look and feel in a material way. The question then becomes, what is enough of a change to constitute an original piece? That'll be up to Etsy to decide on a case-by-case basis, which itself offers a lot of issues. Policing a site as big as Etsy is incredibly difficult and relies heavily on IP infringements being reported by the holders of that IP. This isn't the same scenario as the creators of the 3D models actively approve of people using them to produce physical copies, so they wouldn't report the use to Etsy. This means Etsy will have to spend resources on policing these models themselves. It has been said that Etsy uses reports from other sellers to take down IP violations, but in its handbook it states that it doesn't "...accept reports of infringement by just anybody — only from the intellectual property owner or the owner's authorized agent..." so it's unlikely it will go that route, but they will have to do something if they want anything to actually change. In conversation with me and other members of the CraftyKid3D Patreon community -- I am a member, and use his models to test the best 3D printers -- Christian expressed his concern that Etsy would have trouble enforcing this policy change. "Etsy has always been poor on moderation. It's the companies like Universal, Sony, Disney, that will contact Etsy to remove copyright products. But even Etsy can't keep that under control." He went on to say, "Unless they have new tech, I highly doubt they can enforce this...." What does this policy mean for you as a seller? The helmet on the left likely wouldn't be covered by Etsy's policy, but the one on the right would. James Bricknell/CNET If you use Etsy to sell your 3D-printed products, you're going to need to think about what products you make and how much you're willing to alter them. One of the biggest profit considerations is how long it takes to post-process a 3D-printed model. The most profit always comes from something that can be sold with some basic cleanup and not much else, so if you have to spend time and materials to alter a print significantly, your profit margin decreases. Holly said, "If you've printed a cosplay helmet designed by someone else but then gone through the work of sanding and painting and all of that, it's no longer the same thing it was when it came off the printer and would not be subject to this policy." I agree with him that this use case would almost certainly be allowed by Etsy, but we don't have a clear idea if that's true. In this picture, you can see two Mandalorian helmets that I've printed. The one on the left is the original file with no alterations except that I printed it in a soft PLA so my daughter could wear it without fear of breaking it if she dropped it. It took me a little time to remove the supports and clean it up, but I could have sold it for a good profit because it's a different way to print helmets. The one on the right took a lot of time. The steps I had to go through were: Remove the 3D printed supports Sand the whole helmet until smooth Fill any layer lines left over from the first sanding Sand the dried filler so that everything is smooth and even Spray filler/primer over the helmet to create a uniform layer Spray the helmet with a black gloss undercoat Spray the helmet with a silver paint Glue the separate ear pieces on Spray with a clear gloss to protect the silver paint Now, I can sell this second helmet on Etsy. I'm sure the policy would cover this kind of adjustment, and I could even turn a decent profit, but it would be far less than the profit from the first helmet, even though I could charge a lot more for it. I don't think the first helmet would qualify as my original design, though. If your business relies on the files of others, be it articulated dragons from Cinderwing or book nooks from CraftyKid3D, you likely already sell them in other storefronts like Facebook Marketplace or Amazon's handmade site, as well as at physical locations. If you don't, it may be worth diversifying where you sell. There are so many things that we don't know about how Etsy will police its amended policy, that having other revenue avenues is a good idea. It will be interesting to see how far this change will go. Will Cricut makers need to design their own decals instead of buying commercially available SVGs? Will laser-engraving makers need to do the same? The entire maker community uses these kinds of services, and it has empowered a huge business sector that turned hobbies into a legitimate way to make an income. According to Contimod, 34% of all sellers on Etsy cite it as their only source of income so the potential loss is considerable. Etsy isn't the only storefront out there, but it is one of the largest, and its decisions here could have a lasting impact across this sector.
