Hi, I'm Judy Menting. It's wonderful to meet you.

I make handcrafted jewelry, watercolor cards,
and share the morning prayers of my husband with the world.

My beloved "Hubbin" calls me Morningprayers, because every day starts with a kiss and a morning prayer from him. Every day, I give thanks for my "Hubbin" who takes such good care of me: kisses and prayers, food on the table when I get lost in my bead projects, praise when the project works out, and a gentle "hmmmmm" when it doesn't.

Bead-i-ful Sayings

To Bead is to Pray
The word
bead comes from the Old English word
bidan: to pray. Around 900 AD, it became
bede, describing the prayer bead itself. So each piece of beaded jewelry is a wearable prayer. You can wear your morning prayers, or give a beaded prayer to someone in need of one. My prayer is that you are blessed with such love, and that it starts by wearing a piece of jewelry that will remind you of the prayers you said this morning.

Pray Often - Bead Every Day!
God bids us to pray often, so... that means I should bead every day.

Wear Your Morning Prayers
Take your morning prayers with you, put on your jewelry!


Send Your Prayers Outward
Give your loved ones a beaded reminder of your prayers for them.

Materials That Are Used In My Jewelry

Each creation is made with the beads and findings that I love to look at and wear myself. I really like the variety of shapes and cuts that bring out the beauty of God's semi-precious gemstones. I choose lampwork beads that demonstrate the skills of the artist. I find it amazing that someone can put flame to a piece of glass and out comes a three-dimensional work of art that I can hold in my hand.


I tend to work with sterling silver and copper findings because I like the way they complement the colors of glass and stone.


Most of my needle and thread work is completed with KO thread because it has a nice hard coating on it, I can use two yards at a time, and it does not split or shred. I want my pieces to have a fabric feeling, not a stiff feel. In certain cases, I need a piece to have some stiffness or structure to it, and then I use Fireline so that I can put a lot of tension on the beads.

I've just started to explore chain maille and PMC and .... Once you are addicted, it never stops being interesting.