Handmade card news from Blue Eyed Sun

“A shining example of how to successfully grow a business from a very small beginning” - is what the judges said after meeting Jeremy Corner and hearing him talk about Blue Eyed Sun Ltd  which is a regional finalist in the manufacturing category of the the British Small Business Champions  Awards 2007. 

Started by artist Jo Corner and her husband Jeremy in a Brighton bedsit in 2000, Blue Eyed Sun designs and produces beautiful handmade greeting cards for design-led retailers around the world. Now, it employs ten staff with its own workshops and sells thousands of cards to shops around the world including John Lewis; Fortnum and Mason; Cards Galore and Fenwicks. Their handmade cards are sold trade only and are currently only available to consumers through their stockists. 

Blue Eyed greetings cards are upmarket and include Glass Enamel cards containing removable fridge magnets that are hand-fired in Blue Eyed’s own kilns and Suncatcher cards  (winners of  Gift of the Year Award for Best Cards for Design-Led Shops) which have a detachable hand-painted decoration to hang in a window, make into a hanging mobile or put on christmas trees. 

Jeremy Corner said: “Blue Eyed’s focus  is on designing and making the most  gorgeous  cards, keeping our products fresh and turning orders around very quickly. These three points keep our customers happy and keep us one step ahead of the competition.” 

In support of his company’s industry, Jeremy Corner has for the last three years been the keynote speaker at the Ladder Club, an annual event  run by the Greeting Card Association to help new card publishing start-ups. 

The British Small Business Champions Awards (BSBC) are the only national awards exclusively for small businesses. Established in 2003 by the Federation of Small Businesses to celebrate the achievements and raise the profile of the UK’s small businesses – there are four million of them. 

For handmade card trade sales please telephone Blue Eyed Sun Ltd on +44(0)1273 823003  www.blueeyedsun.co.uk/the_company.html                  

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