Why the "BeadsOnHand"?

It's been almost three weeks since my last post! So I thought I'd do a piece on where the name "BeadsOnHand" comes from.

I started out wanting to make rosaries. The only ones available here are the quickly made (read "cheap" here) plastic beaded rosaries. Nothing wrong with plastic beads, some of my best beads are plastic. It's just that they shouldn't look like plastic. So I made a few and they were donated to various church auctions in hopes of drumming up a little business. The results? Some one asked (almost a year later) can you put rose petals in Swarovski crystal beads? No, I can't do this although it sounds like a wonderful idea. May take a trip to Austria and research it with the Swar folks. Seems that the person had heard the words "rose petals" and "Swarovski" mentioned together. The results: petals encased in crystal beads. Nope, just beads made from rose petals (where the name "rosary" comes from, made by nuns many centuries ago) and used along with the Sw. crystal beads.

As you can see from the photo: the bracelet is made of beads, on a wrist (or hand). Get it? Beads on a hand??

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