Save the Date! Next DNG event at Baccarat w/ Editor at Large

Hello Members!
You are all invited to this fantastic luncheon that the DNG is co-hosting with Baccarat and Editor at Large!

Date: Thursday March 24th, 2011

Time: 12:30-2:30pm

Studio Baccarat

PDC
8687 Melrose Ave #B540
Los Angeles, CA 90048

RSVP: baccarat@hlgrp.com

**Please note only members of our DNG group are invited, if you have a friend or colleague that would like to become a member please have them contact me directly.


And make sure you RSVP to the info on the invite and we look forward to seeing you on March 24th!

Save the Date! Next DNG at Grace Home Furnishings, January 27th, 2011 5-8pm!

Hello Members!
I am so happy to announce that our next Designer Networking Event will be held at Grace Home Furnishings January 27th, 2011 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm.



Grace Home Furnishings is located at:



11632 Barrington Court
Los Angeles, CA 90049-2929
(310) 476-7176



Cross street is Sunset Blvd.



Website: http://www.gracehomefurnishings.com/



About Grace Home Furnishings:
Grace Home Furnishings is a unique Los Angeles design destination. Located in the heart of Brentwood Village, the 3,000 square foot retail showroom features a graceful and distinctive mix of custom furniture and home accessories. The style combines East Coast refinement and Old Hollywood glamour with the comfort and ease of Southern California living.



Founded in 2000 by designers Michael Ostrow and Roger Stoker, Grace Home Furnishings provides a vibrant, inviting atmosphere where you can shop, place a custom order, or get personalized decorating advice from a team of in-house designers. Whether customers are looking for a unique single piece of furniture or full-scale interior design services, the design staff of Grace Home Furnishings can turn their vision into a reality that is classic and refined, elegant yet comfortable.



Grace Home Furnishings features a unique selection of furniture, lighting and home accessories from the best designers and manufacturers. In addition, Ostrow and Stoker recently introduced the Grace Home Collection© of custom upholstery and case good pieces they design and manufacture in California. Each piece in this collection is built to order and can be customized in any way to fit the customer’s preferences.



Recognized across the country for excellence in design, Grace Home Furnishings is also known for their adorable chocolate brown Labrador retrievers, Gracie and her predecessor, Grace. Grace was the original mascot of the store and the inspiration for the store’s name. She perfectly expressed the Grace Home brand - a seemingly effortless style of refined taste and elegance. Grace Home Furnishings has built a reputation as a “lifestyle” brand and provides the retail home furnishings consumer with the inspiration and resources to develop their own individual style.




The purpose of our DNG Events is to bring talented individuals who work in the design industry to meet and network their talents and products.



PLEASE make sure you bring your business cards, portfolios and/or images of your work so you can share your products and design
work with our members. If you would like to bring a product of your work - we encourage your to do so so we can see your designs.
It is important that you bring your materials so we can view your work and products!


Please forward this invite to other interior designers, store owners, showroom managers, artists and product designers that you might know.
And remember you need to be a member to join our events so if you would like you can bring your $25 membership fee (for the year) to this event.



Please RSVP (only if YOU CAN make it) - to turquoise.la@gmail.com



We look forward to seeing you on THURSDAY January 27th, 2011.

No DNG Event for November or December!

We wont be having an event for November/December and wish everyone have a safe and wonderful holiday!

We will see you on January 27th, 2011 at Grace Home in Brentwood for our next meeting. Please save the date! Thanks.

Save the date - Next DNG Event at Bridgid Coulter Design October 28th 7-9:30pm

Please save the date, our next Designer Networking Event will be held at Bridgid Coulter Design October 28th, 2010 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm.



Bridgid Coulter Design is located at:
1419 5th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
PH 310 963 5360



Between Broadway and Santa Monica Blvd.



Street parking is available and there is also public valet parking available for a fee, located one building north of the boutique, on the same (east) side of the street.



Website: http://bridgidcoulterdesign.com/



Bridgid Coulter Design is an interior design studio that aims to integrate indigenous architectural forms into modern spaces for both residential and commercial clients. We strive to bring outstanding design within the reach of many and to develop community design that invigorates the masses and invites interaction. Bridgid Coulter Design also has a Santa Monica boutique that offers unique gifts and home accessories including lighting, rugs, small furniture, mirrors, candles and much more. We have recently started an art program, featuring the work of two local artists in our boutique in eight week rotations and have been developing design workshops for the near future, as well as other events. Please check out our website at www.bridgidcoulterdesign.com to see our work, our press and our events schedule.



There will be a raffle as well, so make sure you enter when you arrive!



The purpose of our DNG Events is to bring talented individuals who work in the design industry to meet and network their talents and products.



PLEASE make sure you bring your business cards, portfolios and/or images of your work so you can share your products and design work with our members. If you would like to bring a product of your work - we encourage your to do so so we can see your designs.



It is important that you bring your materials so we can view your work and products! Please forward this invite to other interior designers, store owners, showroom managers, artists and product designers that you might know.



And remember you need to be a member to join our events so if you would like you can bring your $25 membership fee (for the year) to this event.



Please RSVP (only if YOU CAN make it) - to turquoise.la@gmail.com



We look forward to seeing you THURSDAY October 28th, 2010.

CraveLA Book Signing Event at Firefly

I am happy to announce that I was chosen as one of the 125 selected Los Angeles
entrepreneur’s to be featured in this years CraveLA book, so please come celebrate with us on Thursday October 14th from 7:00-9:30pm to
kick off my 1st CraveLA book signing.



Firefly is located at:
1409 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291
PH: 310 450 6288



Street parking is available.



Hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served.



Books are $20 each and Vanessa De Vargas will be personally signing each one.



If you cannot make the book signing and would like to pre-order a book, please
contact me to reserve a book.



We look forward to seeing you next Thursday and feel free to forward the invite
to friends and family.



We ask that you please RSVP to turquoise.la@gmail.com if you would like to come.

Save the date - Next DNG Event at House of Honey September 30th 7-9:30pm

Please save the date our next Designer Networking Event will be held at House of Honey Thursday September 30, 2010 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm.

House Of Honey is located at:

1518A Mission Street
South Pasadena, CA 91030
PH: 626.441.2454

Street parking is available.

Website: WWW.HOUSEOFHONEY.LA

House Of Honey is a home decor shop and interior design studio featuring the unique voice of Tamara Kaye-Honey. Situated on a lovely tree-lined street in South Pasadena, House Of Honey offers a curated selection of custom vintage home furnishings, one of a kind decorative objects and textiles. The shop carries an eclectic mix of re-invented furnishings & accessories, art/lighting/jewelry/handbags/progressive design pieces/arts-oriented books, as well as wallpaper and fabric. Design services are offered, ranging from re-covering a special chair to complete residential and commercial renovations.

*House Of Honey is in this months Los Angeles magazine as being one of the best new shops in LA.

The purpose of our DNG Events is to bring talented individuals who work in the design industry to meet and network their talents and products.


PLEASE make sure you bring your business cards, portfolios and/or images of your work so you can share your products and design work with our members. If you would like to bring a product of your work - we encourage your to do so so we can see your designs. It is important that you bring your materials so we can view your work and products!

Please forward this invite to other interior designers, store owners, showroom managers, artists and product designers that you might know. And remember you need to be a member to join our events so if you would like you can bring your $25 membership fee (for the year) to this event.

Please RSVP (only if YOU CAN make it) - to turquoise.la@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you THURSDAY September 30, 2010.

Save the date - Next DNG Event at Plantation August 26th 7-9:30pm

Please save the date our next Designer Networking Event will be held at Plantation Thursday August 26th, 2010 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm.

Plantation is located at:

1340 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

PH: 310 392 6888

Website: Plantation

Street parking is available.

The PLANTATION experience is a design lifestyle from Mark Cole. Several years after opening his first store, he has attracted the most discriminating clients from the worlds of music, film, television and fashion to their showroom
and retail location situated on Los Angeles' trendsetting La Brea Avenue. Plantation features its own signature furniture designs for the home and office.

Plantation will be holding a raffle for a free gift so make sure you bring your business cards!

The purpose of our DNG Events is to bring talented individuals who work in the design industry to meet and network their talents and products.

PLEASE make sure you bring your business cards, portfolios and/or images of your work so you can share your products and design
work with our members. If you would like to bring a product of your work - we encourage your to do so so we can see your designs.
It is important that you bring your materials so we can view your work and products!

Please forward this invite to other interior designers, store owners, showroom managers, artists and product designers that you might know.
And remember you need to be a member to join our events so if you would like you can bring your $25 membership fee (for the year) to this event.

Please RSVP (only if YOU CAN make it) - to turquoise.la@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you THURSDAY August 26th, 2010.