Carol Hargus (Owner and Dye Artist) shares two different Natural Dye techniques using roses that are easy to do at home and totally family friendly.    The Rose has been revered throughout history and embraced by various cultures for it’s multitude of medicinal, spiritual, emotional and culinary attributes. At Soul Studio, roses are often present in our designs, we love recycling these beautiful gifts into wearable art pieces. There are many techniques used to transfer the magical properties of The Rose into textiles. Extraction is one method that can easily be done in a home kitchen with a pot, heat...

Transitioning your wardrobe between seasons can sometimes feel like an impossible feat. Oftentimes we buy clothing that carries us through a season or two and end up discarding perfectly wearable items because they’re no longer “trendy” or because they aren’t practical pieces for the changing weather. This doesn’t affect just our pockets when we have to splurge for a new (seasonal) wardrobe, but it feeds into the larger issue of sustainability in the fashion industry.  As the perceived shelf life of our clothing decreases, we are producing more waste in shorter periods of time, and consuming excess resources. That’s why...