I am so excited about some of the stuff coming in to my store, ROOM SERVICE, for holidays! Some items have already come in (and practically sold out: PANTONE MUGS) but most of my gift items are yet to come. I will (hopefully) get around to putting together a holiday gift guide, with some of my favorite gift ideas (and NOT just ones bought through Room Service), but in the meantime, i have to share with you something I have ordered in specifically for the holiday shopping season.
Paige Russell…Her ceramics are incredible. really clean. really cool. I for one am going to have to get the MONSTER TRUCK piece ($85)! I think I am going to use it for makeup pencils in my bathroom! I have limited quantities in stock, pieces can be special ordered. From Paige’s collection RS has some of her ceramic jewelry, canisters and use-for-whatever-you-like monster truck and camper vessels. (prices ranging from $35-$85.
Paige Russell (f.k.a. Paige Stahl) was born and raised in British Columbia,Canada. She studied Fine Arts at Langara College in Vancouver and went on to earn a BFA in Product Design from Parsons School of Design in NYC.
Voted most sportsmanlike for 7th grade volleyball, Russell was also named one of the “Top 20 young designers to watch out for” in the 2001 edition of Wallpaper magazine’s Design Directory. Her work has been featured in Interior Design, City, Bucks, and Inspired House magazines as well as the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum.
well, in honor of today, a day in which I have had to make several tough decisions, some MAJOR, some MINOR, all tough (and its not even 11am yet!); I have decided to shift my focus from my own tough choices to those of others.
so, i signed onto FLICKR and in the search engine typed ” tough choices ” and scrolling through made a mosaic of my favorites that the search yielded. none seemed as consequential as one I made today but all lightened my mood considerably!
I am not going to miss this. Sarah Vowell is the writer of: The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Assassination Vacation, two of the funniest and yet simultaneously most informative books I have ever read. Her latest book, The Wordy Shipmates, sounds amazing and is on my list to read just as soon as I get through the last pile of books I have purchased.
nothing more adorable than a wide eyed baby girl speaking french! my mom had my brothers and I in Spanish lessons with a lady down the street when i was like 3 years old, but it didn’t stick, surely if it had been french….well, who know!
so, i have not yet been to babycakes in NYC. although, i think i may have to put it on the list for my next trip in january. check it out here.
MADE IN THE 216 Fall 08 was awesome! Thank you all so much for supporting ROOM SERVICE and nearly 20 different Cleveland-based designers.
It is all kind of a blur to me still. Friday was SO crazy and fun!!! Saturday was a bit like friday but substitute alcohol with coffee.
It was really rewarding after months of planning the event to see how lovely everything looked in the space and how well received it was by everyone.
Many Many more products, great housewares and kitchen gadgets, jewelry and more to come for holiday at ROOM SERVICE, but I was so thrilled by some of the items at this event that you may see them at ROOM SERVICE a bit longer than just this weekend! So if you missed the event, a portion of the products from that show will still be available.
Thank you to all designers that participated and if you or anyone you know designs anything and would like to be considered for the next MADE IN THE 216 event, which will be held in spring, submissions are accepted through EMAIL only…email info@roomservicecleveland.com and in the subject, write “216″.
To continue support of all the designers who participate in my events, I would like, even though I still sell many of them at the store, to support them by giving you MORE info on them via the designer’s websites or etsy sites…if i have them:
So, tomorrow is the MADE IN THE 216 event at my store, so I have been a very busy bee…and thus have not had much time for posting. This is the last for this week, but i will be back next week with TONS of pics of the event! Hope to see you this weekend. Enjoy these fall pics from a drive down Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. yesterday….HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!
