Thursday 30 May 2019

Heartwood Forest

It's a buzzing week ahead for many with the PG Live Show opening on Tuesday so I thought I'd take a moment out to share some photos from our visit to the beautiful Heartwood Forest last weekend. Admittedly it doesn't look very forest like at the moment because it is a new project set up by the Woodland Trust to reforest agricultural land. 600,000 new trees have been planted with plans for many more including an orchard. I recently watched David Attenborough's program Climate Change - the Facts (28min30 for the forests) which certainly brings home how important these reforestation projects are. It is something we are aware of in the Greetings industry. I'm always happy when I can add the FSC (non profit organisation promoting responsible forest management) logo on a new design and when using specialist eco papers. It's a double win for me, by supporting projects such as these we help the environment whilst at the same time gaining the health benefits of forest bathing. We certainly had a lot of fun at Heartwood.

HEARTWOOD FOREST | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: little miss G and mr J taking in the wildlife in heartwood forest - pinecones, poppies and dandelion clocks were definite favourites. 

#heartwoodforest #woodlandtrust #forest #reforestation #fsc #climatechange #forestbathing  

Tuesday 21 May 2019

Luminaire Christmas

Just as the summer weather is kicking off I have received fab new samples of Christmas Luminaire. As quite often happens in the world of greetings whilst many are booking their beach holidays I've been having fun drawing Christmas trees! Following on from the lovely everyday range, we have added 30+ new festive designs. Here's a sneak peek of what to look forward to this coming festive season in the Luminaire collection from Katie Phythian Design.

LUMINAIRE CHRISTMAS | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a selection of cards from the luminaire christmas additions I designed for katie phythian design, available now for trade direct from katie phythian design

#paperlove #luminaire #christmas #katiephythiandesign #katiephythian #contemporarydesign #painterly #new #iridescent #crystals #fresh #independentshops #exciting #stationerylove

Tuesday 14 May 2019

Spring Adventures

Well that was a longer spring break than I intended! It's been a fast paced few weeks with extra projects to fit in. Happily it does mean that there will be lots of exciting news in the coming weeks of new designs, a good portion of which will be launching at Progressive Greetings Live! Can't wait!

SPRING ADVENTURES | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: I did manage to sneak out from the desk to the great outdoors and took this lovely pic of mr J wading through flowering wild garlic. 

#spring #wildgarlic #adventure #excitingprojects #pglive