About Shop Wrenn

Alissa Wrenn Smith is the designer, creator and owner of Shop Wrenn and Wrenn Jewelry. She started making jewelry since she was in her early teens, even making rhinestone belts for friends. Over the course of many years she took jewelry classes with her mother and became infatuated with color and the design process involved in jewelry making. Jewelry was only a hobby until she left her career as a professional horse trainer and a life working in politics. After the birth of her first child, Alissa leaped with both feet into the small business world. Wrenn Jewelry was born in 2010. Why the name Wrenn? Wrenn is Alissa's Grandmother's maiden name, hence the play on the "Wren" bird. In 2013, Alissa was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins follicular b-cell lymphoma on top of having a long time struggle with Crohn's disease. The life changing diagnoses inspired her to start making custom one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces with special meaning. Read their story