I recently had a customer email me and ask if my website was active.  Since I hadn't posted on the blog for so long, they wondered if I was still making rosaries.  It actually surprised me.  I am so busy in my workshop that I didn't even think to post on the blog...Oops!   But realizing now that customers actually read this blog,I have decided to post more often.

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So what is new at Graceful Rosaries?   I  took a vacation from my rosary workshop the week before Christmas all the way up to New Years.   I had all 7 kids home for the holidays plus my mother in law came for several days as well.   It is a lot of work to prepare for Christmas in such a large family.   But taking a break from the work of making rosaries and taking that time to relax and be with family is super beneficial.  We all need to take a break every now and then.  And I find that a vacation really gives me renewed energy to start again in earnest.

At present I am working daily to update inventory, and refresh the website.  Every now and then the photos start to turn grainy and all I can think is that the website provider is making updates and the photos suffer for it.  Now that is frustrating for me.  

At home, the kids have started back to school.  It is kind of nice to have a little more order to the day and a little less clean up!  I would post our Christmas photo....but feel a bit unsettled posting too much personal stuff on the internet.   But I have no problem posting my cute doggy photos!   Above is a photo of Crystal and Ginger on Christmas morning.  Crystal is a White Miniature Schnauzer and is expecting a litter in February.   Ginger is an Apricot Schnoodle who was born from my dog Winnie last summer.  I enjoy breeding Schnoodles when I am not making rosaries.  God made me an animal lover and breeding dogs gives me the opportunity to connect with a lot of wonderful families and share the JOY of a new puppy.   It is a very exciting business to be in.  It would be impossible to make rosaries 8 hours a day....so breeding dogs gives seasonal variations to my work ...as well as the daily joy of their companionship. ​  With 7 kids and most of them still in school, my rosary and puppy businesses are helping our family with the kids educational expenses.   If you are a dog lover you may enjoy reading the story of my puppies on my Puppy Blog.   
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What ever you are doing as you embark upon this new year,  I hope that God blesses you all and brings you a litter closer to Himself in 2019!

Step 1:
Put a few inches of water in the shallow pan and bring it to a boil.

Step 2

Put the clean empty tuna tin in the pan so it sits in the water.  But do NOT get water in the tin.

Step 3.  
Peel the pink Crayola crayon.  Throw a few crayons in the tin to melt.  I start with Pink so I can use the same can for the Violet color.  You can add a little white to the pink crayon wax to make it less 'Barbie' color.  I didn't think to do that in time...so mine is unfortunately, 'Barbie Pink'.

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Miracles still happen!

I wanted to thank the Catholic Digest Magazine for featuring my Graceful Rosaries shop in their April 2013 Issue.  

The photo on the left is a rosary that they included in that article.  If you get the Catholic Digest Magazine, look under the article entitled 'Sacramental Guide"  April 2013 issue.

It is truly a privilege to be noticed by such a lovely magazine!

I want to thank Lisa Goddard for featuring my Graceful Rosaries shop in her blog today.

She wrote such a lovely article featuring photos and an interview....Check out the post on 05/15/13    You should check it out!

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There's a new little bundle of fluff bouncing around our rosary workshop.  Her name is Coconut....Coco for short.  She's a small Mini Schnauzer.  Her fur is as soft as a bunny.   She's a  wee 3 lbs at 9 weeks old.  Isn't she adorable!   Just thought I'd share her cute photo.

Here are the new rates in a summary.  Additionally there is a handling fee of $3.50 for each international order because of the extra gas and time to take packages to the post office.:

I want to thank all my customers who purchased gifts over the Christmas season.  This Christmas was the busiest season yet.  Thank you so much! 

I fully expected the month of January to slow down considerably.  Boy, was I surprised that business has not slowed down at all in the New Year.  Rather, I have had more custom orders then every before.  I expect the main reason for this surge of business, after the Christmas season, is that I opened a new email account specifically for communication with this website.    For some reason, the 'Contact Me' form was not sending my messages as it was programmed to do.  I cannot explain why, as I checked the settings several times.  Finally,  I redirected the Contact form to a brand new email account.  It is so wonderful to now have an efficient means of communication with my customers once more!

I appreciate everyone who visits my Graceful Rosaries shop.  I ask for your patience that many pieces are listed as 'SOLD'.  I have a steady stream of custom requests, so keeping the shop stocked can be difficult at times.  Rest assured, I give each and every order the personal attention it deserves.  My customers are very important to me.  Providing you with Sacramentals is not just a business, it is a Mission.  God bless you all for visiting my shop, and thank you for all your encouragement!