Make a Bead Rosary

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Make a Bead Rosary

by Kathy Croy
(Fort Worth, TX)

Blue Crystal Rosary Bead Design

Make a Bead Rosary with Crystals

Blue Crystal Beaded Rosary

Handcrafted Crystal Bead Rosary

Want to make your own rosary? Use this rosary design with blue crystal beads as inspiration to make a rosary you will fall in love with!

This beautiful rosary has a 23 inch necklace and is 22 inches long (maybe more like 30 inches long).

I made it using silver plated eyepins, 6mm round dark blue AB crystals, 6mm round white crackle beads and 6mm light blue crystal disks.

I was asked by one of my co-workers who had seen my handmade bracelets whether I could make her a rosary.

Not being Catholic, I had no idea where to start, so I googled and found your website along with hundreds of pictures of rosaries.

I still had no clue of how many beads to use and what the rules were for rosaries, so I went to another one of my co-workers who I knew was Catholic and she gave me a lesson in rosaries.

The design came straight from my heart. All my co-worker asked of me was if I could use blue crystals as blue is her favorite color.

This rosary was the result! I am rather proud of the fact that this was my absolute first attempt at making rosaries, but when the gals in the office saw it, they all want one too!!!

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Make a Bead Rosary

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by: Wanda

Kathy,

Thanks for entering the May 2011 Beaded Jewelry Making Contest!

What a wonderful story about making a bead rosary for your co-worker. Your rosary is lovely!

And, I know exactly how you feel about making your first rosary. Why? Because its how I felt when I made my first rosary for my nephew.

I knew little about rosaries and nothing about how to make a bead rosary when he asked me to make him one.

His request lead to much research and the posting of a step by step tutorial on how to make a rosary of five decades on making-beaded-jewelry.com.

Again, thanks for entering the contest. The May 2011 Beaded Jewelry Making Contest Winning Entry is How to Make Jewelry From Pre Made Jewelry by Kirstin Kestner.

Wanda
making-beaded-jewelry.com

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Here's where those who would like to can learn how to make a rosary of five decades like Kathy's.

You'll use a basic wire jewelry making technique - simple wire loops.

There you'll find out about the rosary making supplies you will need to buy, the specific bead pattern that makes up a rosary and where to find out more information about rosaries in general.

A rosary may not be an original bead design, but of all the bead designs I have made it certainly is one of the most gratifying!

Nice Rosary
by: Juanita

Very nice...I have repaired rosaries but have never made one.

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