Where to Purchase Rosaries Made From Funeral Flowers

A rosary made from funeral flowers is an enduring memorial to a loved one.

Finding a way to create a memorial to a loved one that will truly mean something can be difficult. Funeral flowers can be turned into rosary beads to make a special and enduring reminder of someone who has been important to you. Many companies provide this service, often making the rosaries by hand so you can be assured that your flowers are being handled with care. The rosary beads are made by chopping the flowers, putting them in warm water and rolling them into bead shapes while they are sticky and wet.

Keepsake Rosaries

Keepsake Rosaries is a Catholic business.

Keepsake Rosaries offers a service of taking the entire casket rosary and flowers and making them into a keepsake rosary. The rosary will be hand made out of the flowers and rose petals, and the beads will be attached to make a rosary that you can hang on your wall or even in the car. Keepsake Rosaries promises to look after your flowers and treat them with the "utmost care and respect." Keepsake Rosaries is a Catholic-oriented business. Orders will take up to 10 months, sometimes longer if the order is large. For orders more than $50 shipping and handling is free as of February 2011.

Rosaries From Flowers

Funeral flowers can be delivered by hand or mailed to Rosaries.

Rosaries From Flowers is a family-owned business that will make a rosary from the funeral flowers of your loved one. The owners were taught by French Grey Nuns to hand-roll flowers and assemble prayer beads. The family was asked to carry out the mission of the French Grey Nuns, to give compassion to those that are suffering and have been making rosaries for more than 20 years. To have your flowers made into a rosary, take them out of water and wrap them in paper. Deliver them by hand or mail to Rosaries directly along with a $50 deposit. Shipping and handling is $6 in 2011.

Mom's Rosary

Mom's Rosary is dedicated to Saint Fatima.

Mom's Rosary will create a rosary out of flowers from funerals, weddings, communion confirmations, engagement or any other occasion. Mom's Rosary is a family-owned business that began in 1990, and the business is dedicated spreading the Fatima Message. The Fatima message is to pray and use the rosary, as she told three children when she appeared to them in Portugal in 1917. Each rosary is packed upon completion with a booklet containing the story and facts of the Fatima apparitions of 1917. A base metal rosary will cost $40 and a sterling silver rosary $80, as of 2011. Shipping and handling is free.

Heaven Sent Rosaries

Just two funeral flowers are needed to create a rosary at Heaven Sent Rosaries.

Heaven Sent Rosaries will use your funeral flowers to make a rosary or chaplets. This company use a special process where ingredients are mixed to create lasting and durable rosary beads. Each rosary or chaplet is distinctive and can be kept as a memorial or as a family heirloom. Two to four flowers are used per rosary set and 1/2 to one flower is used in a chaplet set. Orders take up to four months, and your flowers can be either fresh or dried when you place your order. Base metal single-color rosaries start at $80, and there is a $5.00 shipping and handling fee in 2011.

References

• Keepsake Rosaries: Handmade Flower Petal Rosaries, Chaplets and Jewelry
• Rosaries From Flowers: Home
• Mom's Rosary: Rose Petal Rosaries - Flower Petal Rosaries Made From Your Own Flowers
• Heaven Sent Rosaries: Flower Petal Rose Rosaries and Chaplets
• Cultural Catholic: Our Lady of Fatima
• Grey Nuns: Sisters of Charity Montreal Grey Nuns

Resources

• Keepsake Rosaries, 25 Hester Place, Garnerville, NY 10923. Tel: [phone]
• Rosaries from Flowers, 78 Rogers Street, Tewksbury, MA 01876. Tel: [phone]
• Mom's Rosary, PO Box 883, Liberty, NY 12754. Tel: [phone]
• Heaven Sent Rosaries, 705 South Mountain Road, New City, NY 10956. Tel: [phone]