Love the bracelet now, love it more when it falls apart!  Abalone heart beads with Green Opal faceted round spacer beads and a ceramic heart focal bead.

Why should you look forward to your brand new bracelet breaking apart?

I make and sell what I call Bracelets From Heart.  I use the design skills I acquired from thirty-five years of making art to create each bracelet from heart shaped beads.  The bracelets are really pretty.  I use gemstones in many of them.   

People tell me how much they love my bracelets, they’ve never seen bracelets like mine, and they can’t wait to wear them.  People also give them as gifts, and I’m often told the recipients love them.  

I string the bracelets on sturdy stretchy elastic cord, which means the bracelets will eventually break when the cord stretches too much from rolling them on and off your wrist.  They usually don’t break for a long time, sometimes for years if their owners consistently treat them with love and respect, but I can guarantee you the elastic cord on your bracelet will eventually break.

What’s more, I look forward to their breaking!  That’s when you and the beads will develop an equally meaningful, perhaps even a more meaningful relationship.

All together now:  HUH????

I could make the bracelets more sturdy if I used traditional jewelry making tools and materials, but that would take motor skills I don’t yet have as I continue to recover from the big stroke of 2012. 

I weighed the pros and cons of making these bracelets, knowing they probably won’t hold up for many years.  I don’t want to take your hard-earned money under false pretenses, but there are great reasons why I want you to buy my bracelets. 

 

Love the bracelet now, love it more when it falls apart! Rose Quartz heart beads with faceted Rose Quartz spacer beads and silver plated focal bead.

Why would I want to sell you a bracelet that is destined to break, and why would you want to buy a bracelet that is destined to break?

As part of The Love and Kindness Initiative, I give out heart beads to loved ones and strangers who have somehow touched my heart.  The people who receive the beads are people who do kind things in the world.  They smile, they engage with strangers, they are there for others in crisis, they go out of their way to help others, they give back to life instead of just taking.  I assemble a small assortment of heart beads in little organza bags to symbolize the different hearts that make up my Community of Love before looking for people to celebrate.

Welcome to my Community of Love!  I assemble little organza bags of ten different heart beads to give to people whose acts of love and kindness are helping our world transform through love.

We can focus on all that’s wrong in the world, or we can focus on all that’s right in the world.  It’s spiritual law that what we focus on grows.  If we focus on what’s wrong in the world, our focus will bring in more of what’s wrong.  If we focus on what’s right in the world, our focus will bring in more of what’s right. 

I’d rather focus on what’s right in the world.  What’s your choice?

Why isn’t it enough to say thank you without giving anything more to anyone?  Thank yous are indeed meaningful.  Please, please keep speaking genuine words of appreciation to those you meet. 

I like to give something that people can keep to remind them that a stranger found them and said thank you for all the good they do in the world.  All of us can have days during which we feel invisible.  When people see the little bags of beads in their pockets, in their purses, or on their altars, they later tell me they remember a time when they were celebrated for the good they do.  The memory makes them smile.  I’m told it’s an instant pick-me-up. 

 

Typical contents of a bag of the assorted heart beads I give to thank the people I meet who choose to be love and kindness in our world. 

I’m gratified when I hear most people hold onto these little bags of beads.  It’s important for me to make the bags as attractive as possible, and they look quite inviting. 

Some people make necklaces and different types of jewelry from the beads contained in the bags.  Some people give out individual heart beads to people who have touched their hearts.  Some people keep the bags of beads in their pockets, their bras, or attached to their work uniforms because they like how it feels to carry them all the time.  I’ve even heard of a few people who wave the bag of beads over their food as a blessing before eating (I am attuned as an energy therapist, so the beads carry energy that many find to be supportive).  

When your bracelet falls apart, as it eventually will, you can now do what I do.  Thanks to your bracelet falling apart, you don’t have to go shopping for heart beads.  You already have a selection of the beads that used to make up your bracelet.  I drive to a variety of brick and mortar stores and order from various online sources to acquire the beads that made up your bracelet. 

Love the bracelet now, love it more when it falls apart!  Silver plated heart beads with round Chalcedony beads.

You don’t have to work that hard.  Thanks to my shopping for your beads to make your bracelet, the beginning of your bead collection is already done for you!  If you want more beads, it can be as easy as ordering more bracelets!  

You can give out individual beads to friends and strangers, or you can make up your own bags of beads to give to friends and strangers.  The little organza bags I use to make the bags of beads and to ship your bracelet can be found in national craft supply stores.  You can make your own jewelry with the same beads I used, or you can add beads you buy from your local craft store to the beads that used to be in your bracelet.   

I taught art for many years to people of all ages, and I know everyone is born with creativity.  If you want to repurpose the beads, if you want to share the love with the people who cross your path, I am certain you will come up with many other ideas.  I’d appreciate your sharing your ideas through the website contact form so I can pass them along to other readers through a new website page. 

Thank you for helping me help others share the love.  It’s all about community. 

Love the bracelet now, love it more when it falls apart!  The giving of a single bead or a small assortment of beads to someone may not seem like much at first.  The giving and receiving of a single bead is the beginning of a new Community of Love, much like the arrangement of many different beads pictured above.  If your heart is open and if the heart of the other person is open, I guarantee your act of love and kindness will make a difference in both your lives and, ultimately, the world.  We are all connected.

It may seem like a small deal to give a heart bead or a selection of heart beads to a stranger.  It’s not a small deal.  The heart bead or beads, when given with love, energize(s) both the giver and the receiver.  I see it every day. 

I can’t yet figure out how to use the online store my wonderful web designer installed on this website (I’m guessing that will happen at a later stage in stroke recovery), so I’ll write a brief blog each week containing a photo that showcases one bracelet and tells you all you need to know to bring your new bracelet to you.  If you subscribe to https://www.TransformingThroughLove.com, you’ll automatically receive the weekly blog.  Easy peasy. 

You can buy your bracelet in extra small, small, medium, large or extra large sizes.  The price for each different design will be the same for each size.  My bracelet size is extra small.  I know how it feels to be charged more for being a different size than the people who populate the rest of the world, and I’m there for you. 

Love your bracelet now, love it more when it falls apart!  Faceted glass heart beads with silver plated Celtic knot heart spacer beads, a silver plated heart focal bead, and round Labradorite spacer beads.

I hope you’ll help support The Love and Kindness Initiative by buying my Bracelets From Heart.  I originally wanted to sell my bracelets in specialty stores, but most owners of high end stores don’t want to stock items they know will fall apart.  They understand the concept, they even support the concept, but they’re doing different things in their businesses that require them to offer products that will last and last. 

That’s why I’m selling my bracelets through this website. 

Your kind purchase will support me as I bring this important work to an ever-growing audience.  I spend many hours each day looking for people to celebrate, I make videos several days each week, I write about the heartwarming experiences I have uplifting the people I meet through The Love and Kindness Initiative, and I shop for supplies and create bracelets and little bags of beads. I’m beginning to make media appearances, and I plan to offer programs on The Love and Kindness Initiative for groups located within easy travel distance from my home.  And my continuing stroke recovery means I need more rest than most each day to help my brain do what it needs to do to come all the way back. 

I have a full time job as Instigator for The Love and Kindness Initiative.    

I trust that, if I am working each day to grow love and kindness in our world, my living expenses will be covered by the grace of God.

Thank you for helping me help others know how important they are.

Your kind purchase will help you feel you’re bringing more love to the world as you distribute your own heart beads.  I can’t think of a more satisfying feeling than seeing someone cry the happiest of tears from being noticed for the good they do in the world. 

I had no idea, when I began The Love and Kindness Initiative, how starved people are for appreciation, for feeling they belong to a worldwide community of loving people, and for experiencing meaning in their lives. You’ll see it for yourself if you join me as another Johnny Appleseed of Love.  One moment at a time, one person at a time, we’re building our Community of Love.  That’s how we’ll change the world. 

This is indeed important work.  

And your kind purchase, each time you look at your wrist, will remind you to be love, especially when you feel like being love’s opposite.  We are living in transitional times.  I don’t know about you, but there are times when seeing the hearts on my wrist are just what I need to stay focused on being my best self.  If you’re like me, wearing my Bracelets From Heart can help.

 

Thank you, from my heart, for making a positive difference in the world. 

Let’s do this together.

Love and Blessings to you and yours,

Sheryl Hirsch-Kramer, 6 June 2019