Despite my body trying to take an enforced nap everytime I stopped moving, I did manage to acquire enough energy to work on two rosaries. The photos are just horrible, so I’ll need to take photos outside tomorrow, I think.

The first one is inspired by the line from Isaiah 1:18:

Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow

Growing up in the Bible Belt of Missouri was quite an experience. That will be another story, though, someday. No matter where I went to church, though, I always loved singing the hymns. One of my favorites was a folksy, somewhat old-time gospel hymn called Jesus Paid it All that was based upon Isaiah 1:18.

I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”

Refrain

Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.

The words painted a picture that I hoped to capture in this rosary. I hope that I did.

Here is my “special project” I’ve been hinting at: Severus Snape’s Mourning Lily Anglican Rosary.

I did dream of this one night, just as it is shown here. I had no expectation of making it until I was looking at some obsidian beads on eBay and came across these remarkable beads that I had dreamt of – tiny, black Potions bottles! Although I only needed one string for the rosary, I bought two. They are the perfect size for my Snape figure. If I could figure out how to put teeny tiny labels on them, I would.

However, back to the rosary. There has long been discussion amongst Snape fans about the symbology behind the many buttons on his frock coat. Why were there so many? Why did he button them all the way up? Why was the only other color shown on his robes of black thin shots of white at his collar and cuffs?

In my dream, beneath his frock coat, against his pure white, linen shirt, Snape wore this rosary of all black beads. The only color was the snow white lily with the two Slytherin green tears falling from it.

The cross is black turquoise, which is stabilized turquoise that has been dyed. The cruciform beads are black agate and the invitatory bead is snow white jade carved into the shape of a lily. The weeks beads are black onyx (the potions bottle shaped beads) and the round tops are black agate. Separator beads are black seed beads.

I really like this one. I wish I had a life size Severus Snape to put it on. lol