About Us

At Hadley we create fun, artistic products to bring a little joy to your everyday.

Design and creativity drives us at Hadley HQ and makes us extremely happy! That happiness shines through in our products.

All Hadley designs start life as an original artwork: a collage, drawing or print. We work hard to make sure everything we make feels right and intentional, . We love to add unexpected little details to our products; a fun collaged element or bonus illustration.

We manufacture our products thoughtfully in as eco-friendly a way as possible. We print all our paper products in the UK on high quality recycled and eco-friendly boards. We are just starting to cautiously manufacture outside the UK in as eco friendly a way as possible, shipping them plastic free and carbon offset.

Our products are processed, picked and packed by the hardworking team at our UK warehouse.

Our team

Jo, Director

I run Hadley and make illustrations from my attic studio (affectionately called the Hamsters Nest). I come from a long line of artists and have been drawing, painting and creating for as long as I can remember.

Before I started Hadley, I was an antique dealer in London. The shapes, colours and textures of the pieces I sourced were a constant source of inspiration for my artwork and I loved learning the history of design and manufacture by handling things directly. I started to build up a range of things I had made to sell on my stall until finally I decided it was time to stop selling beautiful things that other people had made, and start selling just the beautiful things that I had made!

I have a lot of fun in the studio. Sometimes designs are hand-painted or printed from a block, pieces might be snipped out of old books or magazines. I’m a proper antique nerd still, even though it’s not my career any more, you’ll find little bits of historical ephemera woven through all Hadley designs.

Nadia, Fulfilment

In 2019 Nadia joined the Hadley team. She is the wonderful person you will communicate with when you buy from Hadley. She is the driving force behind the business, keeping the warehouse running smoothly. She's also an ace bellydancer, mum of boys and lives in the snazziest house you'll ever see.

Hannah, Design

Hannah Wilcox is the design whizz behind the scenes - making all the yellows yellow enough and adding wiggles where needed. She's got a great eye for playful design backed up by an attention to detail. You can see her personal work here. She's a fellow eco-head with a passion for food and sustainable farming.

Rupert, Marketing.

Rupert is the newest member of the team, he's passionate about communicating and keeping our marketing funny, attractive and relevant; making sure you get to know all you need about Hadley and having a chuckle along the way. He's a London lad who's moved out of The Smoke and now lives in Devon with his wife and kids by the sea.

Hannah, Business Admin

Hannah Thomas is the business motor in Totnes, keeping things moving along. She's highly organised and super efficient - just what we need. In her spare time she likes to be out in nature; on Dartmoor or by the sea. She's recently self published a book and teaches business at Exeter.

Anet, Warehouse team

Anet will pick and pack your order, making sure everything reaches you in the correct amount and perfectly in tact. She also runs her own gardening business and loves running.

Kate, Warehouse team

Kate's just joined the warehouse team; she's the one who'll carefully wrap your orders in pink tissue paper and add in a few little extras. She lives in a super musical household and is a fellow stationery addict.

About us