postcards from paradise prayer beads and friends

cinnamon prayer beads

call someone you love and invite them into your kitchen

fill the air with the fragrance of friendship and love

1 cup powered cinnamon
1 tbsp. allspice
2 tbsp. cloves
1 tbsp. nutmeg
1 c. applesauce

1 tbsp. elmers glue

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combine the first four ingredients and blend well.

stir in applesauce, elmers glue and mix again.

add more cinnamon until your mixture is easy to handle.

place some powered cinnamon on the palms of your hands

and gather the dough into a ball.

as children this is when we would roll out the fragrant dough to shape with old tin cookie cutters.

 this year the dough lingered in my hands warming and stirring my thoughts.

i pinched a small bit off and began rolling a small ginger coloured ball between my open palms.

suddenly it was as round and reminiscent as the old silver mexican beads i have

worn everyday for as long as i remember.

and that's when it happened, the old became new. the cookie cutters sat in a beautiful heap

while i formed ginger coloured beads in the bright morning kitchen.

filled with the simple beauty of making a scented rosary wishing only

that it was not too early to call a friend.

forming the rosary beads

sit with a friend and let the stories fill the welcoming air.

roll small amounts into the size beads you desire.

pierce their centers with a 

wooden skewer and turn the skewer round to be sure the opening is well formed.

set your beads down on a flat even surface, perhaps a cookie sheet with edges to contain them,

to dry. reinsert the skewer mid day and again before bed,

(as they dry they tend to heal a bit and the opening must be well established)

it will take a few days for your beads to dry enough for stringing.

make a strand long enough to wear...

hang them close to your bed to pepper your dreams, tuck them in a drawer to scent your stockings,

or upon the bright shoulders of a watchful angel.

share them with your friend.

they are infused with stories shared, the forming of your hands and the 

memories only cinnamon, friendship, and a prayer 

can hold forever.

wherever you go today may you walk with light.

xoxoxoxox

from december 1- december 12

postcards from paradise

bows to the relished tradition of

a virgin a day.

 

 

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Comments

[Dawn Elliott]

I wish I could have been the friend that you called early one morning...sharing stories and dreams...rolling cinnamon scented rosary beads in our stained and humble hands...mmmmm!
Thank you for sharing your recipe...I am anxious to get my hands - and heart - into this magical dough!

[Deb Taylor]

I will join you
~in the light~
with fond memories of San Miguel
and dreaming of new ones in our future together!!

[Stephanie]

These rich, dark beads...heavenly scented will join the clove infused oranges in my holiday kitchen.

Remember San Miguel too this day

x..x

[Carol]

Rebecca, always such a loving and spiritual post ~ thanks for being you ~ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^

[Barbara]

This sounds like a perfect project to do with a certain four year old who loves to make things with his hands! Just one thing though, when does the glue get used. I must be missing something but I reread the directions and don't see when you added the glue. The thought of a cinnamon scented project has me swooning! Thanks for sharing this.

[gemma]

This looks wonderful. I want to make some.
How long does the scent last?
xx

[Magical Mystical Teacher]

Oh, do I have some Virgins for you! Just you wait and see! :)

[Laurie Zuckerman]

What a lovely project. I will have to try this soon. I will also have to photograph some of my Virgins on my own home altars so that I am ready for a Virgin a Day. Can't wait!!!

[Hettienne Grobler]

oh so beautiful! I will be making these and I will definitely be joining in with a Virgin a Day - I have been counting the days! love and blessings Hettienne

[Shannon]

Rebecca! I just love this post. I've made ornaments from this type of "clay" many a time, but never once thought of making rosary beads. I am almost ashamed! Thank you for the lovely idea. I hope you will be doing Virgin A Day again this year?

[Cheryl's Excellent Adventure]

I wish you could have called me but as usual I sleep in till about 10:30. I love your recipe for cinnamon beads. I could use some rosary beads about now. I'm not Catholic but somehow I think saying a few (thousand) prayers might get me where I need to go.

[Lea]

Thinking of you this morning, and round cinnamon beads rolling in the palms of our hands... XO

[peggy gatto]

Magical!!! I am doing this!!!!!!!!!!