Handmade Catholic Rosaries and Jewelry

This the Blog where I share my faith, my Rosaries, and other good things!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

8mm Crazy Lace Agate Rosary

















Now, my personal favorite rosary does change from week to week, but I must say, I have a lasting love affair with Blue Crazy Lace Agate.  Sadly, of late, all the strands that my friends and I order are garishly neon and without the brown swirls that we love.  For this reason, I refuse to put this rosary up for sale, until I have the beads to remake it.  I have some ordered from a new source though.  So if they have the beauty promised, I will put this one in my shop and make another for myself!





African Opal Agate Gemstone Rosary

Its always exciting to discover something new, and that especially applies to beads.  I recently found this African Opal Agate bead and find it quite fascinating.  The tones of browns and grays and the variations in these bead transfixes me.  Be sure to zoom into this photo to see the interesting colors...its so hard for photos to do these rosaries justice!   I can't decide if this rosary will appeal to other woman, as it is masculine in nature...but I do like it!
 



Saturday, March 27, 2010

New Catholic Jewelry Line ....soon to come

Well, here you have a sneak peak at the Jewelry that I will soon be making for my shop.  I won't be listing these pieces until I have more centers like this one.  But I am letting you see them before I put them up for sale! 

The necklace, earrings and matching Rosary bracelet are made with Turquoise Jasper, Czech crystals and Smoky Quartz beads.  I used high quality Vintaj, solid Bronze pieces for the earring wires, necklace clasp, and bead caps. The rosary bracelet, will have solid bronze crucifix and miraculous medal charms when I put it up for sale.










8mm Blue Sodalite Rosary with Bronze

I absolutely love the color blue for a rosary, after all blue is Our Ladie's color. Blue Sodalite is one of my favorites because it is so classic a blue.

This rosary has a nice large bead and is great for a woman or a man!  It is made with 8mm Blue Sodalite for the Hail Mary beads, and 10mm faceted Blue Sodalite for the Our Father beads.  The Crucifix and Center are the gorgeous antique reproduction pieces that I use on so many of my rosaries.  They are solid bronze.





8mm Autumn Jasper Gemstone Rosary with Bronze

My sister-inlaw Suzie chose this stone for her rosary.  She loves the ovals because they feel so smooth and are so distinctive from the Hail Mary beads. 

This rosary is made with 8mm Autumn Jasper Gemstones for the Hail Mary beads and Czech pressed glass beads for the Our Father beads.  The Crucifix and center our hand cast in the USA from Solid bronze



Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Lots of Rosary Bracelets

I have been busy making rosary bracelets, but the bronze ones are selling about as fast as I can make them.  I love the detail in the crucifix and centers of these bracelets.  I throw my bracelet on before I go out the door, since it is so convenient to say a rosary while waiting at a traffic light or in a doctors office.