Welcome to Dogwood Hill! A reflection of our founder’s hometown, Dogwood Hill is representative of all the ways our products can be enjoyed: a church for weddings and baptisms, a tearoom for social gatherings, a pond for summer celebrations, a town square where shops and entrepreneurs can be found, and homes where parties are planned, rooms are decorated, and holiday cards are addressed. Each detail has been thoughtfully considered with our community in mind.

Our story began in late 2014 when our founder, Jennifer Hunt—a busy mother of two who moonlights as an accountant and an art dealer—waited a touch too long to order her holiday cards. Like many busy women before her, Jennifer found that booking an artist to create the hand-crafted cards she wanted was not a possibility. She took to the web, but her efforts were futile. No one was delivering online customizable calligraphy and art-driven holiday stationery. That is when the idea sprung for a website where discerning customers could go for cards that were thoughtfully and gorgeously created featuring art by real artists. No need for pricey design fees, lengthy production times or settling for the mass-produced.

With its collective of thirty artists (and growing!) and its team of in-house graphic designers who bring the art to life through thoughtful product design, Dogwood Hill is able to supply products within ten days that are as unique as the intended recipients. With each artist's distinctive style, you’ll find an item to suit your taste. Artwork is created by hand, the paper is luxurious and, to ensure your photo-based cards feel truly your own, we’ve made it easy to upload photos and personalize messages. No detail is overlooked. We believe stationery should reflect the sender’s personality and delight the recipient and that is what we strive to deliver through Dogwood Hill: Design-driven cards that inspire.

Jennifer Hunt

Founder and CEO

Jennifer is the creator and founder of Dogwood Hill. Hailing from northwest Alabama, she graduated with a Master of Accountancy from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and moved to Birmingham in 1999. She led successful careers first as a Certified Public Accountant and then as an art gallery owner. Not one to be pegged down, Jennifer launched Dogwood Hill to offer a space where artfully created paper and accessibility could meet. As a gallery owner, Jennifer developed an eye for spotting talent and a skill for curating, which help ensure every artist and piece of work represented in the collective is top-notch. It’s a full job, but when she’s not working with artists, managing her business or keeping up with her two boys and their activities, Jennifer loves traveling with her family, cooking, reading, streaming her favorite historical fiction shows, and enjoying the company of friends. Jennifer was selected as a Tory Burch Fellow in 2019.

Buddy Hunt

Wholesale Director

Buddy joined his wife, Jennifer, at the helm of Dogwood Hill's Wholesale Division in the fall of 2018. After spending two decades in the financial industry honing his sales and relationship-building skills in Minneapolis, Dallas and then back home in Birmingham, he connects Dogwood Hill with retail shops around the country and maintains valuable relationships with each new and existing account. In his time away from Dogwood Hill, he continues to manage a select number of financial accounts and enjoys the daily excitement of the stock market. His free time is spent with his wife and two young boys, coaching soccer and basketball, watching Alabama and San Francisco 49ers football, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Lucy Young

Creative Director

Lucy, a Birmingham native, has gravitated towards coastal towns since graduating from Auburn University with a BFA in Graphic Design. After a fellowship with Coastal Living magazine, she worked as the Assistant Art Director for a boutique marketing firm and publishing house along the shores of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. While there, she began to introduce watercolor illustrations into her layout designs, and she quickly fell in love with the technique. After marrying her husband Patrick in the summer of 2017, she made the move to Mobile, Alabama, where she currently resides and works as Dogwood Hill’s Creative Director as well as one of its contributing artists. She finds so much joy in bringing ideas to life through typography, color and paper. Taking walks with her husband under the oak trees throughout Mobile and curling up with an good book are some of her favorite ways to relax and unwind.

Kate King

Operations Director

Born in Louisiana, raised in Texas, college in South Carolina, and currently residing in Alabama, Kate considers herself truly a daughter of the South. Kate graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in Corporate Communications. She is a type A personality from a family of very creative people. Kate has always seen the art of a handwritten note on beautiful stationery as her creative outlet. Working for Dogwood Hill allows her to carry out her type A tendencies while watching beautiful art made into beautiful paper. After college she worked in ministry for seven years before joining the Dogwood Hill Team. Kate moved to Birmingham in 2013, where she currently lives with her husband, Stephen, their three young children, and their dog. When she is not chasing her toddlers around, she loves reading, enjoying good food with friends, and getting back to Charleston any chance she can.

Brennan Smith

Design Team Leader & Designer

Brennan is a true Alabama native, hailing from the plains of Auburn, where she traded in pom poms for paintbrushes and paper while pursuing her BFA in Graphic Design at Samford University. While in school, she juggled her time between art classes and working for Cooking Light and Food & Wine magazines, in addition to spending a delightful summer in Charleston with Charleston Magazine. With inspiration arising from her Southern heritage, along with her affinity for classic designs, she believes each project offers an opportunity to create a unique design. She considers herself a visual problem solver and believes that with a little bit of grit, there's no obstacle that can't be solved. On the weekends, you can catch her with a camera in her hand photographing weddings, families, and even pets! She also loves volunteering with her local church, scouting quaint bookstores, and exploring all the Magic City has to offer.

Jennifer Phillips

Orders Team Leader & Designer

Jennifer is a graphic designer from the small town of Alexander City, Alabama. In 2017 she graduated from Auburn with a BFA in graphic design. While in college, Jennifer developed a love for color and painting and is always eager to explore new mediums. After spending a year teaching graphic design at the high school level, Jennifer decided to return to the field of graphic design. She is married to her husband, Jake, and they have one dog, a goldendoodle named Baxter. Together, they enjoy spending time with friends and family and spending time outdoors or at the beach.

Molly Wickham

Wedding Team Leader & Designer

A small-town girl and Ohio native, Molly finds joy in designs of all kinds! As a graduate of The Ohio State University, she studied floral design and marketing as well as agricultural communication, with an emphasis in graphic design. In 2016, she traded in her floral sheers and headed south to charming Charleston, South Carolina, to pursue a career in publishing. After working as an editorial designer creating layouts for lifestyle publications, such as Grand Strand and Charleston magazines, she said goodbye to the Lowcountry coast and became a Georgia Peach! Now residing in Atlanta, Molly has combined two of her favorite things in her role at Dogwood Hill - designing fun layouts with the prettiest floral artwork! When not picking out her next Dogwood Hill notecard, she can be found sipping sweet tea, looking for a rugged hiking trail, or watching Buckeye football.

Mary Grace McDonald

Design Team Leader & Designer

Mary Grace grew up on the beautiful Lake Martin in small town Alabama. She discovered her passion to make all things around her beautiful at a young age and was able to develop her artistic touch through various art mediums. After graduating from the University of South Alabama with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, she said goodbye to Mobile and Mardi Gras celebrations and spent the following three years working with an advertising company in Birmingham. When she isn’t designing patterns and fun type treatments for Dogwood Hill, Mary Grace enjoys getting her hands dirty with woodworking and DIY projects, as well as doing all things event planning. She now lives in Florida with her husband and their sweet goldendoodle, Annie.

Lindsey Jennings

Designer

Lindsey is a graphic designer and artist with a love for color and detail. As a North Alabama native, she quickly found herself settling back into her hometown of Huntsville, after receiving her BFA in Graphic Design and Marketing from Auburn University. After a few years working as the Marketing Director for a local non-profit, Lindsey left the corporate world to pursue her dream of creating art and design for the most special moments in someone’s life. Whether rebranding small companies, creating nursery art or custom stationery, she loves the process of bringing others’ stories to life! When she doesn’t have a paintbrush or laptop in hand, you can find Lindsey enjoying time with her husband, DJ, and their daughter, Ellie, traveling, spending time outdoors with their friends and family and snuggling up with their pup, Hank, and a good movie.

Samantha Cordialini

Designer

Though she currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, Samantha is a New England coast girl at heart. Her love for paper and written correspondence was solidified in college where she studied Journalism and Print Design in the mountains of Boone. After graduating in 2017, she pursued design and communication careers in both the small business and nonprofit world. She is a lover of all kinds of design, and finds joy and inspiration through mixing fonts, unique color combinations, and finding the next piece of artwork to hang in her home. When she’s not working, she can be found snuggling with her poodle mix dog, Randy, and rewatching Gilmore Girls.

Sarah Boyd

Operations Assistant

Sarah, a Birmingham native, found her way back to Birmingham after graduating from Palm Beach Atlantic University with a BA in Dance. While she loves to joke that she got the most practical major possible, ballet did combine a love of the arts with attention to detail, which she uses daily in her work with Dixie. After college Sarah spent five years helping to run a small, local non-profit where she took on tasks that ranged from graphic design to communications to event planning. When it came time for a change, Sarah brought her operations background and ability to flex into many different tasks to Dogwood Hill where she helps with everything from packaging orders to preparing products for the website. Sarah and her husband met through mutual friends at their church and together they love hosting friends and family in their home, trying new coffee shops, and traveling. They recently welcomed their daughter, Eleanor!

Page Dollar

Operations Assistant

A Birmingham native, Page now lives in McCalla where she stays busy as a mother of five. She graduated from Southeastern Bible College in 2000, and for over a decade worked as an administrative assistant before coming to Dogwood Hill. Through the years, Page developed creative and technical skills that she now utilizes to jump into any task needed for Dogwood Hill to help the company perform optimally. Outside of work, she spends her time serving alongside her husband at the church he pastors. She also enjoys growing in her photography skills, reading and hanging out with her family and her cat, Stormy. You can often find them working on puzzles (Stormy, too) or enjoying a neighborhood walk.

Bethany Terrell

Website & Production

Bethany, a graduate of the University of Montevallo with a degree in Elementary Education, is using her skills behind the scenes for Dogwood Hill, working on customizations for our website and production to make sure every order is finished with precision and expertise. Bethany, her husband Seth and her four sons reside in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Not only does Bethany spend many hours with our Dixie team, she also teaches ESL students in the Tuscaloosa City School System. In her "spare" time, she supports her husband's ministry with Campus Outreach at The University of Alabama, meeting with college women in Bible studies and opening her home to college students. She also loves volunteering in various ways with her boys school activities. Bethany is an avid runner and spends lots of time running carpool and at sporting events....life with 4 boys!!!

Katie Barr

Wholesale Operations Manager

Katie grew up in Birmingham and attended the University of Alabama, where she received degrees in Interior Design and Business. She currently lives in Birmingham with her husband, Austin, and worked as an interior designer for residential construction companies prior to joining Dogwood Hill. Joining the Wholesale Operations team has allowed her to exercise her attention to detail, organizational skills, and appreciation for art and design. Katie loves a good puzzle, baking, and spending time with family and friends in her free time.