Keepsake Jewelry and Prayer Chaplet Made with Rose Petal Beads
“When I make a piece for someone who has lost a loved one, it is especially rewarding.” ~Mollie-H
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Today, I have a very special Spotlight Feature to share with you. Mollie Hubenak’s jewelry and beads are not only lovely to look at, they hold a deep and important meaning to those who wear them.
Mollie is making Keepsake and Rosary Beads made from the dried flower petals collected at special or meaningful events such as Memorial Services, Weddings, Graduations, Baby Christenings, etc.
Related links include: (1) Flower Petal Bead Inclusions (2) Rosary Beads (3) Memorial Jewelry.
Here is What Mollie Wrote…
I think you will all agree that Mollie is creating very special memories with her beautiful jewelry. Each bead, holds inside a deep connection to someone or something very meaningful.
They are more than an item of beauty. They are a physical representation of a precious memory. Something very special indeed!
Thank you, Mollie, for sharing your work with us all. It reminds us that we can always put a little more meaning into our beads!
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@Mollie, or anyone else who makes memory bracelets: Carolyn Winters has red roses from her brothers funeral, and would like them made into memory bracelets. Leave a comment for her at the link if you can create keepsake bracelets for Carolyn & her daughter.
I haven’t had any problems with the beads fading. I seal them with Studio by Sculpey Glossy Glaze.
I am so thrilled and honored to be featured here on Cindy’s Spotlight. I have been out of town and didn’t find out until this morning. Thank you all for your wonderful and kind comments.
@Becky: I don’t think polymer clay based flower petal beads fade over time. I think it is just the traditional rosary beads made by boiling the petals, are the ones that fade. I’ve never had any of my polymer clay rose beads fade, but they are only a couple of years old.
@Carrie: In regards to your gold leaf and ink sticking to the rollers of the pasta machine, try laying a piece of parchment on top your sheet before putting in the machine. That should fix the problem.
Gosh they’re lovely what an unusual idea.
Thanks Silverleaf! I was using silver, I even let it dry overnight. Also, my color seems to fade a lot. I had a little better luck with gold. I also tried the red variegated, it had about the same result as the silver. I got a few usable items with the gold though. I’ll keep trying. I would appreciate any other help also!
Mollie, your work is beautiful! I, too, make keepsake jewelry with flower petal inclusions and find it to be so meaningful. I love how you’ve paired your handmade beads with the Swarovski crystals! Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Becky, I made some beads with red roses from my niece’s wedding in May 2008 and they are still as beautiful today as when I made them. I do seal the beads with Future.
They are really nice Mollie, I love the idea of memories captured in jewellery.
@Carrie – Happens to me too. Leaving the ink to dry for a couple of hours helps a lot, just waiting until it looks dry doesn’t seem to be enough. And different leafs seem to work differently too – I have copper leaf which doesn’t stick much, and silver leaf which does (and has much finer crackles).
Mollie, your beads are very beautiful. All the care and time you put into your work shows! I just started working with inclusions and especially roses and it is quite challenging. I think I may have found a new way to work with dried flowers myself. I need to do more experiments to work out some kinks. If I find this new way works well and consistently I’ll let you all know.
Gorgeous! I love the look of the flower inclusions.
A little off the topic, but I tried the ink on gold leaf today and the leaf stuck VERY badly to my pasta machine. I love this technique but cannot seem to get a pendant worth keeping.More than half of the gold leaf sticks and gets ruined.Please help!
Your pieces are beautiful and you have inspired me. I have heard that the beads colors will fade over time when using the flower petals. Do you have any suggestions to prevent this? One of the bracelets I saw faded within the year. Do you seal your pieces with something?
What a wonderful idea! Mollie, your pieces are beautiful. I love this Spotlight feature Cindy!
I would think that the recipients of these pieces would truly cherish them. They are quite elegant with an almost understated beauty to them. Lovely idea!
Mimi, the pieces are lovely and the meaning and sentiment contained in them is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
How extremely pretty and sweet.
What a beautiful thing to do!