As promised I’ve been working on a new giveaway! This giveaway is to celebrate reaching 100 followers on this blog 🙂 When I started this little blog I remember when my friends in the petite community all started following and I was soooo excited!!! I have only one friend IRL that I discuss this blog with on a regular basis so she thought I was pretty funny when I started. I never ever thought I would have 100 readers! It seriously excites me to no end!
For this giveaway I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do. I really wanted to give away something unique and preferably Canadian made.
I had first heard about Dara Dot Designs while looking at my sister in law’s friend’s photography as she did a shoot for Dara. I loved her stuff but back then I was very hesitant about online shopping. I hadn’t heard about Etsy yet and I didn’t have a pay pal account! Then I stumbled upon Dara’s site again while searching for make up artists in the Toronto area for my friend that was getting married. If it weren’t already meant to be I actually met Dara by fluke at the One of Kind Show in December. Fast forward to a few weeks back and I signed up for Dara’s mailing list and befriended her on Twitter. I had wanted to buy stuff for myself and a friend of mine so I also picked up a little something as my giveaway. Phew, what a long story LOL!
This is taken off of the Dara Dot Designs website:
Designer, owner and Fashion Design grad, Dara Frydman, fell in love with the idea of applying her design background and use of textiles into her accessories. Incorporating a variety of fibres and skins such as felt, bamboo, leather, stones, and metals; each unique design strikes an eclectic “arts and crafts” feel.
I love her designs because they are simple but very different. And they are so versatile! She is not only a Canadian designer but she is based in Toronto AND she is a fellow petite standing proud at 4’11”!!!! It was totally meant to be 😉
Here are the two items I picked up for myself (and me trying to mimic the different ways wearing the scarves 😛 ):
Dara Dot Designs Ruffle Scarf in Blue/Cranberry Leather
Dara Dot Designs Loop scarf in Cerise
The model does a MUCH better job of showing how to wear the scarves in different ways. Check it out if you have the time:
dara dot designs promo from Justin Borja on Vimeo.
And to one lucky winner I will be giving away one Ruffle Scarf in Blue/Grey Leather:
***Please note: All items were purchased by me from Dara Dot Designs. I am now an affiliate of Dara Dot Designs so if you click on the sidebar icon and make a purchase I will receive a small commission!***
Rules:
Open to all readers.
Mandatory:
1. Follow my blog using Google Friend Connect (click the “follow” button on my side bar)
2. Check out Dara Dot Designs and let me know what your favorite item is
3. Leave me an email where you can be contacted
Bonus Entries:
(+1) Follow me on Twitter
(+1) Tweet about this giveaway
(+3) Add my giveaway button to your blog side bar
Please fill out the form below and Good Luck! (Don’t forget to scroll down and click “submit” at the end)
***Giveaway ends Sunday January 30th, 2011 at midnight EST***