Discover Marlo Wren

Marlo Wren's mark: her silhouette on a crescent moon, an envelope in her hands and the wren on it

Begin

Create something tonight.

A drawing of Marlo Wren colouring a card at the kitchen table in the morning

Grab your colouring pencils and make a start. There's no wrong way to do this.

You either create or consume. Both have their place.

Tonight, let creating win.

A drawing of Marlo Wren holding up a blank card, the wren perched on its corner and her eyes on it

Colour it slowly. Somewhere along the way, you'll know who it's for.

Home-grown

Twelve native plants, each with its te reo Māori name. Start with the one that grows near you.

Silver fern · Ponga, a line drawing to colour

A drawing of Marlo Wren laughing on a swing under a pōhutukawa in flower

Nowhere Else

Eleven birds and a tuatara, found nowhere else on earth. Colour the one you've seen with your own eyes.

Fantail · Pīwakawaka, a line drawing to colour

A drawing of Marlo Wren on the back steps, barefoot, watching the wren on the step below

A drawing of Marlo Wren asleep on a red chaise, her pencils and a card beside her

A drawing of Marlo Wren leaning on a balcony rail at night, watching the wren beside her hand

Garden Friends

Six for the kids, free to print at home. Crayons welcome.

A drawing of Marlo Wren writing on the back of a card at a window seat while it rains

The back of a Home-grown card, lined for an address and a message

Turn it over and write a few lines. Not many. The right ones.

A drawing of Marlo Wren lying on a tartan rug in long grass, reading a card held up to the sky

Send your time and intention to a friend. Good things take time.

A drawing of Marlo Wren in a doorway at dusk, a card pressed to her chest

Meet Marlo Wren

The woman in our pictures is Marlo Wren. She's a drawing, and the face of our cards. Wherever the wren lands, that's where she looks.

Five drawings of Marlo Wren standing, from the front, the side and the back, in her sage dress

Look closer. Her seven tattoos are all natives of Aotearoa: a fantail on kōwhai, a tūī on pōhutukawa, a silver fern frond, kōwhai bells, two small tūī on mānuka, a sprig of mānuka and one pōhutukawa flower. How many can you find?

Marlo Wren colours

A soft colour round every set, so you always know which one you're holding. Which one is yours tonight?

SageHome-grown
StoneNowhere Else
LilacHalloween
PeachGarden Friends

Paperwhere it begins
Inkevery fine line
Her dressMarlo's sage
The armchairwhere she reads
Greenthe lines you write on

Our letters

Quiet letters, so the pictures and your own words do the talking.

Marlo Wren

Cormorant Garamond, for our name and our headings

Colour a card in an evening. Write a few lines on the back. Post it to someone who matters.

Karla, for everything you read

Marlo Wren

Her signature, on the front of every card

Our cards

Made for the letterbox. A soft band of colour, a fine black drawing waiting for yours, the wren on the frame and her signature. The back is all yours.

A small family business from our studio in Cambridge, Aotearoa New Zealand, managed by Lisa Hopkins.

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Your turn.

Pick a card that makes you smile. Colour it quickly or slowly. Send it on, to whoever came to mind along the way.

Three free cards

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