Carrot Top Studio Blog: Insights & Inspiration

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Preparing the Way: Visual Practices That Lead Us into Lent

Explore Preparing the Way: Visual Practices for Lent, a reflective Carrot Top Studio blog post offering thoughtful ideas for clergy, educators, and households to gently shift visuals, rhythms, and attention before Lent begins. Learn how intentional use of symbols, color, and sacred space can help prepare hearts and worship environments for the Lenten season through meaningful visual practices.

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Seeing the Story: Public Domain Art for Advent & Christmas

Explore how public domain art can enrich Advent and Christmas worship with timeless beauty and meaning. This Carrot Top Studio guide highlights carefully chosen works—from illuminated manuscripts to Renaissance paintings and expressive modern pieces—that churches can use for bulletin covers, projection screens, devotionals, and teaching. Discover how sacred art opens the imagination, deepens the story of Christ’s birth, and helps congregations engage visually with the season.

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Tending the Soul: How Ordinary Time Cultivates Spiritual Growth

Discover the beauty of Ordinary Time in the church calendar with Carrot Top Studio’s newest collection of green clergy stoles. Explore how this season of spiritual growth, faithful ministry, and slow transformation is reflected through meaningful design and visual storytelling. AND there’s a bonus freebie for those that read all the way to the end!

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