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.
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.
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
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
Winner of the Small Awards Digital Business 2017
Winner of the Mercury Best Small Business 2018
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.
BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL PRINTS, HOMEWARE AND GIFTS
ILLUSTRATED BY KATIE CARDEW
Made IN GREAT BRITAIN
Katie Cardew Illustrations Ltd • Company No: 11099351 • VAT: 285751958 • Oakham, LE15 6EA, United Kingdom • site by dzined
