Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal by Nat Ewert

Nat did the most magnificent work on Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal painting. I commissioned her to do a 8x10 mixed media painting for me and it's done and it's lovely. I haven't received it yet - I'll get it next week but I have the proof of the finished piece. It was amazing working with her. She let me have a lot of input and I tried to use as much of my research as possible.

Of course, some of it couldn't be included, for example the 3 rings on each hand, and we added a few things, the blue mantle and the Holy Spirit, but it's still true to the third apparition of St. Catherine Laboure. Even the snake, which represents Satan and evil, is green with yellow spots just as St. Catherine saw it. Our Lady is standing on the snake to represent her battle against evil. She also stands upon on the Earth, which is perfect, with the date 1830 among a lot of wonderful clouds. She is absolutely lovely. Nan made her dress a little bluish to represent the "color of dawn" as St. Catherine saw it, as well as rings on each of her fingers and rays from the rings towards the Earth. Although St. Catherine did not see a blue mantle, this was added later by her confessor, the bishop, and has been a part of the image since then. The circle surrounding her which reads "O Mary Conceived Without Sin Pray for Us Who Have Recourse to Thee" from hand to hand as was seen by St. Catherine. Of course, the original was in French but we decided to do the text for this painting in English. Nat also added the Holy Spirit at my request. 


Nat takes custom orders year-round, and even offers an Easy-Payment-Plan upon request. You can find her art shop at www.natamon.etsy.com , and contact her at natstoremail@gmail.com . Nat's religious paintings are all lovely. This painting will be available as a print in about one week. She also currently has wonderful paintings and prints of Jesus Christ, St. John the Baptist, St. Theresa, St. Gertrude, St. Padre Pio, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi and others.

The painting is truly amazing. I will be lucky to have such a piece of art. I know you want to see her so here she is:

May God renew you today as the Sun (yellow) renews the grass (green)!

By: Jesus Daily

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Three new Teamcatholic Treasuries

Here are three teamcatholic treasuries I did since Saturday morning. Please take a moment to go look at the wonderful treasury items by clicking on the Treaury link. Thank you.

Treasury 1: 

"To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens." Ecc 3:1

Autumn is my favorite season, the cold breezes blowing around the leaves, the colors of the Autumn trees and foilage. A beautiful season of much joy and delight waiting in anticipation.

I chose items made by the teamcatholic with autumn colors to makes this treasury based on the Bible verse above .



Geometric Gem by Simply Lovely Jewelry

Treasury 2: From the Gospel today, "Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls..." Matthew 13:45. There are several verses in the Bible referring to pearls, including the 12 pearl gates of Revelations. Pearl is June's birthstone.

I chose items made with pearls by teamcatholic to make this treasury based on today's Gospel reading.



Yellow Pearl Rosary Bracelet
by Raes Spirit

Treasury 3:

"If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay or straw, the work of each will come to light, for the Day will disclose it." 1 Corinthians 3:12-13

I chose wood and brown items to make this teamcatholc treasury based on this verse .

Handmade woodburning of Blessed Pope John Paul II

by Writing with Fire

Two New Projects Today

Russian Orthodox Rosary

I worked on two small craft projects today and finished them. The first was a Russsian Orthodox rosary and the second was a kit to make a "Miraculous Medal" ring.

The Russian Rosary

(A slightly different version of the Byzantine Rosary)

The Eastern rite rosary dates back to the 7th century, when according to tradition, a saint had an apparition recommending this form of prayer. In Russia, the rosary is called "Chotki." It is usually made of wool in which there are 100 knots with an extra know between each ten. At the end is a cross also make of knots.

The Russian Rosary I made has a tiny (11mm) sterling Russian Orthodox cross at the beginning, followed by one sterling bead, a tiny (9mm) sterling center for the Miraculous Medal and 100 vintage crystal beads of a multitude of colors separated each ten by a round sterling silver bead. This is a tiny rosary despite all the beads. It only measures 8" in full length. There's a little space in the wire so that it's easier to keep count. The sterling cross and center are lovely. They both have a front and a back with alot of detail. Unfortunately, the back, which is in Russian, is too small for my DH to read too.

Back of the Cross and Center

Front of the Cross and Center

100 vintage crystal Rosary beads and sterling silver spacers

The Immaculate Ring - Vintage Jewelry Kit



This is a theoretically simple "connection" project using a wonderful ring shank with pierced loops on it. The ring is texturized to give in an antique look and then it is oxidized to bring out the highlights. The kit includes mother of pearl components, including a faceted rondelle with tiny filigree bead caps. There are also two tiny brass cross crosses and two Miraculous Medals (hence my interest), These were aged as well. Antique brass headpins and tiny jump rings are included for the connections. The kit was supplied by Vintage Design Resource, a really fun place to shop on-line.

I had no problems with the kit except that it was difficult to use such tiny jump rings when one has tremors in one's hands. Other than that, it was alot of fun to make and very pretty.

 


Ring from Vintage Design Resource

 





My Immaculate Ring

 


Kit from Vintage Design Resource





CARRY YOUR ROSARY EVERYDAY

When you carry a Rosary, Satan has a headache.

When you use it, he collapses.

When he sees you praying it, he faints.

Let us pray the rosary every day, so that he'll keep fainting.

Did you also know that when you are about to forward this message, Satan will try to discourage you?

Forward it anyway and help hasten the triumph of Mother Mary!

Send this to your prayerful friends and see how the Holy Spirit works!

There is a great deal to gain and absolutely nothing to lose!

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Hi Everyone,

Imagine what might happen if every Catholic in the world would pray a Rosary on the same day! We have an example in October of 1573, when Europe was saved from the invasion of the mighty Turkish fleet, by the praying of the Rosary by all Christians!

So, on July 30 2011, let us all pray a Rosary for peace in the world and the return of moral values into our communities. If possible, please pray your Rosary between Noon and 3:00 pm.

Also, please e-mail this message to every Catholic on your address list, and ask them to pass it along to every Catholic on their lists. Let's unite in praying one of the most powerful prayers in existence, for these intentions, on one of the holiest days in our Church year.

God bless us all!

New Rosary: The Crystal Rosary

Hi, Yesterday I completed this rosary as I received the Madonna and Child pewter/crystal crucifix and center (thank you Phyllis at Rosaries by Speziale). The beads are strung on sterling silver soft flex wire which I love to work with. This rosary will be designated R27 when listed in my etsy store and is eligible for my Christmas in July and my Summer 25 discounts. The Pater (Our Father) beads are Swarovski clear crystal round, highly faceted beads between 8 and 12mm accented on both sides by silver rondelles with small crysal inlays. The Ave (Hail Mary) beads are Swarovski bicones of approximately 5mm. The spacers between the Paters and Aves are 2.5mm sterling silver beads. The Madonna & Child Heart Rosary Set is an American made Pewter Heart Shaped center depicting Mary and baby Jesus with little crystal clear stones (1" x 3/4") and a beautiful matching Crucifix (2" x 1 1/4"). The full length of the R27 Crystal Rosary is approximately 18 1/4". Thank you for sharing this blog article with me.



Pics of My New Wedding Band

Greetings!

I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to post this but I wanted to make sure I love it as much 2 months after receiving it as I did when I received it. And I do. I absolutely love it. This ring was designed by the jewelry artist Carol Stall and myself for my wedding band. Carol then made it for me. It is a sterling silver band about 6.5 mm wide with beveled edges for a comfort fit and it is so comfortable, despite being as wide as it is. There is a 5mm brilliant cushion cut white sapphire as the stone. I picked this out at a jewelry show in Baltimore, MD. The stone is set in a rose gold bezel, because Carol knows how much I love rose gold. It's a size 5 to fit my left hand ring finger.

Now it sounds like Nick had nothing to do with it, but he basically gave me carte blanche on the ring and he did approve of the original AND the final designs. He loves it too. I wish to thank Carol for being such an excellent jeweler and listener. She listened to my ideas and either said that sounds good or there's no way I can do that. It was especially important to me that the ring be comfortable to wear and she adjusted it in such a way that is truly is. She has very helpful, very kind, and very communicative. Thank you Carol. You're the best.

New Treasury: August Birthstone - Peridot and the Bible



Peridot Necklace by RaesSpirit

I made this treasury entitled August Birthstone - Peridot and the Bible for a number of reasons. First, I wanted to highlight the beautiful art from all of the etsy teams that I am a member. Peridot is August's birthstone and it won't be long until August now. Peridot is likely one of the gems of the Bible (see below) although there's some controversy to that. Regardless, it has been mined for thousands of years and is said to be Cleopatra's favorite stone. I am trying to research more about the gemstones of the Bible so that I can focus on these gems, in particular, when I make my rosaries. I loved the jewelry, especially the religious jewelry, made by etsy artists that used real peridot gemstones.

Peridot Rosary Bracelet
by ABABeadsKC

Periodot has been mined as a gemstone for four thousand years and is mentioned in the Bible under the name of Chrysolite, although there is some controversy to this name. Periodot is also mentioned in the Bible under the Hebrew name of pitdah. Peridot gems along with other gems were probably used in the fabled Breastplates of the Jewish High Priest, artifacts that have never been found. The Greeks and Romans referred to peridot as topazion and topazius respectively and this name was later given to topaz, to end the confusion with the two gems. In the Bible, the names topaz and chrysolite are used interchangeably causing even more confusion.







Sterling and Peridot Pendant
by bddesigns

This green gemstone is the birthstone for August and since it will soon be that month, I decided to make a treasury on this beautiful gemstone. I used all of my teams to find peridot containing items for this treasury, including the Catholic Etsy Artists Guild (teamcatholic), the Team Christian Artists and Craftsmen (teamcac), the Christian Artists Promoting Shops (capteam), the Prayers on a Wire Etsy Team (prayersonawireteam), and the Christian Artists Street Team (castteam). The beautiful work done by these etsy team artists inspired me to do this lovely treasury.







Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal - Who is the Artist, Please?

I am seeking the artist of this painting of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in the picture to the right. Please leave a comment if you know the artist's or the painting's name. Thank you and God Bless.

Artist please?