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May
Wrap one year on, how are we doing?
published May 18, 2013 filed under ShoppingAs Wrap celebrates its first birthday this week, we reflect on what has been a year of mainly highs and a few lows. The obvious highs of seeing customer’s responding in such a positive way to our arrival in the historic and beautiful town of Bradford on Avon, just a stones throw from Bath. We [...]
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21
Apr
Orla Kiely Offer
published April 21, 2013 filed under Designers, Products, Shop NewsWhen we were going through the process of deciding the range of products for Wrap, the first on the list was the instantly recognisable designs of the Orla Kiely House range. The London based Irish designer has applied her distinctive retro print designs to a range of products from cars to umbrellas. From the start [...]
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03
Apr
Cards, we love them!
published April 3, 2013 filed under Designers, Products, ShoppingIf you’ve visited our shop in Bradford on Avon you will know that we love cards. Although we are not a card shop but a gift shop that sells cards, we work very hard in trying to find card artists and suppliers that compliment the gifts we sell. There are a lot of card suppliers [...]
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29
Mar
Chain Bridge Honey Farm
published March 29, 2013 filed under Products, Shop News, ShoppingFor sometime we have been looking to broaden our range of honey based skin care products to compliment our hand cream range from the Wiltshire Beekeper. After much time researching the web and with the determination to find a British producer we came across Chain Bridge Honey farm. The following is from the About Us [...]
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29
Mar
Consultancy
published March 29, 2013 filed under UncategorizedStarting a new independent retail business is always a daunting prospect and not something to be entered into lightly. With banks reluctant to lend, the risks are high and the possibility of losing more than you put in very great. The thought of owning a retail business is an attractive prospect, being your own boss and in control [...]
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08
Mar
Kiran Ravilious
published March 8, 2013 filed under Designers, Products, Shop NewsKiran Ravilious is a designer and printmaker working from her Leicester based studio specialising in hand printing onto fabric. She carves her designs on Japanese lino and hand prints them directly on to the fabric making each item individual and unique. Her inspiration comes primarily from plant forms and her upbringing in tropical Singapore. You [...]
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12
Feb
The Black Rabbit
published February 12, 2013 filed under Designers, Products, Shop NewsWe have a new range of products from Margate based company The Black Rabbit. The company was started by Lindsay Marsden in 2006 and they produce predominantly hand made products including cards, jewellery, kitchenware and knitted gifts using fine lambswool. Their products are distinctive in their design and quality and are a perfect fit with [...]
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12
Jan
Jumble Jelly
published January 12, 2013 filed under Products, ShoppingBradford on Avon (home of Wrap) is full of independent traders offering a wide range of products and services to its thriving community. One gem amongst many is Jumble Jelly, which is the towns one stop shop for all things relating to knitting, haberdashery and fabrics. Rather than me tell you what they offer, this [...]
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03
Jan
Lagom Design
published January 3, 2013 filed under Designers, Products, Shop NewsIf you regularly read our blog you’ll know by now that we look high and low for cards that have great design and are just a bit different to the usual high street offering. The cards well sell are primarily blank, after all writing your own personal message has got to be better than the [...]
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23
Dec
What’s New for 2013?
published December 23, 2012 filed under Designers, Products, Shop NewsWe are constantly looking to add to the ranges we sell at Wrap. The criteria is pretty simple, good design, good quality and if possible, UK made and sourced. For 2013 we are pleased to announce that we have two new suppliers on board, Lush Designs based in Greenwich, London and Wild & Wolf who [...]
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03
Dec
Trevor Haddrell: Bath from Beechen Cliff
published December 3, 2012 filed under Shop News, Trevor HaddrellIf you are already familiar with our shop, you will know that we exhibit and sell both framed and unframed prints and cards by Bristol based artist Trevor Haddrell. Since opening in May, Trevor has added to the two major works of Bradford on Avon, a panorama of the town from Tory and the town [...]
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24
Nov
The Society of Woodengravers annual exhibition
published November 24, 2012 filed under Exhibitions, Trevor HaddrellThe Society exists to promote wood engraving. It is the principal organisation and rallying point for those interested in the subject; it also maintains a lively interest in other forms of relief printmaking. Essentially, it is an artists’ exhibiting society. There are about seventy members, practising artists who have been elected or invited to membership [...]
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