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Made in the 216, a mega-huge event spotlighting amazing things from amazing Clevelanders. A small sampling of items includes jewelry, handbags, clothing, tees, hats, art, paper goods, music, & food. Here is a link to a preview of some necklaces from Modern Pixie. & to get you in the mood … Regretsy. Where DIY meets WTF. You won’t see this kind of stuff at 216 … but that’s a good thing. Don’t forget to check out the “dead things” category of Regretsy, you won’t Regretsy it. —sorry, I couldn’t resist!
Tags: cleveland, DeAnna Domino, design, DIY, handmade, inspiration, MADE in the 216, made in the 216 2010, made in the 216 cleveland, regretsy, ROOM SERVICE, visual inspiration
DIY Wed. Two former co-workers, who ditched their jobs in sales to use their design degrees, artisitcally collaborated for the first time. If you haven’t guessed one of the fore mentioned is me & the other is local artist Nicole Haney. As you can see the results were, well, fantastic! Her knowledge of printmaking & mine of graphic design joined forces to make the kind of wedding invitations people blow entire paychecks to purchase. Please take note of the shine paper & the neon ink.
Tags: DeAnna Domino, design, DIY, DIY wedding, graphic design, handmade, handmade wedding, handmade wedding invitations, homemade, invitations, Nicole Haney, party decor, printmaking, screen printing, visual inspiration, wedding, wedding decor, wedding ideas, wedding inspiration
Oh Seoul. Seoul, South Korea, where your morning doughnut will cost 10,000 won and omnipresent couples wear matching outfits. Home to the Dr. Fish and English teachers from America. Neighbor to Kim Jong-Il and Northern Korea.
An altogether fascinating place, I was fortunate enough to explore in the hands of a semi-local. A close friend teaches English to groups of 5 and 6 years olds in a hogwan (English school) in Seoul. Visiting her at school was an experience in and of itself with the adorable youngsters being made to learn the order of the planets in our solar system. Did you know it takes Mercury 88 days to orbit the sun? These kids did and could shout it at the top of their lungs.
Korea had more adventures for me though. We attended a breakdancing marionette show, performed to the soundtrack of Amelie and visually stunning. Afterwards a trip to Dr. Fish. An innovative coffee shop where once you finish your latte, $3USD extra will get you 15 minutes in the fish tank. Your feet that is, hungry fish are anxiously awaiting your fleshy footsies arrival so they can nibble away at your dead skin.
Other magical finds included an old style teahouse with actual birds flying around in the rafters and singing, A fish market with sea curiousities galore and Artbox my new favorite stationary store.
If you dont find yourself taking a few years off to go teaching English in Korea, at least it can be reccommended as an interesting stopover during Asian travels. Sandwiched between China and Japan makes jumping around very easy & Seoul is a charming treat, just the place for a long weekend.
—Stephanie Hauk
Ms. Hauk is a native Clevelander, but is guest bloging from Hong Honk. She is obsessed with all things beautiful. See her blog HERE.
Tags: dr. fish, english as a second language, seoul, south korea, stephanie hauk, travel, travel in asia, travel photography, visual inspiration
Graffiti in Paris. I’m a fan of street art & everything I know on the topic I owe to my good friend & artist Zachary. I really enjoyed what I saw on the streets of Paris. Since I had no background knowledge of the names, crews or even the language my brain viewed it as abstract art. I was drawn to the color combinations & juxtaposition of bright edgy designs and classically elegant architecture.
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Tags: art, DeAnna Domino, design, France, graffiti, paris, paris graffiti, see below, tagging, travel, travel photography, visual inspiration
Need a new wardrobe? Maybe you just need Weardrobe. This is a blog generated by users who post their latest outfits. It sounds lame at first, but most users use awesome vintage finds to complete their looks. I find it very inspiring to peruse the featured looks. Not only is the clothing great, but I find the the photography is quite good too. Although Weardrobe is like a free magazine, it is most importantly a grass roots approach to fashion, not dictated by a single editor or brand.
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Tags: clothing, fashion, see below, shopping, vintage, visual inspiration, weardrobe
Lovely Lonny. For all of you still pining away for now defunct domino magazine, the newest issue of Lonny Magazine is out. I must say as the issues progress I enjoy it more than domino as the magazine now covers fashion. However, even though the online publication is free, I really miss having a tangible magazine I can hold in my hand. Check it out HERE.
Tags: DeAnna Domino, decorating, design, furniture, interior design, lonny magazine, lonny magazine issue 3 2010, see below, visual inspiration
One of Cleveland’s own, Danielle DeBoe is featured in today’s Sneak Peek on design*sponge. See the full post HERE. I spy a photo from another Clevelander, Jeff Sierputowski lurking in the background!
Tags: cleveland, danielle deboe, design, design sponge sneak peek, inspiration, interior design, jeff sierputowski, visual inspiration
Chez Amélie. Most of you will recognize the Café des 2 Moulins from the film Amélie, or the sign outside telling you that you should. This being said, one would think it would be a very touristy spot, especially since it is located in such proximity to the Moulin Rouge. Au contraire, my friend & I found a budget friendly menu & even friendlier service. We went in for esspresso & just to say that we went to Chez Amélie, but we stayed after the waitress informed us (in English) that it was happy hour, 1/2 price drinks. Actually, the way happy hour is performed is you order one size & they bring double that for the same price. My kind of place! We enjoyed a few glasses of Kronenbourg 1664 & pear flavored beers. I would make this a regular hangout if I lived in the area, it’s just that kind of place. I suppose that is why they chose it for the film. Visit the Café des 2 Moulin at the junction of Rue Lepic and Rue Cauchois near the quintessential Parisian area of Paris, Montmarte.
+ 1 movie still
Tags: Amelie, Café des 2 Moulin, Chez Amélie, France, Kronenbourg 1664, Montmarte, Moulin Rouge, outdoor inspiration, paris, paris on a budget, see below, travel, travel photography, visual inspiration
Sometimes more is better, but often times, more is … well … more. This super simple wreath was up in 10 minutes flat! (It even left me with time to add some alliteration to this post.) My intension was to make the wreath on the cover of ReadyMade this month, but since the store was completely out of foam wreaths I brought home this little grapevine number instead. After further inspection, I decided that it was elegant all on its own. To satisfy my crafting urge I added one tiny brown bow made from vintage seam binding & called it day.
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Tags: DeAnna Domino, DIY, Entertaining, handmade, holiday crafts, holiday decor, holiday wreath, readymade magazine, see below, vintage, vintage seam binding, visual inspiration, wreath
