Back in Time and New Experiences

This Thanksgiving was a time of reflection upon the past as well as a time for opening my eyes to new joys. Traveling to my childhood home of Tempe, AZ brings me back to my past but whenever I’m back there, I never see school friends. As I’ve gotten older I find that I really miss those kids. I guess I see myself in my high school age daughter and the things she does and friends she knows remind me of how much I miss my old pals. You know, with Facebook reuniting with school friends made it possible. So my friend from high school that I got re-acquainted with on Facebook and I planned a little gathering and contacted many people from school to join us. Turns out with the holidays and people having company or traveling out of town, it was just 3 of us and our spouses. But that was a good re-entry for me. Plus, early in the day, I ran into 2 more friends from high school in my old neighborhood. Seeing everyone again was a joy and seeing what they’ve done with their lives was so interesting. Plus, we caught up on gossip and talked about the old days, which was hilarious. I recommend you do the same. There is nothing like seeing people after 20+ years and catching up.

As the weekend continued, I experienced one of the highlights of my artistic life which was seeing the Chihuly glass exhibition at the Desert Botanical Gardens.

It was an art exhibition with spectacular glass features intermixed in the desert landscape. The colors and shapes were extraordinary. This just confirms my love for color and shiny things. I highly recommend visiting. The display will be there until May 31, 2009. Thank goodness I had 2 cameras. To see more pictures, visit my flickr album.

Oh, and I have to let you know, I have a bunch of new items in my Etsy shop and am having a major inventory sale. Free shipping to the USA.

End of an Era Sale

HUGE clearance sale at Bonnin Designs. Every single thing in my shop is 50% off and more.

It's been a long time coming, but I have finally made the decision to close my website. I will still be selling my pieces in my Etsy shop, but my website will only give a direct link to the Etsy shop. I've been having a lot of technical problems on my administration end on my website which affect my ability to update the shop. Shopping there isn't a problem for customers though. And since I can't seem to fix the issue plus many other things, the time has come to close up.

So please come and shop, tell your friends, pass it on. I'd really really appreciate it.

Inventory Clearance Sale, It's BIG!

We've been having some website problems on my regular website, so to ease the frustration and to make way for FALL, we're having a HUGE inventory clearance sale on my other site.
I have to let you know that much of my jewelry and accessories are now on clearance and moved over to my Etsy site at http://shopbonnin.etsy.com . Many items are marked way way down. And shipping is FREE to the US. So please hurry over because it's going fast.

Bumping up the Discounts to 60%

With new items on the table ready to be added to my site, I'm marking down everything currently on the website to 60% off. Please help me clear it out! By mid-Aug I hope to have the new items posted.
The New World Flamenco Festival starts next week and I am readyto be a vendor. Jewelry is made and boxes are packed! I even got my Flamenco apron by way of the very talented Jennifer Ramos of Textile Fetish for keeping such things as receipt books, pens and more. Isn't it amazing?
I will definitely post pictures from the events.

Inventory Clearance Sale at Bonnin Designs

Starts today at Bonnin Designs! Many items are new and one-of-a-kind, so hurry before they vanish.