Today is Soirée Day!

House is sparkling, wine is chilling, cider is warming, cats are primping...are you coming?

Luster's Gift Guide and Soirée News!

Thanks to Jenny from Luster for including our Airplane on Vintage Nickel Moneyclip all up in her beautiful Men's Gift Guide. Super Manly. I'll take the whiskey por favor. Last night after dinner I got drunk on Cassis (yeah I know but its strong AND sweet) and took down the shiny holiday decorations. Jim got on the ladder, threw it around while I pointed out it didn't look "organic-y enough". But he assured me it looks quite festive. Perfect!

So now we're full steam ahead getting ready for our Open House Soirée on Saturday! Am excited that our pals from Sovereign Beck will be joining us with their beautiful ties again annnnnnd...

Jared just dropped off our new gift bags! What is this green? I love them...

I'm unnaturally excited about Saturday. Like a child. A little numb fingered caffeinated child.

A Raffle Addition from Jamie Shelman

Look what the wonderful Jamie Shelman just donated to the raffle! So now you can win one more thing in addition to these things and help support the good work the Food Bank for New York City is doing.

December is Decembery

a little nap sounds pretty good.

December plugging away...making, wrapping, sending shiny objects like crazy here in the studio! Icky and Maxine are helping out as you can see. The studio as per usual in December looks like a bomb went off of shiny objects, string and paper. But we have a new little collection:

these are ready for purchase on our big cartel site but there's only a few of each...

New little collection of earrings and necklaces up here! They're made from baubles I collected in Paris in October: gorgeous little faceted crystal "rosemounts" from the 1920's, elephants, half moons, full moons with little etched stars--perfect for earrings and necklaces--take a look! It's the Persephone Holiday Collection: Persephone was the Goddess of Spring Renewal (amongst other neat things) and what better to wear for the holidays than shiny pretty things that celebrate the spirit of regrowth and renewal? Made with my favorite Persephone in mind who has been such a great and supportive friend and always inspires with her intelligence and style and intelligent style.

Virginia Galvan's beautiful display at the Nightwood Holiday Fair

--I love her work (and her)Thank god for Lindsay's tostadas. That girl can cook.

we are seriously going to do another event together or host a cooking class where she teaches us her magic for realzes.

We did the Nightwood Holiday Fair over the weekend and it was so nice! The atmosphere was really beautiful and it was nice to get to know some new cooks, designers, artists and hang out with old friends too. I really love what the Nightwood ladies are doing. I can't get Nadia's astrology pillows out of my brain and on my wishlist for the future is one of Mariah's cabinets. It will happen. If you can check out next weekend's Part Two (before or after you come to mine!) you'll be really glad you did--a direct train ride to/from here!
OH and HEYYYYY! EXCITEMENT IN THE HOUUUUSE! The Puro Corazon bags just arrived this morning in a big giant box from Peru! We'll be selling them this weekend at the Bonbon & Friends Studio Holiday Soirée & Sale! That is if I don't selfishly snatch all of them up myself. Carolina also sent little goodies for the gift bags but there's only 20 so come on time!
They are so freaking gorgeous I can't stand it. Here's a sneak peek at what's still in the wrappers...I hope you're coming!!!
And the raffle prizes for the gift basket have been arriving all week too...Vana's book and Hortensia's hat is here...and two new additions will be announced later tonight!! To buy a ticket to help out the Food Bank for NYC hit the donate button over on the sidebar--the tix are $10 on-line and $5 at any of the sales we'll be at this month!

**Ok back to work. Don't forget the last day to shop for Bonbons is December 17th--we're offering 25% of all necklaces, earrings and bracelets on our main bonbon site and 15% off of our any moneyclips or keyfobs (great gifts for him!). Just write JINGLE15-25 in your subject line!

Nightwood Holiday Fair

We are at the Nightwood Holiday Fair in downtown Brooklyn, this weekend only 12-6pm. Lots of prettiness, lots of great designers and artists with special gifts for the holidays and a bon weekend!

(I think I worked out some of the kinks in the raffle..see below for details.)

Raffle for the Food Bank for NYC

Raffle for Food Bank for New York City

This year's raffle to support the Food Bank of New York City is ready. A gorgeous collection filled with beautiful goods with a net worth of over US$900 have been donated by different artosts and designers from NYC and Byond. There are also a few surprise designers & artists gifts (who doesn't like surprises?) to add as well to be announced as the month goes on. Stay tuned to see!

Entering is easy:

1. Hit the donate button there at the top right (or in this post!). A ticket costs only USD $10.00** and you can enter for as many tickets as you want.

2. Then just send us a quick line with your vital info to: deb at bonbonoiseau dot com:
your name
shipping address &
email address
and we'll create a ticket(s) for you and put it safe and sound in our special raffle box.

Any donation of $100 or more will get one free entry! $200 or more will get two free, $300 will get 3 free tickets etc.! We'll do our drawing December 24th, Christmas Eve surrounded by all our friends and family in a live action video!~

***We're only taking U.S. entries at this time but if you live overseas and don't mind paying for shipping (about USD$75), by all means enter! We'd like to give as much as we can to the food bank and not the P.O.!

Now for what's inside:

clockwise from top left:
Baby Alpaca "Babette" Hat donated by Michelle Peglau from Hortensia Handmade
Feathers calender donated by Kim Krans of the Wild Unknown
Petal nesting bowls from Asya Palatova gleena
Coasters and other goodies from Breck Hostetter of Sesame Letterpress
Ryan Sovereign & Will Beck donated a tie from Sovereign Beck
(but not necessarily this one!)
A Fleuri D'Hiver Necklace in Noire
(and Brass Horseshoe money clip for the dudes)donated by me from Bonbon Oiseau
Tamika Rivera of Therapy has donated a set of hand-poured organic candles

Milagro Pin donated by Carolina Restrepo of PuroCorazon in Peru!
(New! 12/10)"The Extrovert", A drawing donated by Jamie Shelman
"Silhouette Art" donated by and written by Vana Chupp

(Hey! New Donations as of 12/15,
Clockwise: Crystal Healing Tee (short sleeve) from Species by The Thousands
(at Brooklyn Flea!)
One of Faune Yerby's lovely little art works (at Brooklyn Flea!)
Kitty Tote from Loyalty & Blood (also at Brooklyn Flea!)
Earrings from Jessica DeCarlo(also at Brooklyn Flea!)

In 2008 we raised $1400 for the Food Bank of New York City which was tripled by the Robin Hood Foundation for a total of $4200! Let's do it again...

"Approximately 1.4 million New Yorkers — the majority of whom are women, children, seniors, the working poor and people with disabilities — rely on soup kitchens and food pantries. With the goal of ending food poverty throughout the five boroughs, the Food Bank For New York City provides a series of income support, nutrition and health education programs in addition to food distribution efforts that last year provided more than 74 million pounds of food to approximately 1,000 food assistance programs every year. Without the help of our partners and supporters like you, the work of the Food Bank would not be possible."

Click here to read more...

(New!) Read here to read about how we started doing the raffle...

December So Much Planning

via bloom

So much planning and doing. Today designing my table for the Nightwood sale this weekend inspired by beautiful images from Bloom Magazine. Also organizing our raffle to go live later today in honor of the first night of Chanukah or Hannukah or Hannnukkkkah and taking a ride in the storm out to Mom's to celebrate with her. How is your season's planning going?

Save the Dates! Bonbon's December Schedule of Events!

With goodie bags for the first 20 people through the door
and a sneak preview of the Spring 2011 Collection
That's...Saturday the 11th

Come see us this weekend!

Look for us here from the 15th-23rd

this one should be super fun--it's in a trapeze studio with performances and other surprises!
afterall, your last weekend of shopping should be a fun one right?

Blog babies, I'm so excited about all of our December events.
It's not just the awesome designers we get to hang out with and lovely settings (of course our party here at the studio makes me giddy just thinking about it). It's getting to meet all of you!
I love December because every year I meet so many wonderful people including blog friends who come to life! The raffle this year for the Food Bank for New York is going to better than ever (more on that tomorrow!)
So no matter how much work there is ahead, we can do it with so much more heart than any other time of year...

We reeeealllly hope you can make it to our Studio Holiday Sale on the 11th and to the other holiday events we're proud to be a part of!

Dec. 4th and 5th
Nightwood Holiday Fair
12pm-6pm
Livingston Street between Hoyt & Smith
back entrance of 189 Schermerhorn
A/C or G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn
www.nightwoodny.com

Dec. 11th
Bonbon & Friends Holiday Studio Sale & Soirée
The 4th Annual Sipping & Shopping Event of the Season!
1pm-5pm
The Bonbon Oiseau Studio
116 Noble Street , No. 1
Brooklyn, NY 11222
directions: www.hopstop.com

Dec. 15th-23rd
Brooklyn Flea's Gifted
at One Hanson
11am-7pm
presented by Brooklyn Flea & Design*Sponge

Dec. 18th & 19th
Williamsburg Winter Wonder
big sky works

29 wythe ave @ n.14th st

Brooklyn, NY 11211
www.wburgwinterwonder.blogspot.com

Can't be there? Free shipping on all of our web items throughout December and 20% off until Dec. 15th.

Thanks and Giving

Happy Thanksgiving lovies, from the (IT'S 12 DEGREES F HERE) heartland.

Please Join Us: Holiday Studio Sale & Soirée 2010

Saturday, December 11th

1pm-5pm

116 Noble Street
Brooklyn, NY

An open house with spirits, beautiful gifts, friends & bloggers, designers & artists
a first look at the Bonbon Oiseau Holiday & Spring Collection
+ our favorite but still to be announced talents.

wooden toys and cutting boards, hand-mixed essential and body oils and scents, candles in antique jars, a new season of luxurious handknits, handbags from across the ocean,
incredible artworks & letterpress treats,
hand-tied flowers,
and a first chance for winning a basket of amazing goods
with a simple raffle for the food bank for NYC,
and sweet gift-bags filled with goodies from all of us for the first 25.

Say yes.

*same day as the Greenpoint/Franklin Street Holiday Stroll