May 09, 2020
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My mom has volumes of incredible photo albums, meticulously organized into years and subjects - all from another time, when she filled her days photographing the rodeo, Mule Days in Winnemucca, pack trips into the mountains she went on with my dad and their friends... onto our daily family life, holidays and vacations. This documentation means so much to me and I thought to share some of her photos here as I think they are so beautiful. It's also Mother's Day tomorrow and I wanted to make a little tribute to her. My mom grew up on a ranch - The Alisal Ranch in Solvang, CA. It was a golden age for lots of reasons, but for her as a child, she was free to jump on a horse and be gone for the day... to roam, to wander, to find friends and be in nature. I think this was her most important education - and I wish we could all give this to our kids. As she raised us, the attention and care she put into the creation of our daily lives - family meals, our halloween costumes (a huge inspiration for my clothing collection!!), the houses we lived in, the gardens we created - has always filled me with admiration for her. The documentation she made of it is another huge part of it all - how special to be able to look back and spark our memories of different moments. Not only was she a great photographer, but she was also so good at putting it all together. My mom is self taught in all aesthetic interests - she was wallpapering an entire house at the age of 19 and she has always put so much love and care into creating spaces and gardens that are welcoming and warm. Spaces that make you feel good. It is a talent she naturally has in her, and also one that was nurtured by all her time in nature as a child and her first generation Portuguese and Dutch grandparents. My mom was able to turn her passion for interiors and beauty into a business when she opened her first shop 20 years ago. I was in school at the time, but joined her in business after being away for a few years - we have now had Bon together for 16 years. It has been a shared love of ours and we are so thankful to come into work every day and be together.
I hope you enjoy looking at some of her photos <3
Wishing all the moms and mother figures out there a wonderful Mother's Day. It's important to celebrate you all the time, but it's also nice to make a special day of it :)
May 08, 2020
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Favorite pieces for the home and wardrobe <3
May 06, 2020
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We are very excited to welcome Tensira's new line of table linens to the shop! We have received a wide variety of tablecloths and napkins and are so thrilled to finally get them all up online. These are made using traditional methods of hand-spinning, hand-dying, hand-weaving. We just love Tensira and were so excited that they decided to add to their collection with these beautiful pieces. The fabric is sturdy enough also to make a picnic blanket or beach blanket. They are very versatile... and we always love that! With more time at home, it is fun to make an evening feel different by easily changing the table linens!
You can see more in our home section online - we have written a bit more about Tensira there and share more photos of each style in combination with different napkins.
May 05, 2020
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Pretty colors <3 Scarves and washi paper flowers <3
May 03, 2020
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As states begin to open up, we find ourselves reflecting on the time we have all taken to isolate - to take care of ourselves and others. What an emotional rollercoaster for so many - individually and collectively. We closed our shop two weeks before we were required to and I remember making that decision with my mom, both of us so fearful of what could happen - a thought process not different from any of the small businesses that have had to close. There is so much to say about this experience, but I will try to edit well and not carry on too long. I will say that for us, the initial fear shifted quickly into... how do we adapt overnight and keep our business afloat... then footsteps in that direction. Many of you have asked us for a long time to make our online shop bigger as you have known our actual shop carries much more than what we share online. We took this opportunity to do just that - and throughout that process, we have been overwhelmed by your kind emails and notes... your calls to check in on us... along with your support through orders online. We have been doing as much as we can on our end to continue supporting the artists, makers and designers we carry who make the things we love, who make the world a more beautiful place to be. Amidst all the devastation from this experience, there has been new creation, new ideas, evidence of caring more about what we all support and how we take care of each other. It almost feels at moments like a different era. This could be a beautiful new reality. We must work to continue in this way :) All that to say, thank you so very much for everything you have done for us - you have kept our hopes up and you have kept us working. We will continue to keep our online shop at this level ... and maybe slightly bigger if we can swing it. We are dedicated to it, and we love every minute of it. Being in touch with you is a big part of that! We will also be happy to reopen our actual shop when it feels like a good time. We will likely go into Summer with limited hours at our actual shop, but we will keep our online shop efficiently going as we have been trying to do these past two months. We have always tried to ship quickly - and we have stayed committed to that. We so appreciate your orders and feel it is so important for us to get them to you quickly. We will continue to ship daily - so your orders usually go out the same day or the next day from the time your order is placed. For this week, we have decided to be available all day Saturday at the shop so that those of you in Tucson can have access to Mother's Day shopping through pickup. We will be there from 10 to 5 to run your orders out to you :) So far, that is what we have on the schedule. We are at the shop everyday, but hours vary because of homeschooling and all those important things.
Sending so much love your way! We hope you are all doing ok and still hanging in there. I know we are all wanting to see our friends and family again in person... and I hope we can all do that soon <3
-- The picture above is of our beautiful friend Nikki. We are so thankful for Nikki, Molly, Heather, Isolde... our friends who model with us on a regular basis. And our dearest dear Ginny - who many of you know by visiting the shop. Ginny has worked every Sunday for the last few years. We can't express how much Ginny brings to our lives and to our shop. We are so lucky for these incredible women and all the gifts they bring. We looking forward to being with them again and working on new projects together. <3
