HELLO!
Here's what's been happening at Hazel Bee...

ONLINE SHOP:

We have an online shop, which we hope you will find really easy to use. To browse the designs go to CARDS. To buy our stuff, check our OUTLETS to find a stockist near you, check http://www.myspace.com/hazelbeeillustration for the most up-to-date stockist list, or... to buy direct from us: LOGIN to our secure system and buy online in our shop- FREE P&P to UK on orders of 5 cards or over! and if you buy 50 cards or more, you get 5 free, a good incentive to buy all you birthday cards for 2010 now! Many thanks to those of you who have already made orders, hope you are enjoying the cards! We have 89 everyday designs, after launching 16 new ones at Harrogate last year, they are all split up into occassions in our online shop. Plus Christmas and Valentines. The entire card is 100% recycled and biodegradable, it comes to you A6 size with a recycled craft brown unbleached envleleope (colours may vary due to them being recycled) and sealed in a biodegradable, compostable cellophane bag. Lovely.

GIFTS:

We now sell:

Cushioned Laptrays: All handmade in Yorkshire with materials sourced in the UK.

Recycled car-tyre Mousemats- HB003 design

Recycled Bottle opener Keyrings- HB008 design.

Sustainable Postcard packs of 15- discontinued stock! great quality.

Eco bags- 100% Cotton- discontinued limited stock! also great quality.

Tubes of 5 Recycled A3 Posters.

NEW!! Organic Fair trade Cotton Tea Towels- HB042, HB010, HB070, HB067 designs.

Our eco-friendly gifts section will be growing from now on, keep checking back! We have loads of ideas in the pipeline: fairtrade cotton aprons, shopping and laundry bags, pencil cases made from recycled car tyres, UK made mugs, UK handmade brooches, recycled hardback notebooks and organic fairtrade cotton tee shirts. Unfortunately we can't do the "natural lipbalms" anymore as they contained petrol and paraffin, and the mints contained aspartame, and we didn't think you would thank us for that!

We appreciate suggestions of gifts you'd like to see and designs you think would look good. If you are a printer/ manufacturer of eco gifts please send us quotes on new products. Retailers, most gifts are availble for your shop, add to your order or get in touch, the postage is faulty on the order form so ignore the postage total if your order is over £100.

OUTLETS AND INTEREST:

Check STORE LOCATOR www.myspace.com/hazelbeeillustration for the most up-to-date list of outlets. We are delighted to discover that the actress Emma Thompson loves our cards! Our outlets are growing fast over the country, small and large.

ECO TIPS:

-Plant a tree

-Buy and sell on Ebay and Amazon

-Watch "An Inconvinient Truth" by Al Gore

-Throw away your TV

-Turn the lights off

-Have a shower not a bath- save water

-Wash at 30 degrees

-Take the bus or ride your bike

-Buy free range chickens and eggs!: http://www.chickenout.tv/

-Collect rainwater for watering the plants

-Compost and recycle your rubbish

-Cook more stuff from scratch

For more Eco Tips check our Ethics section.

COURIER SERVICE:

We now have a UPS courier service, great news for our outlets because you will recieve your wholesale orders the day after we send them without fail!

 

TRADE FAIRS:

We had a great first year trading in 2009: Top Drawer Spring and Autumn and Harrogate in July- launched a new range  (Here's us setting up). We had loads of fun, we were really pleased to win the Best Newcomer award in January. We welcome our new outlets, hope the cards go well for you. It was lovely to meet some new friendly faces, including Tony Robinson and his partner at Top Drawer Autumn.

Spring Fair- our first show of 2010 and first time at the NEC went really well! It was great to be in Fresh and hope to be there again in 2011.

Our next show will be Top Drawer Autumn at Olympia 12th-14th September 2010. Stand F128.

Shop owners! You'll be pleased to hear we have a RETAIL ORDER section at the foot of the website, where you can CREATE AN ACCOUNT if you have a shop (which is really quick and easy) and pick your favourite designs and quantities in your own time and order them for your shop online. We will dispatch your order ASAP by courier. Alternatively if you would like to get in CONTACT with us to place an order, would like us to send you a brochure, or if you have any queries, please fill out the form in the GET IN TOUCH section, or give us a call on 07707736456.