Color Theory

This past week we closed the studio and took some time to focus on Holy week and have a little R & R. We had an opportunity to visit an old friend, a pastor, who kindly inquired about the business of Carrot Top Studio. I explained first that we have the very best clients and then mentioned that red stoles were one of our best sellers. My friend was suprised so I had to impart my theory...beyond the Holy Spirit connection (that's obvious!) red makes everyone happy. It's a color that we easily gravitate too. It can even be a color of confidence and leadership. Aren't you supposed to where a red tie when you go on an interview?

So now we're back in the studio and gearing up for Pentecost and ordinations...we're seeing red, designing in red, and stitching red!

Palm Sunday

Many varieties of plants and trees are used symbolically throughout the bible. Palm branches are most often used as a symbol of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the event that heralded his coming Passion and crucifixion.

By derivation, palms may represent the fickleness of human acclamation. Used by the Romans as a symbol of victory, they have been used by the church as a symbol of Christ's ultimate victory over sin, or of the saints' victory over death. Therefore in art history martyrs are sometimes portrayed holding palm branches and the branches were used as a funerary emblem among the early Roman Christians.

How will your congregation celebrate with palms this Palm Sunday?