About Wren

Wren is a label I started in March 2008 when I could not find a hand-bag that I liked after searching for months. I wanted something with a story, something beautiful, something not mass-produced and something practical and simple. From this my first bag design emerged: The Small Town Bag. My range then grew to include Big Town Bags, Tulip Bags, Bird Pouches, Selvage Cosmetic Bags, Organic Coffee Sling and Shoulder Bags, Coffee Clutches and a few others.

An important aspect of Wren is that everything is done with sustainability in mind and with nature as the inspiration. For example, most of the fabrics used are from the ends of fabric rolls. Usually this is thrown away because although the quality is in no way inferior, the quantity is limited. I even use the scraps from making the bags for Bird Pouches and Coffee Clutches which are wonderful bag organisers.

I believe that a bag is a reflection of who you are and thus, each one is unique by it’s combination of fabrics and in the case of the coffee bags, well each fair trade coffee sack is unique by it’s number, print and design. Originality of these bags does not need to be made, it’s just there.

Simply put, Wren tries to make your life simpler, organised and wonderful. I hope you can find a Wren bag that like I found, is that ‘perfect’ bag you were always looking for.

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To read more see blog posts:

• How Wren bags are made
• A Big Blessing
• Wren Wrapping
• Design your own 1) Coffee Bag 2) Big Town Bag and Small Town Bag
• How the Organic Coffee Sling Bag came to be
• Wren’s unique Wooden Buttons
• The Coffee Clutch

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Articles:

• Etsy Storque: Quit your job
• Die Burger: Sakpas Modegiere
• Etsy Storque: Shop Local South Africa
• Business day: Handmade items get hand up in cyber mall

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Wren Bags are available:

• Online @ Etsy

• In South Africa @ the Designgoods market in Salt River, Cape Town every 2nd Saturday from 9am - 2pm.

DATES for 2009:
June: 6th,  20th  &  27th
July: 11th  &  25th
Aug: 8th  &  22nd
Sept: 5th  &  19th
Oct: 3rd,  17th  &  31st
Nov:  14th  &  28th
Dec: 12th  &  26th

• Scarecrow Organics in Stellenbosch, South Africa

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