Memorial Day reflections

Memorial Day has a special meaning for me. Today, not only do we, as Americans, remember all those who served our country, but I personally remember this day( May 31, 2000)  as the day my Mom died from complications of breast cancer.

In 2002, I was looking for something to do with my life instead of spending an average of 60 hrs per week doing flowers for special events. Through a series of coincidences, my longtime friend and design collaborator ,Karin J.  Chriss, and I started Bosom Buddy Bags….although it wasn’t called that initially. We knew when we started making handbags ( a particular passion of my mom’s) we wanted the business to have a direction and a purpose. Breast Cancer had touched our lives and we wanted to help fight the disease in some way. We didn’t know exactly what we would do, but we knew that would be our cause…hence the name BOSOM BUDDY BAGS

Here we are at our very first show. This was back in the day when we did one-of-a-kind evening bags exclusively .November 2002

Starting in 2006 we embraced our cause wholeheartedly and started the Mothers Day SHOP FOR THE CURE to benefit the Lillian Glorioso Breast Cancer Memorial Fund . To date we have raised and donated over $30,000.00 to KomenMD for the Cure. We no longer do the Shop for the Cure ’tent show’ shopping event, but every October we offer a limited edition pink bag to raise money for breast Cancer awareness.  This October we will offer another bag to raise money..don’t worry ,I’ll post  about it …several times!

This is the copywrited logo  Elizabeth Nuttle created for the Shop for the Cure.

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so here’s what’s happening around our house this Memorial Day  morning

Hope you have a relaxing day with your friends and families…and always remember those we have loved and lost,no matter what their battle.