Job's Tears -- New Item....2nd. Season!!.

package of 30 for $4.50
(
larger quantities available upon request)

  • Try using these historically-ancient beautiful seeds
    on your next craft project!!

  • Seeds can be planted in your garden for your own
    harvest!

  • Planting instructions available upon request

These beautiful "tear" shaped seeds have a hard shiny surface.
The natural hole through the seeds make them perfect for
stringing.
Seeds are black upon harvest, then turn shades of gray and white
when dried, which add a natural beauty to any project.

Necklaces are probably the most common uses of these seeds,
but they are also used easily as  
beautifully-natural
embellishments on gourds, baskets, and many other crafts.

History:
For at least 4,000 years Job's Tears have been cultivated and used
as food. The seeds are commonly found in ancient archaeological
sites.
They are probably the oldest known bead. Throughout
Southeast Asia they are used as cereal, pounded into flour, added
to soups, and fermented into beer and wine. This plant is a
member of the corn family, and grows on stalks that look much like
garden corn, only smaller.

In Japan, the seeds are used as prayer beads and used by the
Buddhist for their meditations. By the 1400s, they were being
grown in the monasteries of Europe. Used for keeping track of the
daily prayers, they later evolved into the
rosary. The monasteries
are where they were first called "Job's Tears", referring to the Job
in the Bible.

See Buying and Shipping information on Store Page 1.



GOURDS
varieties available 2008:
African Wine Bottle, Regular Bottle, Mini-Bottles--approx. -3 "tall by 2"
across- Super Cute!!...., Kettles, Bushels, Apples, dippers,
plus....
.new ***Egg Gourds are READY!!....

Price depends on the size diameter (length across the bottom of the
gourd)
exception is:
****Dipper Gourds will be charged by neck length****

$30. minimum order required, please.

Custom Order  Gourd Prices---

                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                      
Diameter                               Price Each                    Price Each
(inches)                                   Clean                          Unclean  
Jewelry (under 2")                  $2.80                             $1.93
Mini 2"-3"                                  $3.28                             $2.41
4"                                                $3.77                              $2.90
5"                                                $5.31                              $3.86
6"   -------------------------            $6.28                              $4.83
7" ----------------------------------- $7.72                              $6.27
8" ----------------------------------- $9.17                              $7.72
9"-----------------------------------  $11.38                            $9.65
10"---------------------------------  $13.31                          $11.58
11"---------------------------------- $17.17                          $15.44
12" ----------------------------------$21.02                         $19.29
13"---------------------------------- $32.79                          $27.01
14"---------------------------------- $40.51                          $34.73
15" -----------------------------------$52.09                         $46.31
16" & up Priced Individually Priced Individually  



Prices do not include shipping and handling. I will need your order and zipcode to
give you shipping costs.
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