HinsonGayle "Maria" Double Strand Turquoise and Pearl Rope Necklace (Artisan Collection)

Maria is natural and poised. She smartly combines glistening white pearls with blue turquoise of varied shapes into two separate ropes. Maria looks amazing alone or layered with your other turquoise favorites to show off your Southwestern vibe. Maria's two ropes offer seemingly endless fashion possibilities, as she can create countless distinctive necklace styles when paired with her sterling silver pearl enhancer. Her ropes can also be worn as stylish wrap bracelets. Some of our favorite looks include draping her separate strands individually or together at full throw-over length, creating various complex twisted torsade looks, draping one rope at full length while doubling the second strand, or wearing a necklace and bracelet wrap together. Maria is handcrafted from reconstituted blue green turquoise, lustrous pearl and glistening beads.

This is an amazing necklace, aka May we all be Blessed in Silver & Turquoise The vintage Mexican sterling silver cross, which ironically has a Celtic look and feel to it, dangles on a hand linked sterling silver chain with thirty-four Kingman Arizona turquoise beads. The cross is balanced on each side of the large sterling silver bale by two sterling saucer beads. The closure is a good size sterling silver swivel lobster clasp, weighty and good looking. Never to worry which way to close this strand, easily slips over the head. I would love to think you would utilize this superior and tested element of mechanics of this necklace. It is a pleasure to use. It is guaranteed never to fail and I am confidant you will find the clasp quite remarkable. The necklace measures on its’ own 24 1/2” and will adjust down to 22 1/2” with a lovely drop of chain at the back of the neck, finished with a drop, a small chunky piece of turquoise, a sexy look from the back, stirring interest in the piece you are wearing. The 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” crosses brings the length of the necklace at its’ shortest to 24 3/4”. The hallmark stamp reads 925 Mexico. The top line is unreadable, worn away. All I can garner here is symbol which is not clear and numbers that partially read 1/6, should that mean anything to you. This is unfortunate, as I am curious as to where the cross is from and who the maker might be. Based on the style I am guessing here, is ’70’s. Dress it up, dress it down, wear it at will, it’s a conversation starter, a dazzler. Yes, the cross is a globally accepted symbol of Christianity, this cross speaks to me in a way that says a blessing to the bearer, and to others it whispers compassion spoken here. I have included the picture of this necklace on my meditation statue, because this photo ended up on my business card, I loved the picture so much. Everyone receives a business card when making a purchase, so if you do so you will see your necklace in living color on my card. Available at my Etsy Store: justayayadesign. See you there. ox

This is a nifty butterfly brooch, whether you collect Mexican silver, butterflies or art glass pieces! Measuring a nice sized 2 ?" x 2 1/8", it has applied silver bobbles, two tiny turquoise bezel mounted cabs, a gorgeous art glass body in shimmering foiled colors of pinks, blues and greens and two little silver antenna! Marked simply "Silver, Mexico", pre-dating the use of the eagle's head numbering system, it has an early rabbit ear safety clasp.

This versatile double pearl rope design is handcrafted from lustrous white freshwater pearls and polished reconstituted turquoise chunks. Each strand is meticulously hand woven and finished with larger white pearl clusters that dangle from the ends. This popular HinsonGayle design is very versatile, as it the two strands can be worn individually or together. Achieve different looks by being creative with the variety of draping and looping techniques possible. The strands can also be wrapped to create chunky multistrand bracelets with dangling ends. The gemstone chunks may have been treated to enhance their appearance and durability.