Rosemary Rose Finery marks Millerton move with ‘Grand Re-opening’

Rosemary Rose Finery marks Millerton move 
with ‘Grand Re-opening’

Jessica Lee, owner of Rosemary Rose Finery, at the opening of its new location on Main Street in Millerton on Saturday evening, May 2.

Photo By L. Tomaino

MILLERTON — Rosemary Rose Finery, a jewelry and artisan goods shop, has officially moved to 50 Main St. in Millerton after two years on Main Street in Salisbury.

The new location is shared with Common Place Craft Workshop, which had operated craft workshops out of the space that was formerly occupied by BES — a gift and home decor shop that ceased operations at 50 Main St. earlier this year. Owner Meg Musgrove had been seeking a partner to continue and expand the workshop and retail concept.

On May 2, a “Grand Re-opening” of the combined space attracted crowds of people browsing, buying, laughing and talking among glittering showcases filled with jewelry and other items.

The walls of the shop displayed screen-printed wall hangings, vintage objects, pottery, greeting cards and botanical displays. In the back, the workshop space was set with refreshments from neighboring restaurant Willa.

It was serendipitous when Jessica
DeCarlo Lee, owner of Rosemary Rose Finery, found out that Musgrove, screen printer and proprietor of Common Place Craft Workshop, was looking for a new partner to share the space at 50 Main St.

Lee had been outgrowing her shop in Salisbury, longing for more space in which to hold her herbal workshops. She met with Musgrove, and everything aligned for the two to join forces in Millerton.

Musgrove is a designer who produces a line of colorful hand-made, screen-printed cotton products in Millerton. They include original patterns in bright panels and sets of fabric items for the home that feature pillows and dishtowels. Her business, Meg Musgrove Printshop, sells retail and wholesale.

She had been giving workshops for about a year in the shop and didn’t want to give it up.“People were coming back time and time again,” Musgrove said, adding the workshops became “more about a gathering space for people to come together.I am very glad for it to continue.”

For her part, Lee, a jewelry designer and herbalist, is excited to begin a five-week Community Supported Agriculture workshop in which participants will build their own “apothecary package,” explained Lee.“They will make their own and a few extra to sell,” Lee said. The proceeds will be donated locally.

The packages will contain eight different kinds of seasonal herbal medicines such as foraged wild tea, seasonal bug spray, healing balms and lotions, bitters to aid digestion, herbal sea salts, tonics, syrups, and tinctures. Lee hopes to have sixty apothecary packages to sell. She and her students will work out pricing and who will receive the proceeds.

Both artists also have their work for sale in the shop.Musgrove’s colorful screen-printed wall hangings and home décor share the space with Lee’s jewelry designs, vintage jewelry, herbal tinctures, lotions, and apothecary items.

Her original jewelry design remains a centerpiece of her business.“The last two years, sales in custom jewelry got going,” Lee said. “I’ve been doing more custom designs and engagement rings.”She also does jewelry repair.

Some upcoming workshops are “Dorodango, A Meditative Craft,” “Essential Oil Distilling and Herbal Scent Making,” “Herbal CSA Series” and “Make a Block-Printed Checkerboard.”

Workshops are taught by Lee, Musgrove and other area artists such as Katharyn Crippen Shapiro, Erica Recto and Kate Selengia.

Lee and Musgrove ask that anyone interested in participating register in advance.

To find out more about the workshops and register, visit commonplacecraft.square.site

For more about Rosemary Rose Finery, visitwww.rosemaryrosefinery.com

For more about Meg Musgrove and her designs, visit
megmusgrove.com

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