HAPPY EASTER!!!

Just want to wish you all wonderful Easter, send a poem and also thank you for your continued support of Cookalas House Of Cards on Etsy.com.   Put on your bonnet and your Sunday clothes, and enjoy the day.

Blessings,

Cookala

 

Easter Morning

- By Amy Clampitt

a stone at dawn
cold water in the basin
these walls' rough plaster
imageless
after the hammering
of so much insistence
on the need for naming
after the travesties
that passed as faces,
grace: the unction
of sheer nonexistence
upwelling in this
hyacinthine freshet
of the unnamed
the faceless

Palm Sunday

 

Beginning in the fourth century in Jerusalem, Palm Sunday was marked by a procession of the faithful carrying palm branches, representing the Jews who celebrated Christ's entrance into Jerusalem. In the early centuries, the procession began on the Mount of the Ascension and proceeded to the Church of the Holy Cross.

 

As the practice spread throughout the Christian world by the ninth century, the procession would begin in each church with the blessing of palms, proceed outside the church, and then return to the church for the reading of the Passion according to the Gospel of Matthew. The faithful would continue to hold the palms during the reading of the Passion. In this way, they would recall that many of the same people who greeted Christ with shouts of joy on Palm Sunday would call for His Death on Good Friday-a powerful reminder of our own weakness and the sinfulness that causes us to reject Christ.

 

In different parts of the Christian world, particularly where palms were historically hard to obtain, branches of other bushes and trees were used, including olive, box elder, spruce, and various willows. Perhaps best known is the Slavic custom of using pussy willows, which are among the earliest of plants to bud out in the spring.

 

The faithful have traditionally decorated their houses with the palms from Palm Sunday, and, in many countries, a custom developed of weaving the palms into crosses that were placed on home altars or other places of prayer. Since the palms have been blessed, they should not simply be discarded; rather, the faithful return them to their local parish in the weeks before Lent, to be burned and used as the ashes for Ash Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

 

CUSTOMIZED LEATHER!!!

I've been hard at work designing and creating new lines of customizable leather bracelets - check them out!  All of these are designed to be customized to your specs of size and color.

 

This chic and classy leather bracelet is made with two strips of 5mm genuine leather cord. Shown as a sample is turquoise. It features a beautiful, finely detailed hammered silver plated faux buckle clasp that makes it easy to get on and off. Even better, you can pick your color and size!  Available in turquoise, black, teal green and burgundy red, and coming soon - white, brown and more.

Next up are these gorgeous leather bracelets made with authentic Regaliz leather in your choice of colors and size. It features an antique silver clasp that has a beautiful braid design and is an easy peasy on and off very strong push lock magnetic clasp. All pieces are certified lead and nickel free.   Available colors - metallic pink, metallic plum, metallic sky blue and metallic mint green.

This way cool genuine leather bracelet is made with 2 strands of genuine leather and features a beautiful antique silver plated flower motif half cuff clasp that looks so pretty against the leather.  Available colors - black, burgundy red, turquoise and teal green - white and brown are coming soon.

 

 

This genuine leather bracelet is made with 4 strands of 2mm genuine leather cord.  It features a beautiful, finely detailed hammered silver plated faux buckle clasp that makes it easy to get on and off.  You can also untwist it so the cords lie flat if you want a different look.Available colors ar shown below- (brown not shown)

 

 

The leather triple wrap bracelet below is made with a single strand of genuine Metallic Plum Regaliz Greek licorice leather and features a beautiful antique silver plated leaf motif toggle clasp and a silver plated butterfly charm that looks so pretty against the leather. Even better, I can customize this bracelet just for you. You can pick your color, size, type of clasp and charm! 

 

 

So, if you'd like to own any of these gorgeous, trendy, chick bracelets they're listed here.  There are lots more photos of colors and charms and clasps, plus prices.  Happy browsing, and happy shopping!!



LIMITED EDITIONS!!!!

Spring is just over 2 weeks away and I cannot wait to say goodbye to winter!  At long last, longer and warmer days are just around the corner.  I think we can all agree, it's been a long, lousy winter this year and personally, I've had my fill of nor'easters! 

I'm getting ready to list this year's line of Pandora style Limited Edition bracelets (they are all so pretty!!)  I love spring colors and this year they have all that and more.  I have several Easter themed bracelets and the rest are generally composed of rhinestone  spacers, mesh beads and extra fancy Murano lampwork beads .

The 4 photos here are sneak peeks - after I have finished listing the remaining 14 bracelets I'll make a treasury of them and list them here as well.

 

 

 

 

And before I go I want to tell you that I have been starting to get deliveries of leather supplies - clasps and beads and all kinds of leather, including faux snake skin that looks just like the real thing, bolo braids, flat braids, flat and round leathers in different diameters and colors, and lots more so stay tuned for more leather, too! (phew, I'm tired now...)

 

So that's all for now.  Until next time, Happy Shopping!!

 

 

'WATCH IT!!' by CookalasHouseOfCards

 

New watches in my shop!!

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