About Us

Our Story

Welcome to SeaKisses

Remember that holiday feeling? Toes planted in the sand, eyes on the horizon, a head free from the cares of the world? We think every day is made better with a hint of it, so we make things that put gentle reminders of happy beach days into ordinary ones.

We began in 2011, when two Mums met at the school gate and made a few typographic prints about the local towns and villages. We have grown a good deal since, from a kitchen table in Cornwall to prints for coastal towns and villages all over the UK, but we still live and design by the sea, and we still love to bring the seaside inside. Our placemats are hand-made for us in Exeter, and our fine bone china mugs are the sort that won’t leave you reaching for a refill.

We walk the beaches most days picking up plastic waste, and it shapes how we make things. We would rather make fewer things that last, and things you will keep, than more that you won’t.

Sue Hawken, who started SeaKisses with me, has now taken early retirement after fifteen years, and has gone off to practise what we’ve been preaching, with her toes planted in the sand and her head free from the cares of the world. We think she’s earned it, and I’m very grateful for every one of those years.

I don’t know exactly what the future holds, but I do know it’s still me at the drawing board, and I’m doing it the way we’ve always done it, with care and a good deal of tea. Thank you to everyone who has been with us along the way. New designs are on the way, and we love seeing our products in your homes, so please upload your pictures and let us know what you think.

Jo Brown

Our Values

Living by the coast, we see the damage plastics do to the fragile marine environment, and we spend our daily dog walks picking up plastic waste. So, where we can, we choose natural materials and make things that last year after year, not end up as microplastics on our beaches.