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The Story Behind Our Puffin
The Story Behind Our Puffin
Inspired by Lundy in North Devon, our Puffin design celebrates the playful spirit of the “clowns of the sea.”  This much-loved design has featured across our textiles, stationery and even... Read more...
Why We’ve Chosen Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity for Gift Wrap That Gives 2026
Why We’ve Chosen Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity for Gift Wrap That Gives 2026
A Mother’s Day announcement close to our hearts. For 2026, we’re proud to support Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity through our Gift Wrap That Gives initiative, donating 10% of profits from... Read more...
15 Years Of Us!
15 Years Of Us!
Fifteen years ago, we took a leap with nothing but a shared passion for good design and big ideas. From late nights packing orders to seeing our pieces in homes... Read more...
Morning Major: The Story Behind Our Magpie Design
Morning Major: The Story Behind Our Magpie Design
    Morning Major: The Story Behind Our Magpie Design As so many things do, the inspiration for this design leans on our childhood memories and our Mum, She was... Read more...
Celebrating Small Business Saturday at BT Group Manchester
Celebrating Small Business Saturday at BT Group Manchester
Celebrating Small Business Saturday at BT Group Manchester Read more...
The Great British Pitch!
The Great British Pitch!
We attended The Great British Pitch during International Trade Week and left buzzing with inspiration! From meeting international buyers to learning how the government supports UK SMEs, one thing was... Read more...
Our Puffin Fabric on BBC’s The Repair Shop!
Our Puffin Fabric on BBC’s The Repair Shop!
Last week was one of those “pinch us” moments, we spotted our Puffin fabric on BBC’s The Repair Shop! Read more...
Raising Funds For Dementia Projects In Sheffield.
Raising Funds For Dementia Projects In Sheffield.
A Chair with a Story: Our Park Hill Parker Knoll At martha and hepsie, we’ve always believed that good design should do more than just look beautiful  it should tell... Read more...
We’re Thrilled to Be Part of Small Biz 100 2025!
We’re Thrilled to Be Part of Small Biz 100 2025!
We’re absolutely delighted (and proud!) to share that martha and hepsie ltd has been selected as one of Small Business Britain’s Small Biz 100 for 2025! Read more...
We’re Back! Our Big Return to Trade Shows (After 8 Years!)
We’re Back! Our Big Return to Trade Shows (After 8 Years!)
It’s been a while… 8 years, in fact! But we’re so excited to share that we’re heading back to the trade show floor and will be exhibiting at Progressive Greetings... Read more...
Celebrating International Women's Day!
Celebrating International Women's Day!
Honoured to celebrate International Women's Day at the House of Lords with 100 inspiring women entrepreneurs, sharing stories, championing achievements, and embracing the power of community. Read more...
Giving Back: Supporting Sheffield Hospitals Charity in 2025
Giving Back: Supporting Sheffield Hospitals Charity in 2025
We’re thrilled to share that we’ll be continuing our support for Sheffield Hospitals Charity in 2025! This means that 10% of all profits from our gift wrap sales—both on our... Read more...
Celebrating Our Achievement in the #iAlso100 Campaign
Celebrating Our Achievement in the #iAlso100 Campaign
We are beyond thrilled to share some exciting news! Hepsie and our brand have been selected as one of the inspiring businesses in the f:Entrepreneur #iAlso100 campaign for 2025.  Read more...
Christmas Markets 2024
Christmas Markets 2024
**Yes, We’re Already Talking About Christmas!**We know, it’s only September, but we couldn’t wait any longer to mention the C-word—Christmas! Over the past few months, we’ve been busy securing our... Read more...
Bringing a Bit of Sheffield Home: The Park Hill Design in Our Sheffield Collection
Bringing a Bit of Sheffield Home: The Park Hill Design in Our Sheffield Collection
  Bringing a Bit of Sheffield Home: The Park Hill Design in Our Sheffield CollectionSheffield’s a city close to our hearts, full of history, character, and proper good folk. One... Read more...
New Tea Towel Designs Coming Soon!
New Tea Towel Designs Coming Soon!
Discover our Vibrant Tea Towel Collection - Coming Soon! Read more...
Supporting Sheffield Hospitals Charity In 2024
Supporting Sheffield Hospitals Charity In 2024
We're thrilled to announce that our Gift Wrap That Gives campaign is entering its 7th year, and we couldn't be prouder to share that in 2024, we'll be supporting Sheffield... Read more...
Supporting Tommy's In 2023
Supporting Tommy's In 2023
In 2023 we will be donating 10% of our profit from wrapping paper sales to Tommy's through our Gift Wrap That Gives Campaign. Why Tommy's? Martha welcomed her second born, rainbow baby into the... Read more...
Schools Out For The Summer!
Schools Out For The Summer!
The School Summer Holidays Are Here! A time to recharge those batteries and for us practise the 'run a small business and be parents' juggle at the same time! So... Read more...
DIY Project Tutorials
DIY Project Tutorials
DIY tutorials on craft projects that anyone can do, to help our customers get creative and save money! Read more...
Frugal Friday!
Frugal Friday!
A little part of our blog we're dedicating to money saving tips! Read more...
Random Acts Of Kindness
Random Acts Of Kindness
We're adding a 'Random Gift Of Kindness' into every order from now on!  Read more...
Gift Wrap That Gives 2022
Gift Wrap That Gives 2022
We're super excited to announce that we will be donating 10% of the profits from our gift wrap to the charity Refuge through our Gift Wrap That Gives campaign. Read more...
Giving our designs a second life!
Giving our designs a second life!
Some of our key values are the environment and sustainability, we want to ensure that our products are kind to the environment.  All our products are made by us or... Read more...
Happy Yorkshire Day!
Happy Yorkshire Day!
I'm the Yorkshire half of m&h based in Sheffield and to celebrate Yorkshire Day I (Martha) have put together a guide to my top 5 Yorkshire places to visit for families over... Read more...
Unique Dad Gifts
Unique Dad Gifts
We thought we'd put together a little collection of unique Dad gifts that are great for Father's Day (It's on 20th June this year) but also make brilliant Dad birthday... Read more...
My North Devon
All About My North Devon
My North Devon, a snippet of the place I call home and inspiration for our coastal collection! Read more...
Baby Room Ideas
Baby Room Ideas
Baby room idea's from essential homeware to cute and colourful themes. Read more...
Gift Wrap That Gives 2020
Gift Wrap That Gives 2020
Over the past 3 years we have established our Gift Wrap That Gives campaign as our way of giving back charities that mean alot to us. This year has been... Read more...
Luxury Wrapping Paper For All Occasions.
Luxury Wrapping Paper For All Occasions.
We've created wrapping paper sheets from our favourite designs for the perfect finishing touch to gifts for all occasions. Our wrapping sheets are designed by us in Sheffield and printed... Read more...
Win All Of Our Greeting Cards!
Win All Of Our Greeting Cards!
We're giving you the chance to WIN one of each of our greeting cards! The winner's card stash will be fully stocked up they will receive over 30 cards for... Read more...
Thank You Teacher!
Thank You Teacher!
(Originally published in July 2019). School's nearly out, kids are tired and the teachers are on their knees (believe me they are, my husband is in the final weeks of... Read more...
Maebelle & Bo Childrenswear Collaboration!
Maebelle & Bo Childrenswear Collaboration!
We launched our first baby wear collection a couple of years ago and so many of you asked us whether we'd be doing anymore in other designs. Well we have...sort of! Read more...
Inspiration in isolation!
Inspiration in isolation!
Home craft ideas to beat the boredom if you are in isolation. Read more...
Mother's Day 2020
Mother's Day 2020
We all came from a super human....better known as mum / mummy / mumma / ma.You may have an old one, a young one, a bossy one a cuddly one,... Read more...
We Are 9!
We Are 9!
martha and hepsie ltd is officially 9 years old on 14th February 2020! Read about our story so far! Read more...
Out & About
Out & About
Find out where we are out and about on the run up to Christmas 2019! Read more...
Gift Wrap That Gives 2019!
Gift Wrap That Gives 2019!
It's taken us a while but we've finally decided on the 6 charities we are going to donate 10% of the profits from the sales of our gift wrap in... Read more...
Make an Embroidery Art Hoop.
Make an Embroidery Art Hoop.
Make you're own unique martha and hepsie embroidery hoop art! Read more...
Make a Peg Bag!
Make a Peg Bag!
Make your own peg bag from a martha and hepsie tea towel and wait for the weather to get better so you can dry your clothes on the line! Read more...
Tea Towel to Tea Cosy!
Tea Towel to Tea Cosy!
It's cold outside and tea drinking is at it's maximum, so we thought we'd start our 2019 m&h makes series with a tea towel to tea cosy make! MAKE TIME:... Read more...
2018 Christmas Market Dates
2018 Christmas Market Dates
Tis the season to put our names to our faces! Come and say Hi at the various Christmas Markets Martha will be at in and around Sheffield or Hepsie across... Read more...
Dear Diary ...12.10.18
Dear Diary ...12.10.18
Dear Diary,Where did this week go? The weather is awful and I'm writing this fighting the urge to move my laptop to my bed! But I personally find it important... Read more...
Dear Diary...05.10.18
Dear Diary...05.10.18
Dear Diary,Waaah what a week! We've been so busy we've failed to do our daily brain dump on what we've been up to so here is one big off load... Read more...
Gift Wrap That Gives!
Gift Wrap That Gives!
  Running your own business is not just about making sales. It’s about giving back too. We’ve been thinking about how we can give back to our local communities and... Read more...
Dear Diary...28.9.18
Dear Diary...28.9.18
  Hello!  After recovering from a weekend of a few too many glasses of Prosecco, a very wet afternoon at the visiting fun fair and the kids dancing round a... Read more...
Make your own m&h hedgehog pin cushion!
Make your own m&h hedgehog pin cushion!
This super cute hedgehog pin cushion is really simple to make and is a great sewing project for an autumn evening!  MAKE TIME: 1 hour To make your pin cushion you... Read more...
Dear Diary...
Dear Diary...
Hello!I've decided to write a weekly roundup of what we've got up to on our blog! It may be of absolutely no interest to you however being owners of a... Read more...
Leopard, Labradoodle & Butterfly!
Leopard, Labradoodle & Butterfly!
We recently added 3 new vibrant designs to the m & h family! Leah The Leopard Inspired by rain forests, jungles and the ever growing love for lush greens in our homes,... Read more...
Back to school in style!
Back to school in style!
The summer holidays are drawing to a close and it's time to get the uniforms ironed and the all important school stationery all set ready for the next academic year.... Read more...