GET YOUR NAME OR MESSAGE WRITTEN ON A SINGLE GRAIN OF RICE
1, Choose your vial - TUSK ~ TUBE ~ GLOBE
2, Choose what you would like in the vial - BEADS(blue or orange) ~ FLOWERS(pink/blue/purple/orange) ~ BUTTERFLY (green)~ GLITTER(white)
3, Choose SILVER CHAIN ~ LEATHER CORD
4, Decide what you would like written on your rice
5, Message me what you would like on the rice and your choices , along w
ith a paypal address for me to send an invoice to. BECAUSE THE ITEMS ARE ALL MADE TO SUIT EVERYONES NEEDS THE TURN AROUND TIME IS USUALLY 7-10 DAYS X
Rice art is considered to bring good luck hence some of its most popular forms is good luck pendants, hope bracelets and cell phone charms. To examine why rice art is considered auspicious and a symbol of good luck we need to first realize that as the medium of this art, rice in itself is symbolic of the same. Rice being a staple food in the Orient traditions obviously link it to prosperity, fertility and good fortune. The more rice you have the more prosperous you are and in some cultures rice not gold is considered a symbol of wealth. Many believe that rice is a link between mankind and the Earth itself, rice being the gift of the Mother Earth (Goddess) to her offspring (man) so that he may be able eat and sustain himself. In fact in Hindu mythology offerings are made to Lakshmi the goddess of prosperity before a rice field is planted. In Indonesia it is believed that the Goddess Dewi Nawang Sasih taught people how to cook rice. In Bali, another place Hinduism flourishes Lakshmi’s husband Vishnu is credited with giving birth to rice while Indra the king of the gods taught people to grow it.[1]
Hence rice is deeply symbolic and is used in various fertility rites, rituals to attract blessings and bring prosperity. In extension to this belief people believed that anyone who could get rice grains with messages or their name written on them would be very fortunate and could become prosperous; hence the tradition of gifting pieces of rice art came into being