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Our 10th Anniversary Women of Distinction

S EWIN G T O MAKE home a healthy commission.

As a result of her personal
Children's Dreams Come True investment in her career, she
brought about more sales for
the company. Bonnie attributes
the majority of this success to
By Janice Carter-Booth reading a book in 1985 that
changed her life, entitled, The
Best Way For A Woman To
ER NAME IS BONNIE “How can I make sewing into military patch. She even made Make Money, by David King
HBowe and she surely can something more productive, for a bib for a fire captain who and Karen Levine. That book
sew! She is truly an inspira- more children”? She told me, “I delivered a baby in his fire advocated that being in sales
tion! I wasn't kidding about know I can't cure them, but I truck. These are only a few of was the way for this to happen
the way she sews, it is simply can put a smile on their faces”. the many wonderful, selfless for women.
impeccable. She sews mostly This tells me her petite size has acts that Bonnie has contrib- So a few years later, with
for babies and small children. nothing to do with her very big uted through out our many her daughters now grown, she
Everything from bibs, burps and generous heart! communities. made a bold move. With just
cloths, bedding, to toy animals. She told me she wanted When Bonnie was a child a high school education she
She also make stunning aprons to show that one individual herself, it was her dad that was trekked off to Silicon Valley,
for all ages. She will customize on their own can make a real the nurturing parent. She came where the electronic business
any item for anyone, washing difference. Bonnie also said, “It from humble beginnings living was booming. She started
and ironing each item. The has not only benefited the chil- in a small apartment in Chica- working at first for small com-
most astonishing thing about dren, but gives my life more go. As a child, she felt Chicago panies as a sales rep. She even-
this woman…every bit of her meaning and purpose in re- was a great, vibrant city to grow tually started her own com-
profits go to the “Make A Wish tirement.” Besides the “Make- up in the 50's and 60's. Her dad pany selling to big companies
Foundation”! A-Wish Foundation”, Bonnie was an accountant during the like, Apple, Hewlett Packard,
I asked her when and how has made and donated her week but, on the weekends, he and a number of others.
she learned her craft? She said. beautiful work to a non-profit took her to museums, art gal- When Bonnie and her
“It was really to do with eco- organization named, “Hearts leries, and parks of all sizes. He Aerospace engineer husband
nomics.” First, she sewed ma- & Hooves”. “Hearts & Hooves” also once took her and some of decided to retire, they wanted
ternity clothes for herself, then provides therapy miniature her beautiful art work into the to come to a warmer climate,
crafting some for her children horses which provide relief for Chicago Tribune when she was so they looked at a map and
in an effort to save money. autistic children. only eight years old. The visit saw a little red dot that caught
was a success when the news- their eye. This dot would soon
paper actually published her be known as Ramona and en-
cut out dolls at the bottom of a ticed Bonnie and her husband
comic strip known as “Mopsy to come down for a look before
Modes”. making such a big move.
Bonnie's profession, how- Instantly, they were hooked. It
ever, was very different from had everything they wanted;
her creative passion of sewing. quiet, sprawling, countryside,
At first, she worked as a sec- but with town within driving
retary / office manager, for an distance. Bonnie has her beau-
electronics company in Utah. tiful sewing displayed at The
When the boss was at the Poway Boardwalk every other
home office in Denver, Bonnie, Sat. starting July 1st. from 8
would be out in the field, until 2 and also at the Rancho
taking samples of electronic Bernardo market every Friday
components to engineers and from 9 to 1.
purchasing agents in order for Bonnie is on facebook at
them to make PC boards. So SweetDreams4kids/Bonnie
she bought a brief case and Bowe. Check this page out to
jazzed up her outfits in an see her beautiful work. She
The idea to sew for chil- Not only concentrated on effort to have her image match welcomes orders through
dren came about when she re- not-for-profits, Bonnie made her sales ability. She promoted messages and comments on
turned to her love of sewing for a personal contribution when the components, and consid- her page. Also her e-mail is
her great-grandchildren about she designed a boys' apron to erably increased sales for the sweetdreams4kids@cox.net.,
6 years ago. Then she thought, wear and display his fathers company; therefore bringing cell phone 760 525 0561.

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