Press

"Belonging in Boulder: Unexpected Stories from Your Neighbors" is new cable show on Boulder Valley Media’s Channel 22 features local business owners, entrepreneurs, and interesting community members sharing stories about important journeys they have taken, life lessons they have learned, and why they choose to work and play in Boulder Valley. The show is created by Arielle Nobile of Legacy Connections Films who interviewed Dsenyo Founder Marissa Perry Saints for the latest episode.

"Belonging in Boulder: Unexpected Stories from Your Neighbors" Episode 5 from Arielle Nobile on Vimeo.

Megy Karydes, founder of World Shoppe, writes about the changing of seasons and some great options for fashionable fair trade handbags.  This article appears in full at Fairtrade.us, an independent online magazine.

The Yellow Scene magazine published a nice article on Dsenyo last month. 

It was written by Kate Nelson, a local freelance writer who focuses on eco fashion and sustainable business. 

The photography in the spread was also fantastic thanks to local photographer Andrea Burolla.  Andrea usually does weddings and baby photos for folks in and around the Boulder/Denver area.

Dsenyo got a visit from Jennifer Ryan of 9News at our little studio in my basement last week.  She did a story on us as part of her "Starting Over" series.  As an entrepreneur, following my dream and my passion, we fit right in an hope to inspire others!

Our intern helped us get a mention at Natural Solutions in their article "Feel Good Ways to Pamper Mom".  They chose Dsenyo's Swing Bag as a great gift for Mom this year.

Thanks Natural Solutions!

There is a little spotlight on Dsenyo in the Lifestyle section of The Denver Post today (Thursday, May 6, 2010) just in time for the Studio Tour.  Hope you can check it out!

"Marissa Perry Saints is a Lafayette-based artist and entrepreneur who recently acquired a 1907 treadle-operated sewing machine. In a high-tech, digitally driven world, she crafts handbags and accessories using century-old technology because the products are reproduced in central Africa by women whose homes have no electricity. Perry Saints started her company, Dsenyo, after spending a year living in Malawi 2006. She came back to Colorado with a mission to provide employment to women and artisans living in the impoverised African country... (read full article here)"

This weekend, you can come visit my studio and see Dsenyo's newest collection of bags featuring hand-painted textiles from Zambia.

EBCA 11th Annual Studio Tour
Sat and Sun, 12 - 5pm
May 8-9
My studio: 205 W. Emma St., Lafayette, CO

Listen to Marissa's interview with Nikki Kayser of Dot Org scheduled to air Tuesdy, Jan 23 at 6:56 AM on KGNU on 1390 AM in Denver and 88.5 FM in Boulder.  Nikki asks why Dsenyo focuses on youth in the community development projects that we support and how Dsenyo empowers women in Malawi.

Listen now!

http://kgnu.org/dotorg/2010/02/dsenyo

Dsenyo joined the Etsy Earth Team back in November of 2009. Once a month, the Etsy Earth Team blog features and interview with a team member.  Dsenyo is the featured member this January, 2010.  Check out the interview here.

The Etsy Earth Team is focused on earth-friendly handmade goods. Each team member is committed to sustainability, aware of current eco-issues, taking responsibility for making the best, well-balanced choices for their shops with the safety and quality of their products in mind.

The group is part of Etsy's Teams a feature which allows sellers to band together to network, share skills, and promote their shops and Etsy together.  According to Etsy, "Teams are Etsy’s biggest and most creative grassroots engine for support, networking and marketing – for each team member’s shop, for the Teams themselves, and for Etsy as a whole"

You can read more about the Etsy Earth Team's mission and membership standards.

Dsenyo is honored to be mentioned as one of Aimee Heckel's the top "10 must-have fashion fixes for 2010".  Dsenyo was featured in her article " 10 for '10: A fashion lesson in delayed gratification", on Friday, January 1, 2010.