Nostalgia

This week I was inspired to create a couple of bracelets with the Nostalgia of past times when pictures were black and white.

Maybe a reminiscence time where I believe there was more fervor in praying and getting closer to all Divine.
For some reason those pictures do bring a very sensitive part of me.  Sensitive in the sense of being in touch with the Spiritual more.

I have always loved antiques and the pictures I used on these couple of bracelets bring that feel to them.

One I created honoring Our Lady of Sorrows

In this bracelet I used a beautiful image of Our Lady of Sorrows in black and white adorned with clear rhinestones.  Using beautiful white foil glass hears, to express Her Love for humanity that She accepted being Mother to Our Lord and knowing His Sacrifice for humanity, and black and white lampwork glass beads.

I incorporated pink roses also representing Her Love and a reminder that Her Love will always be with us.

Another bracelet I created is honoring Our Lady of Lourdes

Also using a beautiful image of Our Lady of Lourdes in black and white and adorned with clear rhinestones as well.

I created a beautiful pendant using a vintage brooch, converted into pendant, and adding a vintage medal of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal and adorned with clear rhinestones to make the medal stand out.

On this bracelet the colors are more subtle using beautiful smokey lavender, very unique color, beads and beautiful Earth tone Czech. glass beads to accent the white pearls and to make the pendant stand out more, I used a beautiful handcrafted red rose created by my daughter-in-law, Ya-Ya.

St Benedict, Saints Religious Medals Charm Bracelet

PATRONAGE: Against evil, witchcraft; against poison; agricultural workers; carvers; civil engineers; copper smiths; dying people

THE JUBILEE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT

The power of St. Benedict is revealed in this small object that has been fostered by his spiritual sons many years. Marvelous is the aid which the St. Benedict Medal affords to its devout wearers in the manifold necessities of soul and body. On this account the Medal is well known and widely used throughout the Christian world; everywhere it is regarded as a highly favored object of devotion.

St. Benedict (born at Nursia, Italy, in 480) had a profound veneration for the holy Cross and for our Saviour Crucified. In virtue of the Sign of the Cross, he wrought many miracles and exercised great power over the spirits of darkness. In consequence of the great veneration in which St. Benedict was held from the early Middle Ages, it followed that a Medal was struck, one side of which represents St. Benedict holding the Cross in one hand and the Holy Rule in the other. Around the image of St. Benedict are these words in Latin "May his presence protect us in the hour of death." St. Benedict has ever been the patron of the dying, because of the circumstances attending his own most glorious death, for he breathed forth his soul while standing in prayer before the Most Blessed Sacrament.

The reverse of the Medal shows the image of the Cross. Around the margin are the initials of Latin words which form verses supposed to have originated with the holy Father Benedict himself. The English translation is: "Be gone Satan! Suggest not to me thy vain things. The cup thou profferest me is evil; drink thou thy poison." In the angles formed by the arms of the Cross are the letters C.S.P.B., signifying "Cross of the holy Father Benedict." The letters on the Cross itself have this meaning: "May the holy Cross be my light; let not the dragon be my guide."

Medals of Saint Benedict are sacramentals that may be blessed legitimately by any priest or deacon

I created this unique bracelet honoring St. Benedict using a St. Benedict large medal and also using several Italian Catholic medals which include Our Lady of Sorrows with St. Peregrine, Sacred Heart of Child Jesus,  Holy Child of Atocha, Archangel St. Gabriel, Our Lady of Victory with Don Bosco and others.

Beads I used are a very unique bumpy beads that I was taken away with it's uniqueness with green and blue over black.  I also used beautiful Jasper Gemstone beads and glass blue beads.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Charm Bracelet

Feast Day: December 12

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

O Virgin of Guadalupe,

Mother of the Americas,

grant to our homes the grace of loving

and respecting life in its beginnings,

with the same love with which

You conceived in Your womb 

the life of the Son of God.

Blessed Virgin Mary,

Mother of Fair Love,

protect our families so that 

they may always be united 

and bless the upbringing of our children.

Our hope, look upon us with pity,

teach is to go continually to Jesus,

and if we fall 

help us to rise again and return to Him

through the confession of our faults 

and our sins in the Sacrament of penance, 

which gives peace to the soul.

We beg You to grant us a great love 

of all the holy Sacraments,

which are, as it were,

the signs that Your Son left us on earth.

Thus, Most Holy Mother,

with the peace of God in our consciences,

with our hearts free from evil and hatred,

we will be able to bring to all others 

true joy and peace,

which come to us from your Son, 

our Lord Jesus Christ,

who with the Father and the Holy Spirit,

lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Amen.

(Pope John Paul II.)

I created this beautiful bracelet honoring Our Humble Lady of Guadalupe using a very unique cross from Italy depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe on center, Crucified Christ, St. Juan Diego and Angels .

Catholic medals I used are St. Cecilia, St. Joan of Arc, St. Martin of Tours, St. Rocco, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Sacred Heart of Jesus and others.

I used a variety of flowers including a beautiful Jade gemstone Calla Lilly and Millefiori beads.

St. Rita Religious Medals Charm Bracelet

Patronage: Abuse victims, loneliness, sterility, bodily ills, desperate causes, difficult marriages, Philippines, forgotten causes, impossible causes, infertility, lost causes, parenthood, sick people, victims of physical spouse abuse, widows, wounds

 Prayer to Saint Rita

Dear Rita, model Wife and Widow, you yourself suffered in a long illness showing patience out of love for God. Teach us to pray as you did. Many invoke you for help, full of confidence in your intercession. Deign to come now to our aid for the relief and cure of{name of sufferer}. To God, all things are possible; may this healing give glory to the Lord. Amen.

I created this bracelet honoring St. Rita using a special and unique 3rd class relic medal.  Other Catholic medals I used are St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal, St. Joan of Arc, Our Lady of Czestochowa with Pope John Paul II, Infant of Prague and others.

I used vintage and new beads giving it a look reminiscent of old times. 

St. Therese Charm Bracelet

“Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”  

St. Therese

I was inspired to create another charm bracelet honoring this great Saint, St. Therese.  In this occasion, I felt to create one more festive than I normally create for St. Therese, maybe the spirit was more joyous on the creation and I combined several colors and beads including vintage Lucite flowers and I really loved the outcome of it.

I added goldtone and silvertone Italian Catholic medals, including, St. Rita, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Loreto, St. Kateri and Our Lady of Perpetual Help

May St. Therese shower you with Flowers from Heaven

St. Jude Catholic Bracelet

PRAYER TO ST. JUDE

St. Jude, friend to those in need,

 I am weary from grief,

without joy, without hope,

struggling through the dark night of the soul.

I turn to you, my most trusted friend.

Take away this emptiness and the pain of my broken heart.

In your compassion, wipe away the tears 

and carry me to a place of peace.

Too long have I been blind to the

goodness of God's world.

Heal me.

I yearn to feel, to bathe in light and joy.

Envelop me in brightness,

and do not hold back.  

And I promise, if you should see me fit

to receive these gifts, I will share them always.

Amen 

Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Religious Medals Bracelet

O Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, 

We dedicate and consecrate ourselves to you 

under the title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. 

May this Medal be for each one of us a sure sign 

of your affection for us 

and a constant reminder of our duties toward you. 

Ever while wearing it, 

may we be blessed by your loving protection 

and preserved in the grace of your Son. 

O Most Powerful Virgin, Mother of Our Savior, 

keep us close to you every moment of our lives. 

Obtain for us, your children, 

the grace of a happy death; 

so that in union with you, 

we may enjoy the bliss of Heaven forever. 

Amen.

I was inspired to create another bracelet honoring Our Beautiful Mother Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal but was not sure how to even began and all of the sudden these beads began to really stand out among the
others and at that moment I knew I had to create one with multiple styles of beads, of different styles, shapes and sizes and it reminded me of us, how Our Blessed Mother loves each one of us in our unique
style and our different personalities, She is for all of us and that was my inspiration to create it with these
beads.

St. Martin de Porres Religious Medals Charm Bracelet

Patronage: African-Americans, Poor People, Public Education, Public Health, Public Schools, Race Relations, Racial Harmony, State, Schools, Television, Against Rats, Barbers, Bi-racial people, Inter-racial justice for social justice, Hotel keepers, inn keepers, mulattoes, Peru, Diocese of black people

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES (He was venerated from the day of his death. Many miraculous cures, including raising the dead attributed to Brother Martin. First black American saint. Also known as Martin of Charity; the Saint of the Broom (for his devotion to his work, no matter how menial) Established an orphanage and children’s hospital for the poor children of the slums. Set up a shelter for the stray cats and dogs and nursed them back to health. Lived in self-imposed austerity, never ate meat, fasted continuously, and spent much time in prayer and meditation with a great devotion to the Holy Eucharist.

known for his tender care of the sick and for his spectacular cures.

I always feel so blessed when I'm able to find so unique medals from Beloved Saints that we don't see any medals from or hardly hear from them and why they are venerated and it is an honor to be able to create with such treasures.

This is a vintage medal of St. Martin de Porres with a very unique finish and it's always an honor as well to bring to light St. Martin de Porres in my creations.

I used many other Catholic medals including Our Lady of Fatima, Holy Family, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Czestochowa, Divine Mercy, Pope John Paul II, St. Faustina, St. Therese and others and beads are natural Jade.

St. Lazarus, Saints Religious Medals Charm Bracelet

Patronage: Against Leprosy and also is petitioned for serious illness and the poor

It has been a while since I had not created a bracelet honoring St. Lazarus. I used a beautiful

vintage Italian pearlized medal of St. Lazarus. Other catholic medals I used are Divine Child, St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Therese, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Divine Mercy, St. Faustina

Vintage and New St. Therese Medal Religious Charm Bracelet

"Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be - and becoming that person."

St. Therese de Lisieux

This is another inspired creation honoring humble St. Therese.

On this bracelet I used part of a vintage necklace that I converted into a bracelet with pearls and crystals. I also used a beautiful color medal of St. Therese and using a stunning vintage medal of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal and a stunning as well, rhinestone cross.

Other Catholic medals I use are Divine Mercy, St. Benedict, St. Sebastian, Archangel St. Gabriel, Our Lady of Lourdes, Archangel St. Raphael with Guardian Angel, St. Dominic and others.

ST. Jude and Religious Medals Charm Bracelet

A Prayer to St. Jude for Healing

Most holy Apostle, St. Jude, friend of Jesus,

I place myself in your care at this difficult time.

Pray for me; help me know that I need not face my troubles alone.

Please join me in my need,

asking God to send me consolation in my sorrow,

courage in my fear, and healing in the midst of my suffering.

Ask our loving God

to fill me with the grace to accept whatever may lie ahead for me

and my loved ones,

and to strengthen my faith in God's healing power.

Thank you, St. Jude,

for the promise of hope you hold out to all who believe,

and inspire me to give this gift of hope to others

as it has been given to me.

Amen.

On this bracelet honoring St. Jude I used natural Jade teardrop-shape gemstone beads, crystals and glass pearls.

The beautiful of St. Jude has been set on a stunning ornate setting and adorned with Czech. rhinestones.

Catholic medals I used on this bracelet are of Jesus as "The Good Shepherd", St. Therese, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal, St. Benedict, St. Patrick, Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and others.

May St. Jude always assist you in bringing your miracles.

St. Therese, Saints Religious Medal Charm Bracelet

"The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily
do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm.
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness."
— St. Thérèse de Lisieux

I feel blessed to be able to find such a unique St. Therese medal with crushed roses on the reverse side, it is such a beautiful and meaningful medal.

I also included in this bracelet a color image medal of St. Therese and other Catholic including a vintage St. Anthony medal, St. Bernadette, Virgin Mary, Immaculate Heart, St. Benedict and others.

Embracing the medals I added beautiful lampwork and pearl beads including a stunning handmade polymer rose.

St. Jude Relic, Saints Religious Medals Charm Bracelet

Prayer to Saint Jude Thaddeus

Glorious Saint Jude, with faith in your goodness I ask your help today. As one of Christ's chosen Apostles, you are a pillar and foundation of His Church on earth. You are among the elders who stand always before God's throne.

Brother Jude, you are renowned

for your kinship with Christ and your physical resemblance to our Savior. Help me remain close to Christ and resemble Him in my outlook and actions.

Holy Apostle, you are venerated for your work of preaching the gospel and your faithfulness to Christ by a m

artyr's death. Assist me to preach the good news of Christ by word and example, and remain steadfast in His service as you were.

From your place of glory, do not f

orget the needs and difficulties of Christ's little ones like me, still struggling on the way home to God. Pray for me that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly (name special problem) and that I may praise God with you and all the elect forever.

Intercede for us all, gracious, brother Saint Jude, and pray for us to the Lord our God in our daily toil and our necessities. Amen.

I had not created this style of bracelets for a while and St. Jude has been coming up in my mind so much for several days and I knew it was a message to continue and make one on his honor.

Sometimes when you have been creating for as long as I have you will have a mental block and today was no exception and I did ask, OK St. Jude guide me or have my angels guide me, I can't think of anything, I know it may sound unusual but I know most people that create with Divine inspiration, will experience the same and all of the sudden, I can't even think how everything just came together and I truly love the end result
I used a relic medal of St. Jude and making this bracelet three strands of glass beads and pearls and adding several Catholic medals including St. Dymphna, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal, Our Lady of Medjugorje, St. Barbara and St. Benedict and also adding more lampwork beads in different shades of green

St. Therese Pocket Watch Shrine Religious Necklace

Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word;

always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.

St. Therese

This is a spectacular necklace created to honor St. Therese. I found a stunning pocket statue of St. Therese and I wanted it to be visible and that is why I created this pocket watch shrine.

I added a beautiful Fresh Water pearl as well and a paper rose to make it stand out more.

I also added a beautiful French-style ribbon flower to make it bold and more beautiful

Our Lady of the Pillar, Saints Religious Medal Bracelet

OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR

Tradition says that in the early day of the Church, Saint James the Greater was spreading the Gospel in Spain, but making very little progress. He was dejected and questioning his mission. About 44, the Virgin Mary, who was still living in Jerusalem at the time, bi-located and appeared to him in a vision to boost his morale. In it, she was atop a column or pillar, which was being carried by angels. That pillar is believed to be the same one venerated in Zaragoza, Spain today. Miraculous healings reported at the scene.

This is an extra special bracelet I created because my mother's name was Pilar and it has a special memory to my mother and Our Lady of the Pillar.

I was able to find this very unique and beautiful figural medal of Our Lady of Pillar which I used on this bracelet. I love the feel and appearance because of the detail involved in this peace. Really stands out.

I used many colorful lampwork beads to make it stand out more and make it very colorful.

This is a close up of the detail of the medal

Immaculate Heart of Mary Religious Saint charm Bracelet

Our Lady of The Sacred Heart

Remember, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, what ineffable power thy divine Son hath given thee over His own adorable Heart. Full of trust in thy merits, we come before thee and beg thy protection.

O heavenly Treasurer of the Heart of Jesus, that Heart which is the inexhaustible source of all graces, which thou mayest open to us at thy good pleasure, in order that from it may flow forth upon mankind the riches of love and mercy, light and salvation, that are contained therein; grant unto us, we beseech thee, the favors which we seek. . . . We can never, never be refused by thee, and since thou art our Mother, O our Lady of the Sacred Heart graciously hear our prayers and grant our request.

Amen

On this bracelet honoring Our Beautiful and compassionate Lady of Immaculate Heart I added a beautiful color porcelain cameo set on a stunning ornate brass setting and adorned with Czech. rhinestones to make it the focal point of this bracelet.

Other Catholic medals include vintage Our Lady of Miraculous Medal, Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Therese and St. George.

I added beautiful large glass pearls and beautiful as well Czech. glass hearts.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saints Religious Medals Bracelet

O Virgin of Guadalupe,

Mother of the Americas,

grant to our homes the grace of loving

and respecting life in its beginnings,

with the same love with which

You conceived in Your womb

the life of the Son of God.

Blessed Virgin Mary,

Mother of Fair Love,

protect our families so that

they may always be united

and bless the upbringing of our children.

Our hope, look upon us with pity,

teach us to go continually to Jesus,

and if we fall

help us to rise again and return to Him

through the confession of our faults

and our sins in the Sacrament of penance,

which gives peace to the soul.

We beg You to grant us a great love

of all the holy Sacraments,

which are, as it were,

the signs that Your Son left us on earth.

Thus, Most Holy Mother,

with the peace of God in our consciences,

with our hearts free from evil and hatred,

we will be able to bring to all others

true joy and peace,

which come to us from Your Son,

our Lord Jesus Christ,

who with the Father and the Holy Spirit,

lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Amen.

Pope John Paul II

I created this bracelet in a very unique way, not the usual charm bracelets I normally create in honor of Our Most Humble Lady of Guadalupe.

I used a beautiful ornate brass setting to attach this vintage cameo and adorned it with Czech. rhinestones and on the sides I added a large link brass chain that I filled with turquoise and coral and adding the medals on the side so the focal point is the beautiful cameo

Our Lady of Fatima Soil Relic Religious Medals Bracelet

I truly enjoyed creating this three strand bracelet honoring Our Lady of Fatima by using a special Soil medal.

Since I had several non-working watches and love the faces, I was inspired to use them and in one placing a tiny crucifix inside and I just loved the way it looks.

I also added other vintage pieces and medals including a blue enamel Our Lady of Miraculous Medal

St. Joseph Cameo, Saints Religious Medals Bracelet

Oh, St Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong,
so prompt before the throne of God,
I place in you all my interest and desires.
Oh, St Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession,
and obtain for me from your divine Son
all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
So that, having engages here below your heavenly power,
I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers.

Oh, St Joseph, I never weary contemplating you,
and Jesus asleep in your arm;
I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart.
Press Him in my name and kiss His head for me
and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath.
St Joseph, patron of departing souls - Pray for me.

I was able to create this beautiful bracelet honoring one humble man taking a very important part of Our Lord's life as a father on earth to Our Lord.

I used a beautiful vintage cameo of St. Joseph with Baby Jesus and many other catholic medals including St. Rocco, St. George, St. Clare, St. Benedict, St. Martin de Porres and others. Beads I used glass pearls and Czech. glass

St. Barbara Religious Saints Medals Bracelet

Saint Barbara became the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives, against thunder, lightning,and sudden death.

O God, Who didst adorn Thy holy Virgin and Martyr Barbara with extraordinary fortitude in the confession of the Faith, and didst console her in the most atrocious torments; grant us through her intercession perseverance in the fulfillment of Thy law and the grace of being fortified before our end with the holy Sacraments, and of a happy death. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

I was able to find such a beautiful vintage Mother of Pearl medal of St. Barbara made in Italy to create this bracelet honoring St. Barbara.

I wanted to create it very colorful and mixed materials from lampwork, glass pearl and wedding cake beads