Handmade Blessingway bead featuring a lampwork glass bead the colour of young green leaves, a beautiful swirling blue rose bead, a Swarovski crystal, an intricate bead cap, and a pewter charm of your choice. Great focal bead or pendant for a Blessingway necklace.

Makes a wonderful gift for someone wishing for a baby, pregnant, breastfeeding, or working in the birth-related occupation. Perfect as a thank-you gift for a midwife, a doula, or an obstetrician. Can be used in a Red Tent or a Croning ceremony as well.

Tree of Life symbolizes connection between generations, immortality and fertility.

Birth Goddess symbolizes fertility, birth and growth.

Mother’s Blessing (or Blessingway, or Blessing Way) refers to honouring a pregnant mama. Whereas a baby shower focuses on the baby and on giving gifts to the baby, the Blessingway is held to shower the mother with love and understanding from other women. One of the most well-known Blessingway traditions is making a necklace for the mama. As part of the ceremony, each woman brings with her a bead and strings it on a cord, while sharing words of wisdom and love with the mama-to-be. Together the Blessingway beads make a necklace from which the pregnant mama can draw strength throughout the last weeks of her pregnancy and in labour.

What is a Blessinway?
http://fingeringzen.com/get-organized/what-is-a-blessingway

How to organize a Blessingway:
http://fingeringzen.com/get-organized/how-to-organize-a-blessingway

More Blessingway beads:
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Birth Goddess: http://etsy.me/1fCdes4
Tree of Life: http://etsy.me/Pbj258
Key: http://etsy.me/1iO87Zt
Moon: http://etsy.me/Pbjtwf
Heart: http://etsy.me/QuSi0T
Celtic knot: http://etsy.me/1dFoRDn
Third eye: http://etsy.me/1ho2NMJ

All Blessingway beads: http://etsy.me/1lf0dsY

More birth items in my store:
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Pregnancy tracking necklaces: http://etsy.me/1pEnNj4
Moon cycle tracking necklaces and bracelets: http://etsy.me/1dG2Kgj
Sheela-na-gig necklaces: http://etsy.me/1oepWqa
Belly beads: http://etsy.me/1ofqj3K

Please note that the item might differ slightly from the photo, as each bead is unique and each item created by hand. Since the beads are fragile, I do my best to ensure that the packaging protects them appropriately. Do have a look at the other items in my shop to take advantage of combined shipping costs.

All my creations are made with thought and love at my home-based studio in Ottawa, Canada.

Please note that I am shipping from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with Canada Post. Please check my Shop Policies for more details on shipping time and costs. I can guarantee that your item will be shipped in a timely manner. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee a particular delivery date.

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