Rose Petal Malas?

[Guest guest]

Dear Ones,

 

Some of you may have heard of or seen rose petal rosaries. These

are rosaries whose beads are made from rose petals. Sometimes the

rose petal are pressed into a rose shaped mold so that the beads

look like tiny rose flowers. I just started doing beading. Of

course, when I go to the MA Center in San Ramon, I think how

wonderful it will be to make malas and I imagin what materials I

will use. Recently I saw information on the internet regarding how

to make rose petal beads. Some of you who grow roses might want to

try making some rose petal beads. Maybe there are people all around

who could make the malas and we could sell them to devotees to

support Amma's charities. Here is one link that tells one way to do

it:

 

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~mukluk/rose.html

 

Aikya

[Guest guest]

Namah Shivaya, Aikya,

Have you made rose petal beads yourself? If you have, was the texture of

the beads smooth or rough? I tried making some with rose petals from a

puja. The beads ended up looking kind of wrinkly like rudraksha beads.

It's a lot of work. I made Catholic-style rosaries with them. Have you seen

the wrist malas they sell near the Amma dolls at San Ramon when Amma is in

town? They are made from Devi Bhava petals. They smell wonderful and feel

so good.

 

Aum Amriteshvaryai Namaha

Fe

[Guest guest]

Dear Fe,

 

I have never made rose petal beads. I saw various kinds of rose

petal rosaries when I was a child. It depends on how you make them

how they turn out. One way to make them always results in black

beads, for instance. I remember them as being rough like

rudrakshas, except for the kind that were shaped like tiny roses.

They amazed me when I was little. What a wonderful idea to make

them from Devi Bhava petals.

 

Aikya

 

Ammachi, "Fe Langdon" <flangdon@p...> wrote:

> Namah Shivaya, Aikya,

> Have you made rose petal beads yourself? If you have, was the

texture of

> the beads smooth or rough? I tried making some with rose petals

from a

> puja. The beads ended up looking kind of wrinkly like rudraksha

beads.

> It's a lot of work. I made Catholic-style rosaries with them.

Have you seen

> the wrist malas they sell near the Amma dolls at San Ramon when

Amma is in

> town? They are made from Devi Bhava petals. They smell wonderful

and feel

> so good.

>

> Aum Amriteshvaryai Namaha

> Fe