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Our Story...

Katie Cardew KATIE WEB

HOW IT BEGAN...

Like many good jobs, it started as just a hobby. Katie has always loved to draw, right from a toddler, but never saw it as something she would make a living from.
In 2013, at the age of 22, Katie decided that her London office job just wasn’t quite for her so armed with not much more than a sketch pad and her trusty old Apple laptop, moved back in with her parents and started drawing…
She launched her first fine art print and card range later that year which has grown into the prolific and successful range of illustrated gifts and homewares you can see today!
10 years, 2 children, a fantastic team and many glasses of wine later, Katie still illustrates and designs each and every product, now working alongside business partner Emma Marsh to run the business. Emma and Katie have worked together since 2015 and the pair now have three beautiful stores in Stamford, Lincoln and Oakham, as well as a lovely studio where their team work from, plus many stockists across the UK.

They also exhibit at many prestigeous events including RHS Chelsea, RHS Hampton Court Palace, Burghley Horse Trials and Top Drawer.

WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL...

Katie designs each and every product – from an idea in her head, she then draws out the designs, scans them onto her iMac and finally uses them to design the products, from small greeting cards right up to tote bags, tableware sets and giant Fine Art Prints!

Every product is trialled and tested to make sure that not only the illustrations look amazing, but also they stand up to use in a busy household.

We use UK manufactures for the majority of our products, many of which are local to us. We thoroughly believe in supporting UK manufacturing and the beautiful quality speaks for itself.

We truly care about our incredible customers and love the support and generosity we feel from you. We are a small business but a mighty one – there are real people behind every process – from making our products to packaging them up to ship to you.

Katie Cardew KATIE WEB
KATIE - FOUNDER & ILLUSTRATOR
EMMA MARSH BURGHLEY
EMMA - DIRECTOR & GENERAL MANAGER
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AMANDA - ACCOUNTS
JODY FULFILMENT MANAGER
JODY - FULFILMENT MANAGER
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HELENA - FRAMING
NAOMI STAMFORD
NAOMI - STAMFORD SHOP
KATE - STAMFORD SHOP
Emma Katie Cardew Lincoln store
EMMA - LINCOLN SHOP
ANNALEE - OAKHAM SHOP
CAROLINE OAKHAM
CAROLINE - OAKHAM SHOP
Liv Katie Cardew Lincoln store
LIV - LINCOLN SHOP
DARCEY
DARCEY - STAMFORD SHOP
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BRANDS KATIE HAS WORKED WITH

Henley Royal Regatta

Historic Royal Palaces

Waitrose

Esteé Lauder

                                         Roedean School

The Swan Hotel, Newby

Harrogate International Festivals

Bettys Tearooms

Kings Cliffe Bakery

Luss Esate

Multum Gin Parvo

PRODUCTS SEEN IN

The Telegraph

Country Living

The  Field

Red Magazine

Country and Town magazine

HouseProud

Horse and Hound magazine

Rutland Pride

Rutland Living

Stamford Living

Liberty London Magazine

Local Living magazine

Yorkshire Life Magazine

Stamford Mercury

AWARDS


Winner of the Small Awards Digital Business 2017
Winner of the Mercury Best Small Business 2018

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BEHIND THE SCENES...

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PROUDLY MADE IN  THE UK

We are so proud that the majority of our products are made in the UK and where possible, using local manufacturers. The quality of each and every product speaks for itself! We use minimal plastic in our packaging and the majority of our packaging is recyclable.

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