Re: new beads (link)

above-the-surface decoration?<

Rosaries sustain a lot more wear and tear than a necklace; they are "handled" quite a lot and small lampworked detail that is 3-dimensional can break off with repeated use.

Carol in SLC New JustBeads auctions:

I like those very much.

Tina

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:45:20 -0400, Carol in SLC wrote (in message ):

Also, a woman's rosary spends the vast majority of time in her purse. When a woman is using the rosary for its intended purpose, she's usually fingering or rubbing the particuar bead between her fingers. A rosary also has been known to hit the back of the pew, it's hard to keep that from happening if you're kneeling.

I have some old rosaries where the beads are worn and "loved looking" from decades of being used on a daily basis. As for me, I'm not that devout: I don't say a rosary every day. On the occasions where I do say the rosary (don't laugh), I count on my fingers.

Kathy N-V

Those are really pretty!

Thanks Carol and Kathy,

I thought it was something like that. I've been asked about making Anglican prayer beads, and wanted to find some inexpensive crosses for them. I thought the same thing, that I could make the crosses like these, and leave them plain.

Wow

those are cool!

BTW - if you type your URL address with http:// in front of the address - it will show up as an active link on the board - otherwise we all have to cut and paste see your pretties.

I love the crosses - I have seen some other lampwork crosses - C. Craswell or something like that - she makes some pretty ones too. I have made beads for a rosary for myself - and thought about making a cross - but never got around to it... LOL

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Thanks Cheryl,

I didn't know you had to type in the "http://". I'll be sure to do thatfrom now on. So much computerese is beyond me. I can click on it, and itworks without the http and it works though.

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Beadbimbo" :

] I didn't know you had to type in the "http://". I'll be sure to do that]from now on. So much computerese is beyond me. I can click on it, and it]works without the http and it works though.depends on the browser!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Cool! I like those. Barbara Dream Master

"We've got two lives, one we're given, the other one we make." Mary Chapin Carpenter

Those are really pretty!