If you're anything like me you're overflowing with goals and the hardest things is to focus on a select few at once. I have thoughtfully...

Hi there! I'm Dara, owner of HelloHandmade, a private art studio in Gardnerville, NV! I'm an art enthusiast and teacher cultivating curiosity, creativity and joy through art! My family has lived in the Carson Valley and Nevada for many generations and I am lucky to have artists on every limb of my family tree. For me art was contagious. I've been creating art ever since I was able to hold a crayon. In my elementary years, my mother and I spent many summers renting VHS tapes f