There are some beads that look better with silver than they do with bronze...but sometimes sterling silver medals are out of the price range of the customer.   I really don't like silver plated parts since in time the silver plating will wear away and expose the copper metal that is at its base.

What is so disappointing about Sterling Silver rosary parts is that the price keeps skyrocketing.  Do you know that Sterling Silver is at the highest price in thirty years!  For many of my customers, that just makes Sterling Silver rosaries out of their budget range.

In response to the high cost of Sterling, many Jewelry manufacturers are now turning to White Bronze as a quality alternative.   I am absolutely thrilled to have White Bronze Rosary Parts as an alternative to Sterling Silver. 

White Bronze medals have the look of vintage Sterling Silver, are tarnish resistant, solid through and through, strong, detailed, beautiful and affordable.  At present I have very limited styles available for my rosaries....however, I will be adding more, as they are available from the caster.

For more information read my other blog post at http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6504289284194767420#editor/target=post;postID=2214823830345795535

Summer is a super busy time for me.  I have to keep my Rosary shops going, start stocking up inventory for the Fall, and still take time to be with my family.   This year I flew to a nieces wedding for a week, and we also did summer swim team.  Three of my kids are on a summer swim team so I am at the pool every morning.  I take my beads along, and make rosaries poolside.

On top of all this activity, summer is also the best time to do home improvements.  This summer I removed wall paper from the Dining room.  It has been on my 'To Do List'  for 10 years....so it was about time.  I have been systematically removing wallpaper from 1 room every few years and am nearly finished.  I also like to paint a room or two 

But the most significant of my home improvements was when I moved my rosary workshop completely out of the Dining Room.  That too was long overdo.  No one wants to look at their business all day every day.  So I had been slowly converting a basement space into my rosary workshop.  Just a week ago I finally finished organizing all my beads and findings.  (See photo on left)  It was very exciting for me.  Now I can close the door on my business and have a normal looking house...like normal people do!