Next up in our ‘Meet the Team’ series is Karen Jeffries, Creature Candy’s Fulfilment Manager. Karen joined the team in October and has fitted in perfectly! She been working hard over the last few weeks carefully packing up your orders, and with her creative background, Karen is the perfect person to make them look beautiful!
Tell us a bit about your background…
I’ve lived in Shipston all my life and love living in the beautiful countryside. Before joining Creature Candy, I was a florist for over 18 years which I loved, but while on maternity leave with my third child I decided I would love a new challenge. I’m really enjoying this new role at Creature Candy and enjoy sending out all the lovely products Lizzie sells.
What do you enjoy most about working for Creature Candy?
I’m enjoying making up the lovely gift boxes and knowing each product is helping a lovely charity.
Which is your favourite Creature Candy design?
It’s so hard to choose but my childhood favourite animal is a hedgehog and our hedgehog prints are adorable. I also love the harvest mouse products.
What are you looking forward to over the next year?
I’m looking forward to learning more about the charity’s we donate too and sending out more lovely products.
Check out some of Karen’s favourite products and designs below:
Humboldt penguins are classed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN list but are listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ in Peru. There has been a huge overall drop in numbers of the past 100 years, where Humboldts originally were estimated to be in numbers of almost one million and have since dropped to only 30,000 individuals.
One of our new designs is the lesser spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos minor. I'm sure some of you are not very familiar with this bird and that is one the main reasons we have chosen it for our new designs. To raise awareness and funds for it's much needed conservation.