A year of hares - HPT Calendar

Our calendar has been selling very well

and we only have 20 left!

Every month has a beautiful photo of a hare

doing what hares do best -

looking beautiful!

and eating ofcourse!

eating what?

hmmm, well cabbage perhaps

and then time for a snooze

before the snows set in

selling like hot cross buns!

so don't delay - make your way over there now like this smart hare and nab one for yourself

~ only 20 left ~

Thank you for supporting us!

thank you! + 2014 Calendar

a big thank you to everyone who so kindly stopped by our stand in Newport!

we had a super day and our stand was very well received

as you can see, we had a great selection of beautiful hare items for sale with a spectacular backdrop of 6 hare images

our volunteer gave a very informative talk, so a huge thanks for that!

it's always nice to talk about hares 

and to spend time with people who are interested in hares and finding out more about the work that we do for the Trust and the welfare of these very attractive, very enigmatic beasties

love hares?

then stop by our shop and order your calendar for 2014 

with 12 beautiful and breath-taking photos of hares to grace your wall for the next 365 days!

just the perfect treat for yourself - and the perfect present for that hare-loving someone special too!

only £10 each and that includes UK postage

~ if you live outside the UK just email me on the address in our shop and I will let you know the postage for your country

come and meet us in Newport, Isle of Wight

We will be in Newport 

on the Isle of Wight 

this Saturday, 5th October at 10am to 5pm

photo courtesy of Damian Waters - and will be in our shop soon

come along and say hi to us

and why not join us at 10am as a speaker from the Hare Preservation Trust will be giving an informative talk all about the Trust and the super work we do!

our own beautiful cards - in our shop now

we will be taking part in the League Against Cruel Sports Wildlife Day at the Riverside Centre, Newport

and will have a stall selling our new mugs with beautiful hare images from Sean Hunter on them

and some old stock t-shirts (new ones coming soon)

and find out what we do

photo courtesy of Damian Waters - and will be in our shop soon

need some info to get to Newport? find it here

it will be a perfect day out, we would love to meet you and the sun will be shining

- though we can't guarantee that there will be hares there eating the flowers!

Come and meet us at Exeter Green Fair

We will be holding a stall this coming Saturday, 7th September at Exeter Cathedral Green

from 10am to 4pm

come and say hi

and find out more about us and the work we do for the hares

join us - if you are not already a member

and meet a couple of our volunteers who graciously give up their spare time to help run this Trust

we will be having these lovely hare brooches, and fabric collars for sale

kindly donated to us by Kim

and perfect for giving as presents

and we will also have copies of the super book 'The Year of the Hare' by Arto Paasilinna

as well as postcards of the beautiful book cover, to keep, frame or post

and there will be the wonderful hare art of Eleanor Ludgate

a great selection to choose from, kindly donated to us by Eleanor

with various small prints and cards to purchase 

for your wall, or someone special

a real treat

and there will also be one of a kind handmade farbic brooches by Annette (me)

and a selection of faux fur adorned tiny hares

adorable adornments for your Christmas tree perhaps...

and we will be selling postcards, Tshirts and our new mugs with the beautiful hare photos of Sean Hunter on them 

Hope to see you there - next Saturday, 10am to 4pm, Exeter Cathedral Green - do hop on by!


and a big thank you to Kim and Eleanor!

Pin on a little tweed hare

and enjoy the last of winter's cool brisk days with a gorgeous tweed hare brooch on your lapel

or have friendly hare pinned on your bag

or keep hare warm too, as a nice accoutrement to your tartan scarf

and not just hares for every day wear, 

add some glam and pearls to your evening outfit

and perhaps your friend would appreciate a friendly (faux fur) hare too?

pop one in the post to them along with a happy note on this tender postcard

and make every day of the year the 'year of the hare'!

All available in the Hare Preservation Trust online shop, but mind, the brooches are all one-of-a-kind handmade originals by Annette, and the postcards won't be printed again and are now rare!

got your Christmas cards yet?

There is still time to purchase your Christmas / New Year cards from our super selection in our online shop.

and get them posted in time!

The artists all send their cards out to you individually as the shop holds no stock, what with it being a 'virtual' shop, and upon receipt of your order I let the artist know about your purchase the same day and your cards are in the post as soon as possible.

Sometimes there are slight delays and depending on the individual artist's workload and orders but this is one of the busiest times of the year and everyone wants to make sure that their cards are sitting nicely above a fireplace or by the xmas tree and presents! so all efforts will be made to get you your cards asap.

Our super selection is ....

Sue Dixon's hares - pack of 4 cards £5.70

Suzanne Le Good's Snowbound Hare - pack of 6 cards £11.00

Suzanne Le Good's Starlight Hare - pack of 6 cards £11.00

the HPT's own card by photographer Sean Hunter - pack of 4 cards £4.10

(for that baby in the manger :)

and the HPT's other card by photographer Sean Hunter - pack of 4 cards £4.10

(for the hare bearing gifts - santa sack is just out of the picture on the right hand side :)

Annette Tait's cards (mine) with gift tags - pack of 3 cards £10.00

and mine again, with gift tags - pack of 3 cards £10.00

and mine again, with gift tags - pack of 3 cards £10.00

and mine again, with gift tags - pack of 3 cards £10.00

I am also offering a FREE pack for every 2 packs purchased, so 9 cards and tags for £20.00.

Your choice of free cards, and you can mix and match and also request special greetings - just get in touch via my email in the online shop

Everything is made by hand, by me, and happy to do so.

Have a lovely Christmas time and festive season and drive carefully!

New Easter Card now available

The Trust has a brand new card just in time for Easter!

and features an adorable photo of an orphaned leveret being hand fed, courtesy of talented photographer Sean Hunter!

It costs less than a decent fairtrade Easter egg at only £4.05 for a set of 4 cards including UK postage.

The card is blank inside and can also be used all year round.

Perhaps there is a new fur-baby / baby to congratulate? or wish someone well? or perhaps you'd like the card to display on your desk on notice board all year round?

I've already ordered my set and will be keeping a couple for myself.

we still have our watchful hare greeting cards in the shop and they would also make beautiful Easter cards too.

Just look at the fluffy chest of this gentle hare!

This is the front of the card,

and this is the whole card opened out.

Again, it's another exceptional phototgraph by Sean Hunter who has supported the Trust with his work. Sean has a website where you can view his portfolio and purchase prints.

many thanks Sean!

and our shop at the Trust is open 24 hours a day and we will ship world wide. To purchase these cards for posting outside the UK please contact us via the shop page and we can give you the exact postage cost.

You will find the shop tempting as we have lots of amazing hare art in there now from many talented artists who are helping us help the hares at the same time thru their generous donations . Do stop by!

and Happy Easter!