Queen of the Most Holy Rosary

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I hope you don't think I'm proud if I say this is one of the prettiest rosaries I've ever made, appropriately posted here on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Of course, it has nothing to do with me, I simply put the parts together. The individual parts are beautiful and combined they are stunning.

The pewter center has gold and silver tones and features a profile of the Madonna surrounded by tiny glass pearls. The gold and silver tone pewter crucifix matches. The 8 mm druk glass beads from the Czech Republic are a gold-cinnamon color, and the Paters are between antique brass spacers. The links and chains are gold-tone.

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The Dogwood Tree

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I recently bought these dark brown opaque glass beads and then I wasn't sure what I would do with them. I really like dark brown -- it's such a rich color, but they needed the right center and crucifix to make a pretty rosary. When I saw this gold Dogwood crucifix and center, I knew I found the right match. There is a legend that Jesus was crucified on a Dogwood tree. It goes:

"It is said at the time of the Crucifixion, the dogwood was comparable in size to the oak tree and other monarchs of the forest. Because of its firmness and strength it was selected as the timber for the Cross, but to be put to such a cruel use greatly distressed the tree. Sensing this, the crucified Jesus in His gentle pity for the sorrow and suffering of all said to it: "Because of your sorrow and pity for My sufferings, never again will the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a gibbet. Henceforth it will be slender, bent and twisted and its blossoms will be in the form of a cross -- two long and two short petals. In the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints -- brown with rust and stained with red -- and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see this will remember." - Fisheaters.com

The beads are 6 mm fire-polished, chocolate-colored opaque glass, and the center and crucifix are gold pewter.

$26 plus shipping and insurance


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Garnet Glass

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This rosary is sparkly and rich in color. I love the delicate 6 mm garnet colored fire-polished glass. The color is deep, but the light is reflected making them sparkle. The center is a silver-plated cutout Miraculous Medal and the crucifix is a silver-plated small, delicate design with a scallop on the ends.

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$23 plus shipping and insurance

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Silver Scapular

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I love a man's rosary. Most of the folks I see praying a rosary are women, and so, seeing a man pray the rosary is a special thing to witness. I suppose that's why I enjoy making a rosary for a man. Not that this rosary is exclusively for a man, but it is more masculine than a pretty sparkly glass rosary, or a pastel pearl rosary.

This rosary is made from light brown coco wood beads, with the Paters being carved round rosettes and the Aves being smooth ovals. The beautiful center is a silver plated Scapular heart, and the pretty silver plated crucifix is one of my favorites, with "IHS" on the arms and the top.


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$26.00 plus shipping and insurance

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Brass Scapular and White Howlite Beads

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The individual parts of this rosary just seem to meant to be together. I bought these 6 mm white howlite beads, simply because I thought they looked interesting. I really had no idea what I'd do with them. And then I put them next to this beautiful antique brass Scapular center and crucifix. Pretty. But separated with the brass spacers, the pale copper Japanese seeds beads and black copper Czech beads, which appear almost blue and copper on this rosary (but are the ones on the rosary below this post that take on the brown of the obsidian), all the parts are perfect. Elegant, even sacred with Our beautiful Jesus in the center, and perfect.





$27 plus shipping and insurance
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Behold the Man for Father Tony

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Our associate pastor has been reassigned and is leaving this week for his new parish where he will be pastor. We have certainly become very fond of Father Tony. He is a young, sweet man with an obvious love for God and his vocation. We have had the pleasure of being his parishioners almost since he was assigned at our parish straight from seminary in Rome. God bless Fr. Tony in this next step on his path of service to God.

This rosary I created for Fr. Tony is made with mahogany obsidian 8 mm beads, set apart with black hexagonal glass Japanese seed beads, and black copper (which appear brown) Czech beads. The Paters are set apart with antique brass spacers. The center is Ecce Homo, Behold the Man, in antique brass, and the crucifix is also in antique brass.




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Opal Glass

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This rosary is made with some of my favorite beads. I have many favorite colors, but I love these opal glass beads because they are no one color, because they are every color. Though mostly milky white, they reflect color from around them while maintaining their milky whiteness. They 8 mm large and on this rosary are matched with a pretty, yet simple, Madonna center with the Sacred Heart image on the reverse. The crucifix has simple lines, but is elegant with the beads. Both the center and crucifix are silver-tone base metal.

$15, plus shipping and insurance

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Purest Mother

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This simple white rosary is like Our Blessed Mother, pure and simple. The beads are round Mother of Pearl beads, the Aves are 6 mm and the Paters are 8 mm. The center is a silver plate cutout Miraculous Medal and the crucifix is a dainty, silver plate scrolled style.


$24, plus shipping and insurance
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Bronze and Caramel

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I bought these caramel mother of pearls beads a while ago. Each time I started a rosary, I would pick them up and look at them, and put them down to use something else. I did the same thing with this beautiful bronze center and crucifix. They were so beautiful that the rosary I used them on needed to be just right. I just didn't know what it needed in order to be just right.


Yesterday I was rummaging through some supplies I had stashed in a basket when I came across a bag of beads from "discarded" rosaries. Sometimes folks give me broken bits of rosaries that they just don't know what to do with because it's wrong to throw away a rosary if you don't know if it's been blessed. And so, I have a collection of rosary bits and pieces that I occasionally use to make new rosaries. In the bag were a few decades of a rosary made with these beautiful white grooved milk glass beads. When I saw them, I realized what I needed for the caramel Mother of Pearl beads, and bronze crucifix and centerpiece.

This strung rosary is made with 6 mm caramel Mother of Pearl Ave beads (which is actually the natural color of Mother of Pearl), 7 mm white milk grooved glass Pater beads, separated with Japanese crystal seed beads and Czech white pearl beads. The Miraculous center and crucifix are antiqued brass.

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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Tenner

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This closed circle tenner is made with 8 mm sapphire blue glass beads, an Our Lady of Mt. Carmel center and a Papal crucifix.



$9 plus postage and shipping

Pink Glass Seven Sorrows

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I've had a little time lately to create some rosaries with supplies I have on-hand. It's nice to pick through my beads and decide what I feel like making.

This Seven Sorrows Chaplet is made with 6 mm peachy pink glass beads and Seven Sorrows medals.

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The Seven Sorrows of Mary, also known as the Seven Dolors, are contemplated through the seven sets of seven Aves and seven Paters. This devotion to the Blessed Mother originates in the thirteenth century. On the Seven Sorrows chaplet, we meditate upon the Seven Sorrows the Virgin Mother endured by witnessing the life and death of her Son, Our Lord Jesus.

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Blue Goldstone Lourdes Rosary

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Many people have said, or written to me, that my pictures do not do my rosaries justice. I don't take that as a criticism of my photography, rather a compliment to my rosaries. This rosary, I can tell you right now, is far more beautiful in person than in this picture. There is just no way to photograph these beautiful blue goldstone beads and make them look like they do in real life. They sparkle in such a way that the camera just cannot catch. Paired with this Lourdes Water pewter center and Lourdes Chapel crucifix, it is a stunning rosary (even if I do say so myself).

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$33 plus shipping and insurance

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For the New Priest

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We had a wonderful deacon at our parish during the past year. He was a seminarian at the local Pontifical College Josephinum, a beautiful, reverent man full of joy for the Lord. I posted this homily of his at Praying for Grace, and I will always remember that lovely story during my Advent preparation.

Deacon Victor left our parish and finished his schooling in May. He returned to his home state of Wisconsin to be ordained. He will be a fabulous priest, I am certain. I created a rosary for him because I want him to know how much I have faith in him as an awesome man of God.

The beads of this rosary are hematite, the Aves are oval and he Paters are round. I've mentioned before that I really like the hematite because it warms up in your hands. The center is a pewter Scapular center, and the crucifix, also pewter, is large and masculine, but beautiful.

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