This one-of-a-kind handmade rosary was inspired by Our Lady, Mother Mary.

The word rosary refers to the garlands that were traditionally woven from roses and offered to the Virgin Mary in the springtime. But long before Mary, those same garlands were made as offerings to other goddesses by many other names. Roses were offered to Venus, the Roman goddess of love and fertility, whose emblem was also a circle with a cross pendant. Before that, they were offered to Isis, the Great Mother of the ancient Mediterranean world. The rosary is an enduring, multi cultural symbol of the divine feminine and our own connection to the divinity within us.

This rosary contains 99 beads of two types: 45 hand prepared beads made from white and pink roses and 44 unpolished dragon blood crystal beads.

Dragon blood crystals support creativity, courage, strength, adaptability and compassion. it has an ability to instil a strong sense of passion, curiosity, and courage. Ancient Aborigense cultures say that Dragon Blood was formed from the remains of deceased dragons - the red being the dragon’s blood while the green was from the scales/skin. The energy contained within these gemstones is called kundalini, the dragon’s energy. Warriors in ancient cultures channeled their inner kundalini in preparation for battle. However, more commonly today, this energy is activated to move towards big life goals and persevere through inevitable challenges along the way.

The rosary can be worn, placed in an altar and/or used for prayer/intention setting.

The rose beads are lovingly made using a slow, intentional process. The roses used in this necklace come from my mother Mary's garden in Milton, Massachusetts. My mother and I made this rosary together in August 2024 on a visit to the land of my birth.

We blended the rose petals with purified water, before cleansing the pulp using gentle heat.

Once cooled, we drained the clay of liquid and used this dye to colour the prayer/altar cloths. We smoothed out the clay and allowed it to sit for a few days, before rolling it out into beads and then baking them.

This rosary was months, if not years in the making, as my mother has been cultivating her roses for the last decade. It is infused with family, love, ritual and ceremony - and the divine feminine spirit of the land in the US.

Each rosary comes with a hand-dyed altar cloth, prayer card and crystal.