Wrendale Designs

About us

Wrendale Designs are an award-winning publisher of greeting cards, stationery and giftware featuring the characterful watercolour artwork of artist Hannah Dale. Amongst a love of the outdoors we pride ourselves on producing high quality design-led products which often feature added little touches to make them extra special.

Hannah Dale began Wrendale Designs in 2012 on a crowded kitchen table in Melton Ross, Lincolnshire. Having an eclectic background (studying art at school before reading Zoology at Cambridge University followed by five years as a stockbroker in London), Hannah found herself married to a Lincolnshire farmer with a young baby and a desperation to find an outlet for her artistic roots.

Inspired by the glorious Lincolnshire countryside, Hannah started to paint hares, loving their expressive faces and wonderful personalities. After printing these designs as greeting cards on a beautifully textured board, she began sharing these with local gift shops and they were an immediate success. Hannah expanded her repertoire and began painting other animals – the rest as they say is history!

Since then, the company has won many prestigious awards in recognition of their successes. In 2021 Hannah was awarded a NatWest Everywoman Award, given to the most inspirational woman running a business trading from 6 to 9 years. Wrendale have also received five Henries awards (the Oscars of the greeting card industry!) for their wonderful greeting cards and the ‘Country Set’ card collection continues to be a best-seller worldwide. Over the years Wrendale have also received several Gift of the Year awards for their stationery and giftware.

Wrendale were awarded a Queens Award for export in 2019 and a King’s Award in 2024 for excellence in international trade. Their success continues to soar overseas with customers falling in love with Hannah’s characterful designs. Wrendale is also now a certified B Corporation!

In 2012 a collaboration with Portmeirion saw Hannah’s designs appear on mugs, ceramics, and melamine kitchen items and since then the Wrendale range has continued to grow from cards and stationery to include an extensive collection of giftware, homeware and accessories.

As the business has grown, it has become a family affair and Hannah’s husband Jack now runs the business with a wonderful team in place at our offices in Brigg making sure everything else runs smoothly… we call it the Wrendale family.

Hannah focuses on what she enjoys most – painting, producing wonderful watercolour designs for us all to enjoy. ‘The Country Set’ card collection now includes over 200 different designs, with an array of wildlife to choose from.

From the very beginning, attention to detail, quality and sustainability have been very important to us and we pride ourselves on providing an excellent level of service as well as products to make you smile.