Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Sacred Heart of Jesus


From the depth of my nothingness, I prostrate myself before Thee, O Most Sacred, Divine and Adorable Heart of Jesus, to pay Thee all the homage of love, praise and adoration in my power.Amen. - - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Prayer to the Sacred Heart by Saint Francis De Sales
May Thy Heart dwell always in our hearts!May Thy Blood ever flow in the veins of our souls!O sun of our hearts, Thou givest life to all things by the rays of Thy goodness!I will not go until Thy Heart has strengthened me, O Lord Jesus!May the Heart of Jesus be the King of my heart!Blessed be God. Amen.


To me the Sacred Heart of Jesus has been very special as well. Since I was a young woman, He has been by my side and comforting me on my times of trials. This is another bracelet I love creating to give Him honor.

Miraculous Medal Charm Bracelet




"The Blessed Virgin was standing on a globe, and her face was beautiful beyond words. Her fingers were covered with precious jewels whose light dazzled me. And I heard: 'Behold the symbol of the graces I shed upon those who ask for them!' Then an oval frame formed around the Blessed Virgin and I read in letters of gold: 'O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.' The vision reversed and I beheld the letter 'M' surmounted by a cross, at the foot of the cross, a bar, and below all, the Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns, and the Heart of Mary pierced with a sword. A voice said to me, 'Have a medal struck after this model. Persons who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck.' "Sister (now Saint) Catherine Labour".
THE RAYS BEING DISPERSED BY OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL CAME FROM THE GEMSTONES ON HER FINGERS

I love creating a bracelet to honor Our Blessed Mother of the Miraculous Medal. I always create it surrounded by gems or crystals, or like in this one by vintage pearls and crystals. I can see Our Blessed Mother surrounded with all gems, pearls and crystals like a Queen and to me these bracelets have a special meaning.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Milagros Charm Bracelet


MILAGROSMilagros "Miracles" are small devotional charms that are traditionally used in most Latin American Countries. These votives are placed in small shrines, church, nichos, retablos, saints or altars.Milagros also refers to an ancient aspect of Hispanic Folk Culture: Small silver or gold votive offerings.A person attaches a Milagro to a saint for a special request of a miracle for a particular aliment of the body.

I was inspired to create a Milagros charm bracelet similar to the Milagros charm necklace I had created. I loved the outcome, the combination of vintage and new, the medals with the Milagros and the turquoise with the copper.

St. Philomena Relic Religious Bracelet




I love creating a St. Philomena bracelet. I always feel her energy so strong when creating it. It's like a lovely energenic girl loving all of nature and enjoying the Heavenly realm. That is why I create it with lots of flowers, birds, angels and other God's creatures.
This one in particular, I added handcrafted angels made with lucite flowers, polymer flowers, swan, butterflies, birds and lots of czech. glass leaves. I also added glass lampwork beads with flowers.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

St. Peregrine Relic Charm Bracelet
















PATRON SAINT OF CANCER PATIENTS

A victim of a spreading cancer in his foot, Peregrine was scheduled for an amputation. The night before the operation, he spent in prayer; that night received a vision of Christ who healed him with a touch. The next morning, Peregrine found his cancer completely healed.

Cancer is a terrible illness that affects most of us in our lifetime, but with God's grace and the intercession of St. Peregrine may God grant you or your love one healing.

I created this bracelet with St. Peregrine's relic medal, I added pink ribbon beads, faith charm, other patron saint medals, lampwork beads and feminine charms like purse, shoes.

Prayer to Saint Peregrine
O glorious wonder worker, Saint Peregrine, you who answered the divine call with a ready spirit, forsaking all the comforts of a life of ease and all the empty honors of the world, to dedicate yourself to God in the Order of His most Holy Mother; you who labored manfully for the salvation of souls, merting the title Apostle of Emilia; you who in union with Jesus crucified, endured the most painful sufferings with such patience so as to deserve to be miraculously healed from an incurable wound in your leg by Him with a touch of His divine hand: obtain for us, we pray, the grace to answer every call from God; enkindle in our hearts a consuming zeal for the salvation of souls; deliver us from the infirmities that so often afflict our bodies; and obtain for us the grace of perfect resignation to the sufferings which may be sent to us; so may we, imitating your virtues and tenderly loving our crucified Lord and his sorrowful Mother, be enabled to merit glory everlasting in paradise. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Milagros Charm Necklace






MILAGROS
Milagros "Miracles" are small devotional charms that are traditionally used in most Latin American Countries. These votives are placed in small shrines, church, nichos, retablos, saints or altars.
Milagros also refers to an ancient aspect of Hispanic Folk Culture: Small silver or gold votive offerings.
A person attaches a Milagro to a saint for a special request of a miracle for a particular aliment of the body.





I created this beautiful necklace with the inspiration of the ever loving Sacred Heart of Jesus. The stunning heart milagro on the center is a reminder of that, His ever loving Heart and the milagros attached to be a reminder of miracles to come or were granted. I added a large Our Lady of Gudalupe medal and Assumtion of Virgin Mary and turquoise. I also added some vintage charms to give it more of an ethnic feel and look to it.


Victorian Angels Charm Bracelet


I was truly inspired to create this angelic bracelet in a more playful way, victorian style. I just love the victorian era, images and the colors which inspired me, when I saw the beautiful cameo.



I also added porcelain small angels, aluminium roses and polymer clay flowers to add to the whole theme.