New Sponsors

Check out our sponsors below! Without their help this event would not be possible, so we would like to personally say a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!

The Countdown...

Wow it is already February! Time is passing quickly so let me remind you all of everything we have going on....

• DONATE! It's EASY! We can not do this without your help. So clean out your closet, call your friends and donate your used designer handbags TODAY! (they do not HAVE to be designer). Drop your donations off at Shabby Chic (behind Santa Fe) or e-mail Rhonda HerringR@phelps.com to schedule a pick up. REMEMBER all donations are tax deductible!!!
• Buy your tickets today! Seating is limited so get your tickets soon. E-mail Rhonda HerringR@phelps.com
• T-shirts. We only have a few t-shirts left so make sure to get yours soon. They are $15.00 (remember every dollar goes directly to S.A.F.E., Inc.)
• Sponsorships are also available. E-mail Rhonda HerringR@phelps.com to get your packet. Sponsorships include advertising, tickets, and t-shirts. It is a new way to get your companies name out there.
• Volunteer Opportunities. There is no way we can do this without your help. So if you interested in helping please e-mail us and we will see how you can make a difference.

I am trying to get some of the donated purses on the website for everyone to check out. So keep checking bag to see if you find any you must have.

Thanks for all your support! We are going to have an OUTSTANDING EVENT! Don't miss it!

Maggie and Rhonda

Dolce&Gabbana - Red and Silver Available

Dolce&Gabbana - 2 Colors Available!

Remember these? (If not check out the picture on the right). These two purses have been well maintained! How do I know? The red one belongs to Maggie and the silver belongs to Rhonda! We know these are going to be hot purses at this year's auction. People have stopped us on the street asking about it. So get your bid in early on this bag!

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana first met in Milan in 1980, while working as assistants in an atelier. Dolce, who studied fashion design and worked for his family's small clothing factory, grew up in a small Sicilian village; Gabbana, a trained graphic designer, grew up in Milan. They had an immediate creative connection and went into business together two years later. Now overseeing what has become a tru fashion empire, the duo has even crossed over into the music world, recording a techno single in 1996 that feature the refrain "D&G is love."

Great Summer Prada! Guaranteed to be one of the HOTTEST purses at the Auction

Red/Orange Shoulder Prada

This is going to be one of our MOST popular bags at the auction this year. How do we know that? We had a similar one last year that was a favorite, plus everyone stops to look at this one! This bag is also in excellent condition. It has a shoulder strap with two wooden accents. This is a GREAT purse for summer!

Prada, is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women (ready-to-wear, leather accessories, shoes, and luggage). Prada is considered one of the most influential clothing designers in the fashion industry. The label is synonymous with opulence and quality, and is widely regarded as a status symbol. It first opened as a leathergoods shop in Milan in 1913, the Prada label was taken in by designer Miuccia Prada in 1999 and transformed into the luxury goods, fashion house recognized today.

Beijo Bag - You know you want it!

Two-Toned Beijo Bag
This donated bag is in excellant condition. The bag has two sholder straps with a zipper closure. The bag is from the classic collection. The original suggested retail price for this bag was approx. $95.00.

Susan Handley first started designing handbags when she was ten years old. At that time, the ideas remained strictly in her imagination. Today, they’ve grown up to become a very real part of her adult life. As the founder and sole designer of Beijo, Susan is not only watching her own dream come true, but is also the creative force behind a growing success story for women all across the country. As a single mom struggling just to make ends meet, Susan started Beijo with no prior business experience. Instead, she had the encouragement of her friends, a loan from her father, and the desire to make a better life for herself and her young son, Kyle. It was Kyle, in fact, who provided the name for his mom’s company. “Beijo,” which means “kiss” in Portuguese, was Kyle’s second spoken word, one that the toddler often repeated when asking for a “beijo, Mama, beijo.” From that kiss for luck was born the inspiration for Susan to begin selling—at first by the armload out of her car—the Beijo bags that, only three years later, are now sold by the tens of thousands at home parties. Having declined department store offers to carry her bags nationwide, Susan is committed to her vision that home parties remain the core of her company. Many of the women who host Beijo parties are in the process of gaining their first measure of financial independence. These women are, as Susan says, “Exactly like myself, who can do something to make money and feel good and still be there at the bus stop at 2:00 when their children get home.” And whether acting as hostesses, or simply shopping with their friends in an at-home setting, these women are also advancing a commitment to moms everywhere: a portion of the Beijo donation program is committed to organizations and projects which support the health, education and development of mothers and their children.

Coach Purse Available at Auction

Small Coach Bag

This Coach bag is in excellent condition. It has an small interior pocket as well as two "cell-phone" pockets. It snaps in the front and has a pocket on the back exterior.

Coach began as a family-owned business in a loft in Manhattan, NY in 1941 with American designer Bonnie Cashin. In developing accessories for her style of contemporary dress, Cashin dramatically changed handbags with designs akin to modern sculpture, dyed in candy colors of pink, orange, yellow and blue, and lined with linens designed by textile designer Dorothy Liebes. With a greater variety of shapes, colors and textures in her "Cashin-Carry" designs, many featured wide openings or exterior coin purses and pockets. Coach Incorporated is now considered to be a very "fashion-forward" brand and is commonly sold and purchased throughout the country.
Cashin designed matching shoes, pens, key fobs and eyewear and added hardware to her clothes and accessories alike, particularly the silver toggle that became the Coach hallmark, declaring that she had been inspired by a memory of quickly fastening the top on her convertible sports car.