Holiday Open Studio

You are invited to the Carmen Rose Studio open hours this holiday season. I’ve moved my studio to our new location at Studio B and I’m inviting you to consider my work for your holiday gift giving. I have hand painted art glass, artisan jewelry, handmade soap, alphabet photography, poetry, textiles and Christmas tree ornaments. (And a sale table also!) Prices start at just $1 and there is something for every price range. Consider us for corporate gifts and custom gift baskets, and we’ll be happy to package and ship items for you. Gift wrapping service available. The art selection will be different each week with new items added daily. For a preview, please visit carmenrosestudio.com.

Mark your calendar now for November 13, 14 and 15th from 11 am to 6 pm. December dates include the 4, 5, 6 and also 11, 12, and 13th from 11 am to 6 pm. Private appointments are available and should be scheduled in advance by emailing me at carmenrose@comcast.net.

Proceeds will benefit the Adoption Fund.

Sunshine and Color!

Carmen Rose Studio has moved to a new studio and here is the first work from the new location. Maybe the fact that I love my new work area is showing through in this colorful collection of art glass.
The large one is sold.

I especially love this large vase with lid!
Sunlight and art glass are a happy combination!

Soap for Artists

I’ve made SOAP for ARTISTS! And I’m nearly giddy with delight over all these colors!! So my product line already had most of them, I just made up a number of new kinds to fill out the line and gave them all oil paint names. For example, my Jasmine Clementine is now Cadmium Yellow Lemon. And my Lapis Blue is now Ultramarine. Yeah! I love color! And I love making soap! So this is right up my alley! I think this is a perfect product line for the art supply shop around the corner from my studio!

So here are the color names: Naples Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Japanese Yellow Orange, Cadmium Red, Crimson, Magenta, Permanent Violet, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Turquoise Blue, Armor Green, Chrome Green Medium, Chrome Green Light, Golden Ochre, Red Oxide, Mars Black, Vandyke Brown, Flesh, Titanium White

***Special Edition Benefit Soap Sale***

In between a bathroom renovation and everything else going on around here, I’ve continued to make some soap! A friend suggested making a special edition soap as a fund raiser for our adoption and as it turns out… I liked the idea so much I made three kinds. I’ve made these in 3 ounce bars ripple cut, so it’s about three times the size of my guest bars. So here are the Special Edition soaps that benefit our adoption fund:

The Colombian Flag bar is Raspberry Noir, Lapis Clove and Jasmine Clementine from my regular product line. So depending on where you smell – you get a different fragrance. I wasn’t sure if I’d like it, but as it turns out - I LOVE it!

Continuing in the colors of the Colombian flag, this Colombian Confetti is a mix of fragrances. Blueberry, cherry and white grape are rounded out with creamy cheesecake. It’s a rich fruity yummy fragrance treat that changes as the soap is used.



Finally, this one isn’t in Colombian colors, instead it is “Shenandoah Mystery.” This soap is inspired by the changing colors of leaves in this area in the fall. The soap is made up of tiny cubes of a variety of soaps and scents in a vanilla base. This bar will smell different depending on where you sniff and what scents have come to the surface with use.


For a limited time, make a donation of any size using the “donate” button on the side bar and request the kinds and quantity of these Special Edition soap bars that you’d like and I’ll ship them right away. There will be some variation from batch to batch.

In addition, we plan to move the studio some time this year (We are looking forward to MUCH more room!) and when that happens we'll be out of production for a while. Place your orders now to make sure you get yours before our moving date. :)

Enter to Win

I propose a lovely little contest. I’ll offer a combination of goodies, you post a comment in this blog and I will draw a name at random and post the winner's name. The you’ll have the chance to reply with your mailing address and I’ll send this gift package out to you or whoever you'd like me to send it to. Deal? I'll draw a name Friday, September 5th, so make sure you comment now and tell your friends!

Want to know what the prize is? Two bags of my brand new herbal spa soak, Lavender and Lemongrass. Plus five of my favorite guest soaps: Lavender Vanilla, Lemongrass Sage, Robin's Egg, Honeysuckle, and Sweet Almond. See my website for more information on each of those kinds if you'd like.

This Spa Soak is BRAND NEW - I haven't even added it to the website yet, but it's amazing! It comes with a little organza bag so the herbs don't end up in your drain. And I have four flavors at the moment: Lavender, Rose, Chamomile and Lemongrass (with Calendula petals.)

Introductions

I added three new soaps to the line today and here they are:

First, “Rose of Sharon” inspired by Song of Solomon 2 is a delicate blend of old world fragrances, rosebud with a touch of lily of the valley. It is a pink soap with yellow and pink inclusions.

“Café Angelica” is a hazelnut coffee fragrance that is yummy in layers of creamy taupe and browns.

I reworked Tangerine Splash is the simple addition of exfoliating orange rind.


“New Wine” is a light bubbly scent combining fig, white grape and the green scent of vineyard in Olive oil soap with added fresh raw local honey.

The New Gourmet Soaps and a Studio Announcement!

I am delighted to announce that we've added a new person to the crew here at Carmen Rose Studio. Welcome Jeni! Your help has already been a huge blessing!

Here is the new Mint Chocolate Torte that is a combination of Chocolate, Peppermint and Creme de Mint and I think it smells as good as it looks. This one has been pretty quick off the shelf already.
The Wildberry Torte is time consuming to make, but just looks so pretty when it's finished. First the torte is made, then each of the berries are made and arranged in the torte, then the glaze fills it all in.

I love the new Lemon Meringue, it looks richer and creamier than ever.
Key Lime Pie, always a favorite around here for the look, but especially for the smell!

This blueberry Cheesecake turned out nicely with a wildberry glaze running down the sides. I'd just like to try a bite of this one.
I had a little crust leftover from the Lemon Meringue and breathed a quick prayer on what to do with it. This is the idea that was instantly in my mind and I am very happy with how they turned out! So this is the New York Style Cheesecake ~ yum, Yum, YUMMM!

And it's all SOAP!

More information on the complete line of gourmet soaps can be found here.
And we've just made it possible to purchase these online!