Author Archives: Rebecca Meade
Amy Wells Designs, located in Memphis, Tennessee is the entrepreneurial dream of designer and artist, Amy Wells. Amy began her professional life with a successful career in the financial services industry. After her daughter was born Amy decided to return to her passion…creating beautiful and eclectic jewelry. Her love of all things rustic combined with […]
Desperado Boutique is excited to be a part of downtown Bend’s first Art Walk of 2021! Come meet our resident artist Barbara Slater, see her brand new installation at the store and join the fun! Read more about Barbara in our blog!
Our monthly “Artist Spotlight” takes us to the small town of Eagle Creek, Oregon where jewelry artists Hannah & Andy park their tiny home on wheels. We recently met Hannah & Andy when they popped into our store on one of their road trip adventures. We immediately fell in love with their vintage leather ‘upcycled’ […]
Our March artist spotlight shines on jewelry designer, Susy Pino/CEO & Owner of Samkas, one of our favorite and longtime vendors here at our boutique. Susy’s favorite thing about making jewelry is taking unusual, rough or earthy designs and softening them into elegant elements. “We like to layer our jewelry with pearls and crystals to […]
Desperado Boutique’s Featured Artist As part of our commitment to support artisans and craftspeople from around the region we are pleased to welcome the work of west coast jeweler Paula Carvalho to our Bend boutique. For a limited time we will be showcasing some of Paula’s unique and eclectic necklaces and bracelets. We first fell […]
Desperado Diva & artist, Mikki Krohn, has turned her talent for portrait painting to Santa! Yes Santa! When Mikki isn’t working at Desperado you’ll often find her with a paintbrush in hand. Mikki discovered her love of painting Santas after using a Mall Santa photo for inspiration. “I have always enjoyed painting portraits and I […]
Click here to listen to Olivia’s new song…‘Gypsy’ Our very own Desperado Diva, Olivia Harms, just released her second single from her new album ‘Rhinestone Cowgirl’ and we are excited to share it with you! This song written and performed by Olivia is called “Gypsy” and is about life on the road. The first single […]
Oct
We’re celebrating our 24th Anniversary at our new downtown Bend location and we’ve got six days of in-store specials just for you!!! -Friday, October 16th enjoy 24% off any Sofft shoe or boot in our store! -Saturday, October 17th receive 24% off all scarves! -Sunday, October 18th get 24% off our entire in-store stock of […]
