In the back... industrial corner

Industrial lights for sale unfinished or finished.

Find yourself exploring an industrial inspired nook in the back of the shop. Steampunk and oldies-but-goodies, unique treasures and new ideas.



Springs! So many fun things with springs!

Welcome to the back of the store


















 

Real street light.

May 10th. It's Friday and we're having fun!

Unique place setting for dinner guests!

Have you noticed the shelf of glass jars we carry, and asked yourself what in the world you would do with a glass jar? Here are some of our on-the-fly ideas we came up with today! My favorite is the glasses holder jar because anyone who knows me knows I am always looking for my glasses!

Weather vane jar with typewriter ball lid.

 

Life's a journey jar with world map. Need a clever place to hang your glasses?

Paper is FUN

Paper is so much fun! It can be found almost anywhere and you can do so much with it!

The free paper rose pins we gave out at our Grand opening!

Come in and ask Carmen how to make a paper pouch from book paper or old junk mail!

We are here to inspire you to create something new!

There are so many things to create, besides the basics of cards or scrapbooks!

Come in to get inspired and creative!

Teach your old paper new tricks!

June Classes

Hello our curious friends! We are in the process of making the Class Schedule for the month of June!

Iris Folded bird

Some of our fun choices on the docket: Iris folding. If you do not know what Iris folding is, find out! It is an amazing way to spruce up any of your paper art projects and is easier than you think! BUT if you do not know how to do it, or how versatile it is, you are missing out!

We are also continuing our Book Folding classes! We have combined our Beginning and Advanced classes to maximize what you walk away with. It has been really fun teaching this class, as it can be very intimidating to start, but so rewarding when you finish!

Book Folding Class

Also, as promised, Furniture re-dos! We will be coming up with a couple fun classes to teach you ways to up-do your old furniture! More info and details on this and our other classes coming soon!

Coffee and Tea- the art

Coffee and Tea at the Curiosity shop is not your ordinary beverage.

Coffee air press, made 1 cup @ a time!

First off, we serve all our tasty drinks in glass or ceramic, which means two things:
1. It tastes better and stays hotter!
2. It is earth friendly!

But for those of you who are on the run, we do offer for 50¢ fully compostable take-away cups with lids. YES fully compostable! That means you can put it right into the ground!

All our coffee is small batch, fresh roasted and we make it to order with an air press.

Black pear-berry tea

An air press expresses only the good qualities of the coffee and leaves behind the unwanted characteristics.

The curiosity Shop tea bar is set up like an apothecary. You get to pick and choose a variety of "ingredients" to add to your custom made tea.
For our loose leaf tea selection: We currently carry 6 tea basis to start from! All fresh high quality teas - Black, Green, White.

Organic green dragonwell with Jasmine

From orange or dried berry, to blue lotus or jasmine, to ginger or anise, the selection is seasonal and exciting!

Coming soon we will have "soda kits" made from our hand crafted extracts! Ever tried lavender soda? How about coffee soda? Cinnamon spice? For a unique refreshing way to shake things up we are creating some unique beverages. Free samples coming soon!

Need another reason to enjoy our amazingly fun coffee and teas? A portion of all beverage sales helps support Club Anbesa! A unique program designed to help street kids in Ethiopia.

(Coffee and teas are $2.49. Coffee refills $1. Take away cups 50¢)

Today at the Curiosity Shop

Some really neat drieds we turned into earthy, one of a kind pieces!

 

Funky antique porcelin doll arm
candle holder. Jar has drieds
and smells wonderfully of lavender!

This is a new week to get inspired at Carmen's Curiosity Shop!

We are playing around with some of our glass jars today.

These letters are embossed and raised.
Old light bulb makes the perfect stopper!



We pulled out the soldering tools
today and had a little fun.



Today was the Grand Opening

Thank you to all who came for our Grand Opening! It was a big success, and a LOT of fun!

Can't wait to see everyone again.