Yellow Carmadine

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Today the gem takes us to the mechanics of having a Traditional Rosebowl.



The Rosebowl Tradition

The Rosebowl Tradition ideally begins at the birth of a girl child, but can start at any time in a woman’s life. It is started with a pretty, vented and covered dish, into which is placed a few dried rose petals from all the occasions of her life. It is nice to start with the sweetheart roses that some new fathers present to their wives at the birth of their daughters.

The rosebowl is usually passed down to the eldest daughter at her mother's passing or sooner [depending] but she has been putting petals in from the time she understands what the tradition is about.

However, this tradition is also splitable. When a second daughter is born, a pinch of the contents of the original bowl is placed in a new bowl and a new branching of the tradition is started.

I must tell you my own experience with this situation. I was a second daughter and knew from scratch that i would not receive the family rosebowl but my Mom started me one when i was small. However, that was destroyed in 1983 when our home burned down. Shortly after, my sister sent me a pinch of the original bowl contents. And i was able to begin again, with minimum loss.

Shalom for today, Lady Jem

Rose Zircon

Hello,

I am called Lady Jem [short for Jemila]. I am 5 times a great grandmother. and with my crafting partner Lady Anne, do enjoy a wide range of crafts.. One of them, in the field of ceramics, is to make Traditional Rose bowls. You can see them and some of our other efforts at ; http://www.wellspringscreations.com/ But for now, i would like to tell you about the why of Traditional Rosebowls.

Tradition of the Rosebowl

In our tradition poor society, most family traditions get dropped because they are either too expensive or too cumbersome to maintain in our mobile lives.

An exception to this is the tradition of the rosebowl. The only cost is the initial one of the purchase of the bowl itself. The bowl can be any pretty, vented, closed dish [such as a teapot], but the ones you see on our website, from the Floral Jem Collection, are each unique, and not only vented but porous for better preservation of your rose petals.

Please return to see others of the jewels in my box.

Shalom, Lady Jem

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