Rose Petal Rosary

[Nevermore22]

I was given a bouquet of roses several months ago from my mother. The petals have since dried and I am planning on having them turned into beads to make a rosary.
I was wondering if anyone here has had that done, and where they sent the petals off to to be made into a rosary.

I have looked into it and found these two sites,
inspirationsrosaries.com/
rosaryshop.com/resources.php/request/rosePetal

While the second site has the Our Father beads and center I am going for, (bone skulls and Our Lady of Sorrows) the first seems to be of better quality.

What do you think?
Any suggestions of sites/places?

Thanks!
Never

 

[Scoobyshme]

Yes. When my mother died in 2005, we sent the roses from her funeral to a place where they made a rosary for each of the kids. I still have mine. I hung it on her picture by my bed.

 

[sungirl]

This is really interesting. I have a rose petal Rosary that I really like, but I didn’t know you could have beads made from specific roses. I don’t have any suggestions for sites, but I’ll be interested in hearing what other people suggest.

 

[Nevermore22]

Thanks for the replies. I understand if you have no suggestions. 'Tis okay!
I am sure that many who have rosaries made from rose petals were gifts and such. It would make sense that they would not know the source of the rosary.

I’ll just wait and see what others have to say.

In Christ,
Never

 

[Dymphna82]

Did you ever have the rose petal rosary made? I’m curious about this. I’ve seen premade rose petal rosaries and the first website you’ve shown looks pretty cool too.

I’m also wondering how delicate the beads are, since they’re made of roses. Are they waterproof?

 

[Lady_Marchmain]

I’ve only seen a rose petal rosary once, it was very delicate, the price was $325, and the lady told me it was quite complicated to make. So, this being a major endeavor, I suggest you ask the makers if they provide references? If they do regular work and good quality, it seems they would be happy to give you, say, three names of clients. Email or talk to those people. You might find there are other options too that you don’t know now.

 

[Nevermore22]

Sorry it took me so long to reply.

I actually decided to make it myself. I used polymer clay mixed with the petals, and then bought the other parts I needed.
It was cheaper to do it this way, plus I could personalize it even more. And it would be a good heirloom piece I could pass on.
“See, this was the Rosary your great-grandmother made…” (I could picture a future grandkid saying that to their own kid (even though I am not even married)).

So I’m happy on how it turned out.

In Christ through Mary,
Nevermore