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                         The image of Santa Maria De Guadalupe is iconic. This is your chance to personalise a jacket or bag with these beautiful and detailed patches. 

This patch is 8cm x 10cm and so perfect for the breast of a jacket or as the perfect embelishment to a bag or hat. 

It can be glued on or attached with thread. 

With her head tilted to the right, her hazel eyes are cast downward in an expression of gentleness and concern. The mantle covering her head and shoulders is turquoise, studded with gold stars and bordered in gold. Her hair is jet black and her complexion is olive. She stands alone, her hands clasped in prayer, an angel at her feet.

We have all seen her image. She is Our Lady of Guadalupe, a life-sized portrayal of the Virgin Mary as she appeared in 1531 on the cactus-cloth tilma, or cape, of St. Juan Diego, an Aztec peasant and devout convert. This happened merely a dozen years after Hernando Cortes had conquered the land that is now Mexico for the monarchy of Spain. Almost five centuries later the colors of that portrait have remained as vibrant as if painted this year. The coarse, woven, cactus cloth shows no signs of fading or deterioration, although that type of material seldom lasts twenty years.

Today the image is preserved behind an impenetrable glass screen in the basilica at Mexico City. Pilgrims can view it from a distance of twenty-five feet. Each year more than ten million persons venerate the mysterious image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, making this shrine the most popular in the Catholic world after St. Peter’s Basilica at Vatican City. The Mexican faithful refer to her lovingly as La Morenita.

In 1979 when Pope John Paul II visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, he acknowledged the enduring appeal of this unique portrait, addressing the Virgin directly: “When the first missionaries who reached America . . . taught the rudiments of the Christian faith, they also taught love for you, the Mother of Jesus and of all people. And ever since the time that the Indian Juan Diego spoke of the sweet Lady of Tepeyac, you, Mother of Guadalupe, have entered decisively into the Christian life of the people of Mexico.”

Accounts abound of the miraculous events attributed to the Virgin of Guadalupe. In the early seventeenth century when floods almost destroyed Mexico City, her image escaped unharmed. In 1921 during the Mexican Revolution, a bomb was planted in flowers placed before the altar behind which the image hung. When the bomb exploded, no one was hurt, but the altar was badly damaged, yet not even the glass covering the picture was broken.

This venerable icon has come to be regarded widely as the national symbol of Mexico. Her image is found everywhere, even in unlikely places

We have become a lot more conscious of our impact on our local and global environment in recent years. We’ve often chosen to make do and mend rather than replacing older items of clothing or bags. This has given us a great opportunity to get creative! Patching things up with some beautiful embroidery or giving an older T-shirt a new lease on life with a colourful decorative patch. 

Our home in Renfrewshire is called Ben Seillean. Ben Seillean means hill of the bees in Scots Gaelic. We love bees and are investing in making the perfect garden to nurture our bees through the year. Heather, lavender, wild flower meadows and beautiful bulbs keep the garden in bloom from early spring to late autumn. 

We love bees 🐝 everything we plant is selected to attract them and create a vibrant garden full of life and biodiversity. 

Check out our range of organic beeswax candles snd soaps. All handmade in Scotland with love ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 

We all change our minds from time to time. We want you to be happy with your order and so you can return with confidence for a full refund up to 30 days after the sale. 

Packed without plastic
Plastic sucks and we are working toward 100% plastic free packaging. 

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