When we were planning Tell Me Girlfriend, one of our top goals was to bring you sources for truly unique, artisan creations. Today, that's just what we're doing. My Bonnie & Clyde (mybonnieandclyde.com) is a fabulous site that is home to a group of independent artists and designers who create one-of-a-kind treats. My Bonnie & Clyde is organized into eight major categories plus an "odds & ends" assortment. There is always something new happening on the site. Right now there are about fifty artists and designers with more on the way. Jewelry is very well represented on the site, as are accessories. We like the offbeat lamps and tree ornaments we found in the decor section and the hand-spun yarn in the odds & ends. Since the site is so very diverse, it is worth taking a little time to page through the sections, as you never know quite what you will find. For example, we found blank books in both the paper and the odds & ends sections. And while we found the fashions a little youthful for us, we were quite taken with the handmade and hand-altered silk camisole we found. It is very sad that artists and designers are so underpaid, but there is a silver lining for us - the items at My Bonnie & Clyde are pretty darned inexpensive. A greeting card with hand folded flowers made from phonebooks with stitching was $2.50. An excellently-titled toile mace lamp was $150.  And you will never find the same piece at anyone else's home! Finally, to keep those starving artists a little hungrier, some of the items are on sale. You can find out what is reduced about halfway down the home page. Your artistic Girlfriends, Suzanne and Alex

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