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The NEW Organic Coffee Sling Bag

October 6, 2008 in Wren | 7 comments

I absolutely ADORE this new bag … for several hundred reasons …

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1. It is the perfect all day, everyday market bag. I am not a ‘big bag’ person but I have not been able to get my Organic Coffee Sling Bag off my shoulder. I am too attached. I can fit everything into it and it does not look full or empty on my shoulder. It just looks great!

2. It is 100% environmentally friendly. The main fabric is a RECYCLED Jute coffee sack, the lining is certified ORGANIC Hemp canvas of the highest quality (it is the fabric that Rembrandt and Van Gogh created their masterpieces on), the very sweet big Wren wooden buttons close the bag and there are 3 great pockets inside that my Moleskine diary fits into perfectly. …and that’s not all: My laptop sits in the bag both lengthwise and upright! :)

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3. Each bag has it’s own special uniqueness and story. There are bags from Zambia, Guatamala, Brazil, India ….all over. They are also from FAIR TRADE farms which is nice to know. I especially love this mark on one of the bags: “Save the Amazon Use Jute”.

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4. When I do take the bag off my shoulder I do not have to worry about the fabric getting dirty. It is such an happy-go-lucky-bag.

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5. The tactile quality of this bag is so interesting. The Jute is rough to touch but I cannot stop hugging the bags none-the-less (and Mischief, my cat, takes every opportunity to curl up asleep on them). They have been worn soft by their journeys and the roughness is not scratchy or hard. The Hemp heavy-duty canvas is also the perfect match becuase it stabilizes the open weave of the jute, is strong but soft and smooth. The bag also has a great smell - with a hint of coffee. :)

6. The two sides of the bag are completely different. I can turn the bag around and it looks like another bag. For example, the two pictures below are from the same bag.

I cannot rave enough about the Organic Coffee Sling Bag. I battled taking photographs of them for my online shop/s because they each have a personality (and the bags refused to stay perfectly symmetrical). They are made to be worn, used and loved.

Go and see the ‘Organic Coffee Sling Bag’ in my etsy and dawanda shop.

My Coffee Mug

May 1, 2008 in Me | 3 comments

There is nothing better than a good cup of coffee in the morning. It is one of my favourite things in the day. For me, coffee is like pudding or desert - it’s a real treat (even though I have at least one cup every day).

This is MY coffee mug. I fell in love with it a few years ago when I saw it in a magazine. I tore the page out and passed it out to my family hinting they buy it for me as a Christmas gift.

It was only a year later when the Villeroy & Boch NewWave collection arrived in South Africa that I got my mug. It cost a fortune by mug standards but it has lasted two years and the joy it has brought has made every cent worth it.

I think my coffee cup/mug looks like a lily. I love the organic lines and flow of it. It encourages you to cradle it.

Villeroy & Boch has just launched my mug (the NewWave range) with colourful South American patterns printed on. This ethnic-style collection has been inspired by travel and exotic destinations and translated into contemporary designs for today’s discerning consumers. The graphic range features bold prints of flowers and birds in vivid contrasting colours. What fun! I think I am going to have to start a collection of them!