Aly Dahl is Going to Hollywood!

Aly Dahl Designs is pleased to announce that we will be attending the Pre Oscars Boom Boom Room Celebrity Gifting Event February 25th and 26th, 2011 in Beverly Hills, CA!

We are super excited to be bringing the Impressions line (Fingerprint) of jewelry to Hollywood!

 We are currently putting together some awesome swag bags as take aways from our table,  if you have any great idea's on some cool stuff to include let us know!  Or if you know someone who may be interested in helping out, please contact Aly at: aly@alydahl.com for more information.


Here is a little about the event (info taken from our invitation to attend):
“The Boom Boom Room Celebrity Baby & Big Kid - Pre Oscar Suite

• February 25 & 26th 2011 the stars will align as the most famous red carpet in Hollywood is laid for the Academy Awards and we are preparing to host the chicest baby & toddler event of the year, the Pre Oscar Boom Boom Room. The number #1 baby & toddler event will land in Hollywood during the Academy Awards with Hollywood’s biggest A-list moms/dads in Beverly Hills.
•  Celebrating 7 years, The Boom Boom Room is the premier event for top quality infant and toddler brands to come face to face with the A-list Moms & Dads of Hollywood and the media.
• For 2 days only The Biggest Stars of Television and Movies come together at The Boom Boom Room’s Pre Oscars
• Boom Boom Room brings A-list Moms & Dads, top editors, stylists, and the trendiest Beverly Hills boutique owners together.
•  The Boom Boom Room is a marketing gifting suite designed to give top children brands access to major celebrity Moms & Dads and the media, the brainchild of Glamour Guru Jayneoni Moore who has been credited in turning products into celebrity favorites and media sensations.

Here are a few of the things we are looking forward to by being part of this event:

* Introductions to nominated movie stars and other celebrities
* Introductions to other TV, Film, & Music personalities
* Introductions to TV, Film, & Celebrity Stylists
* Introductions to editorial writers for daily, weekly and long lead magazines
* Introductions to buyers of popular stores in Los Angeles
* Photos of recognizable talent, looking at your products and posing with them
* Placement of photos in popular magazines as pre or post press for the event, including US Weekly, In Touch, OK! Magazine, Life & Style, People, Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter, In Touch, FWD, WWD, Apparel News, etc

* Syndicated coverage from shows like Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, E! Extra, MSNBC, KTLA, Fox, etc.

Celebrity Moms who love the Boom Boom Room and Jayneoni Moore are: Melissa Joan Hart, Brooke Shields, Tori Spelling, Ali Landry, Jessica Alba, Ali Larter, Heidi Klum, Katherine Heigl, Brooke Burke, Denise Richards, Holly Robinson Peete, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Vanessa Williams, Courtney Cox, Angie Harmon, Halle Berry, Laila Ali, Patrick Dempsey, and many more!

“The Boom Boom Room is where I learn about all the new baby product and lines, I love it!” Ali Landry

“We loved the Boom Boom Room” Tori Spelling

“The Boom Boom Room was like walking thru a Dream Wonderland made up of the perfect children products-thanks” People Magazine

So as you can probably imagine things are a buzz around here and we are looking forward to the next couple of months and the direction the business is going!

SALE SALE SALE

I am happy to announce my very first on-line Boxing week sale!! 

I actually hadn't planned on having a sale... but as I was starting to organize and get ready for January and new production... I thought.. hey..why not have a sale.. and make some room!

So here it is...All ready to wear jewelry has been marked down for one week only, some items are as low as $15!

  

Sale is on from December 28 - January 5th and is for on line sales only on our new shopping cart equipped website at:

 www.alydahl.com

Shipping is only $5.00 or free on orders over $200! 

Holiday Holla

So the great thing about my old life (salaried bliss) was the ability to shop on lunch hour, have vacation days during the holidays, and the ability to leave work at work...

Here I find myself smack dab in the middle of my busiest Holiday season ever, and I wonder..What have I got myself into?  I can't remember the last time I slept more than 8 hours, watched an entire episode of glee without the phone ringing or emails buzzing.  A night off, let a lone a day off I can't actually remember... Christmas shopping? Eek!  So a warning to family and friends... it's beginning to look a lot like an Aly Dahl collection Christmas... Or bought from a craft fair that I am selling at... So what did I in all my wisdom and glory do? I decide to start a new website... WHAT WAS I THINKING?? First of all, I had no idea that when you transfer your domain name it takes so freaking long.. second of all.. I have decided to re-invent the Aly Dahl website to be a proper shopping cart based shop.  So basically.. I am trying to re-learn the wheel during mayheimdom. Things (being the new website) may end up on hold should I actually have the mental break down I feel myself heading towards... bear with me.. I do intend this site to be much more user friendly.. but lets be honest it'll be a miracle if it's up before January.

I heard a quote recently and I wish I could remember who said it, but it went something like "My mother always told me that the only people who are boring are those who are bored".   
I can confidently say I am currently not boring. 

This Saturday I have a show being hosted by Babyvibe in Port Moody called the Holiday Family Fair,  I am really looking forward to it.  There are 30 awesome local businesses involved.  If you come check it out make sure to stop by and say hi!  Here are the details:   December 4th 11am-4-pm at The Inlet Theatre/Galleria at the Port Moody Civic Centre (City Hall), 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody. The Galleria is a nice, bright open venue that is centrally located with plenty of free parking. It is easily accessible for local residents who can arrive by foot, car, or transit.

I am also excited to announce another fantastic opportunity and location I can be found mid December.. but can't say anything yet.. but as soon as I can I will let you all know!

So.. really the point of this blog.. and to make my long babble longer... if you are looking for my website at www.alydahl.com you won't find me there for a few more days,  instead I ask that you visit www.silverfingerprints.ca  (which is the website I have had all along, I have just been forwarding Aly Dahl to silver fingerprints until I was ready to develop Aly Dahl..)

PS if you have fingerprint jewellery you are wanting done for Christmas please get the order and impressions in asap as time is starting to get away.

Thanks!

Aly

Todays the Day we're going to make things happen..

Ok so the day has finally arrived.. The Big Open House, First Birthday celebration.   This is WAY more stressful than first expected.  First of all, I have no idea how many people will show up.  I put it out on facebook to everyone I know, including those as far away as Norway.. hoping maybe they know someone who knows someone how may be interested in coming.   2 days ago with this gut wrenching feeling that 6 people would come and the whole thing would be a bust I came up with a new plan.. to invite the neighbourhood... So I made 1200 fliers with this thought that all the townhouse complexes near where I live have mail boxes like we do.. get out a 1000 fliers in a couple hours.. easy peasy..

So my Dear husband went out to deliver these "great idea" fliers and quickly learned we are the only complex with mailboxes you can shove stuff into.... My sweet sweet free labour hand delivered to each home near 600 fliers.  Thank you Darren!   (I now have 600 strips of purple paper for sale..anyone?.. only 50% is used)

I have been making posters, and signs to put up and crossing my fingers at this point that I have 8 people come :)

So how do I figure how much food to order based on a dream number?  I have NO idea.. So I ordered a few platters, and a large birthday cake, I will make some punch.. Bowl.. right I need a punch bowl... Anyone?

Balloons... ordered and paid for... Must remember to pick up...especially since I put look for balloons on the invite...

Decorations.. Ahh yes.. that is the next step.. off to decorate and hopefully will transform the dungeon into a shopping fiesta!!!  That will look magical, and inviting... Something people will just be drawn to...Finger Crossed..

So should you live in the lower mainland, Please Please please come help me eat cake...  and celebrate!

Yes I have stooped to begging.

6-9pm  Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
9101 Forest Grove Drive
Community Room
Cash & Cheques preferred.

Lots of Love on the glorious day that my business.. my baby.. TurnsONE!!!

And to all of you who helped this past year happen.. thank you from the bottom of my heart.  It has taken a lot of people, a lot of support and a lot of kind words to get me here.  THANK YOU.

Aly

Are you a Fan?

Facebook Fan's of Aly Dahl Designs Jewelry got an early Christmas present today....

Are you a fan?

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aly-Dahl-Designs

Become a fan before November 5th and check the wall posts for the current promotion!

This business started with fingerprint jewelry and that's what I am celebrating today..

So join us on facebook and get a reward! 

FIRST BIRTHDAY WHAT?

So it has officially been 1 year since I started this adventure called Aly Dahl Designs. 

What does that mean you ask?  Well yes it's true I have been making and playing with jewellery for most of my life.  Addicted to fashion at a young age, in fact I still have a lady crush on Jeanne Beker from Fashion Television.  I can remember being a young girl in Courtenay, watching one of our 3 channels and seeing Jeanne for the first time.. MAGICAL.  So poised, she knew ALL the designers, to me Jeanne was/is the "package".  I have always dreamed to be interviewed by Jeanne, or at the least meet her.  Sheer perfection.

She taught me SO much about fashion and I really credit her with my passion for fashion and why I have chosen this route in my life.

So here I am turning one. Although I have been doing this for years, it is really my dream coming true that is turning ONE!!!  This makes me so incredibly happy,  you see my dream has always been to own my own business, to be creative and to be in fashion.  The fact that I took my dream and have turned it into my reality still stuns me every morning I wake up and get to be me. 

So here it is, my first Birthday event.  Please come, please forward to friends, please send to events happening blogs, media, whoever you know who can help me make this a huge success.. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, thank you for helping me make my dream not only come true, but successful!

IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY!

Aly Dahl Designs has turned ONE!

Can you believe it has been an entire year since I have dedicated myself to growing and launching Aly Dahl Designs?

So much has happened in the past year!

-          I have expanded my line from fingerprints to four full collections

-          You can now find my lines at retailers in BC

-           I recently launched a home sales department

-          I have been named one of BC’s top new designers to watch by Portabello West

-          I have had numerous write ups in magazines all over the province

-          And to top it all off... I now have a manufacturer helping me with my designs so I can continue to grow and expand!  

Come meet the designer and shop the full collection at the Aly Dahl Designs Open House on 

Wednesday, November 10^th from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

Everything will be on sale!

You can find the event in the community room of Rossmoor townhouses, located at 9101 Forest Grove Drive in Burnaby; (look for the balloons) light refreshments will be served.

Make sure to enter the draw for a $75.00 gift certificate just for showing up!

To view the invitation on Facebook click: Aly Dahl Designs Birthday Invite

Totally Turquoise

I like to only have pieces in my collection that I love.  With that comes the heart-break when something sells.. the same comes when it's ready to part with.  I have had a piece of jewellery that I sometimes take out at a show with hesitation and fear that it may in fact one day sell.  Today I take the first step in parting with it. 

So here it goes, here is my favourite necklace:

The reason I love it is because of it's imperfections.  The amount of turquoise, and the handmade feel of it.  It is a very organic piece.  Each piece of turquoise is different in colour, some with many lines, some with very few.   It to me is beauty. 
Some would dis-regard some of the turquoise as "not good enough" or "too many imperfections".. but to me, it is why I love it.  The character of each piece is like people, we are all the same, but different.  Our unique lines and depth is what makes us special.

This piece is priced at $475 and is not yet on my site.. as that will take a few more days of talking myself into selling it :)

Aly