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Shopping + DIY event with Dara Dot Designs + DesignHerCo

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Elaine

On August 19th the exclusive shopping and DIY event was held at the DesignHerCo studio. Thanks to everyone that came out it was such a fun time!!!

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Dara had the studio all prepped for us to make our own bracelets. She’s such a great teacher, she showed us how to do everything step by step and went around to help those of us (me!) who were DIY challenged.

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Photo credit: Ashley McKernan

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Some of the ladies getting ready for our lesson. I got Petite Pear Style’s attention which is why she’s looking right at the camera LOL!
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Ash and Laura – tweeting and wrapping 😉
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Dara, helping us out with the details.
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Kat of Vodka and Soda and her adorable daughter Kayla. Dara made sure to have a project ready for Kayla’s little hands!

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My almost completed bracelet!
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My friend E’s lovely finished product.
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Ashley and Laura – so proud!

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We also got to shop the Dara Dot Designs collection
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Loved that we were trying on all the scarves and playing with different ways to wear them! It helped that Dara was guiding us!
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The event was a huge success and SO much fun! I love hanging out with fellow bloggers, readers and friends in a really casual and intimate setting like this one. You actually get to chat with people! Many of you expressed interest in coming over twitter and email but couldn’t make it out – hopefully we’ll get to do another event like this soon!
Huge thanks to everyone that came out and especially to Dara for opening up her space to us. You MUST check the DesignHerCo studio especially since the Fall sessions are open for sign up now!

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10 thoughts on “Shopping + DIY event with Dara Dot Designs + DesignHerCo”

  1. Happy Chinadoll says:
    September 2, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Looks like fun 🙂
    Very pretty

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  2. TOBeautyReviews says:
    August 31, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Wish you were there! Hopefully next time if we do another event 🙂

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  3. TOBeautyReviews says:
    August 31, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    THANK YOU DARA! You’re the best!

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  4. TOBeautyReviews says:
    August 31, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Thanks Kait! They were actually really easy to make – I totally surprised myself 😛

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  5. TOBeautyReviews says:
    August 31, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    Haha! Candids!

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  6. Sweet Laundry says:
    August 31, 2012 at 8:24 am

    Oh, looks like the event was a lot of fun! I love the bracelets!

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  7. Dara Sharon says:
    August 31, 2012 at 7:41 am

    I had a great time with all of you! Thanks Elaine for helping me host such a fun event! xo

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  8. Kait says:
    August 30, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    I have been meaning to make some bracelets like these for a while! They look great 🙂

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  9. Ashley McKernan says:
    August 30, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    Great post! I like my surprised face 😉

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  10. ellesy says:
    August 30, 2012 at 11:41 am

    awesome event! i had so much fun meeting everyone and i love my new bracelet and scarves. 🙂 sorry i ruined your candid pic… oopsies! 😛

    Reply

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