Another sDdesigns mala bag in my shop! The fabrics are delicious - woven Buddhist symbols like the Auspicious Wheel are featured in the silk brocade.
A Reclining Buddha from Leucadia Home Furnishings. Lovely Buddhas!
A Morning Note From Norway came today about the small bamboo coral mala I made.
This morning I awoke at my usual California time, hours after most of the world has been awake. There was an email from a customer in Norway saying that her malas had arrived and that she loved them.
She ordered two of the more unique malas in the shop: the bamboo coral with cinnabar guru bead mala and a rosewood mala that uses carved carnelian, red jasper, horn, brass, and even acrylic beads in an homage to joy and lightness.
This one:
My Norwegian customer said that she had loaned her coral mala to a Buddha to take the picture at the top, and he returned it to her.
I love the photo because it has a simple grace.
And that’s what I wish for you, tonight and always: Simple Grace.
In six months will I be laughing at how I once thought these prices were high?
Hope not.
Walking is looking better and better.
Creating a variegated amethyst mala - light and dark beads, all high grade. I love the help amethyst can give to meditation practice. Helps us to not believe every thought is solid and real! But it’s grounding, too.
Not really a factory, no, just the new jewelry-making bench at (Heart of) Compassion Malas. It’s a joy to have an ergonomic workspace at long last. I highly recommend finding one of these benches if you string a lot of beads or make jewelry.
And now my tools are so organized and easy to find.
In the front is a picture jasper mala, and four tiger ebonywood malas-to-be rest on the back shelf.
Ahhh, bliss.
