About Hazelmade
For more than a decade, Hazelmade has been creating objects that hold stories. Through hand-drawn illustrations and thoughtfully made goods, each piece invites a moment to pause, remember and share something meaningful.
In 2014, Hazelmade Founder and Creative Director Susan Hazel Rich left a graphic design career to create her own line of stationery and gifts. After spending time in the corporate world, Susan chose to return to the root of her artistic practice: making art and objects that tell stories.
Beginning in a small apartment, Susan’s hand-drawn designs resonated with her community as objects that sparked memories and stories shared with loved ones.
As Hazelmade has grown into its Kent, Ohio studio, with a wider range of products and designs, people continue to resonate with the tactile experience of gifting tangible stories that inspire recollection, connection and pause.
Objects hold stories. Through time, continued use and the changing of hands, these stories deepen and transform, like patina on brass or fabric softening in the wash. We believe objects inhabit legacies beyond their intended purpose, and that legacy deserves to be shared.
Hazelmade’s home goods and gifts recall not just memory, but the specific feelings of memory: the pop of a tomato from your grandmother’s garden, or the smooth petal of the tulips your neighbor planted.
Hazelmade embodies fleeting moments and invites them to linger.
In this fast-paced world, we find moments to pause. We find the stories in the spaces we carve for ourselves. We know slower doesn’t mean less.
Hazelmade Is an Invitation
Through the thoughtful exchange of gifts, we nurture and preserve our most treasured stories.
We transform the ephemeral into the tactile. We find moments to pause and let memory linger.
We believe in the deliberate act of slowing down. We move at our own pace, welcoming what we discover.
A gift is an invitation to flourish—together. At our table, we always leave room for one more.
Our Craft
Hazelmade Creates Tea Towels, Stationery and Gifts Designed to Turn Everyday Objects Into Meaningful Experiences
Each Hazelmade piece is designed and illustrated by hand in Kent, Ohio by Founder and Creative Director Susan Hazel Rich. Everything is made and printed in the USA through partnerships with small, often woman-owned and family-owned businesses.
Meet Susan Hazel Rich
Susan Hazel Rich is a business owner, designer and illustrator.
In 2014, she left a graphic design career to develop her own brand, Hazelmade. Susan’s hand-drawn illustrations create tactile experiences and tangible objects designed for those who want to gift the story.
Susan has been recognized as a top designer within her field by local and national organizations. She received the prestigious “40 Under 40” award for leadership, and she remains committed to her community through mentoring, teaching and volunteering her professional skills.
