Inspired by both the faded blue and streaked white and tan sky with swirls of dust in the air from the dry winds and the amazing colors in the square Blue Lace Agate beads, I created "Sandy Sky". I used both those square Blue Lace Agates and small faceted ones, faceted mixed Moonstone beads and Goshenite saucers. It's finished with Delica Glass spacer beads and a Silver filled toggle clasp. The shortest strand is 17 1/2 inches and the longest is 21 1/2 inches. This celebrates the Sky and the Earth elements, although it also reminds me of hazing days at the beach!

According to charmsoflight.com, "In addition to the generic healing properties of Agate and Chalcedony, the Blue Lace Agate variety is a very cooling and calming stone, endowing us with a sense of peace and tranquility. A powerful throat healer, it assists with verbal expression of thoughts and feelings. Blue Lace Agate is a great nurturing and supportive stone, neutralizing anger, infection, inflammation and fever.

Blue Lace Agate helps to strengthen and accelerate the repair of bones, thyroid deficiencies, throat and lymph infections. It soothes red, sore eyes and any skin problems associated with redness and irritation."

She also states "A stone for “new beginnings”, Moonstone is a stone of inner growth and strength. It soothes emotional instability and stress, and stabilizes the emotions, providing calmness. Moonstone enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, success and good fortune in love and business matters.

Moonstone aids the digestive system, assimilates nutrients, eliminates toxins and fluid retention, and alleviates degenerative conditions of skin, hair, eyes, and fleshy organs such as the liver and pancreas. It stimulates the pineal gland and balances hormonal cycles, being excellent for PMS, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and breast-feeding. Moonstone is also beneficial to men in opening the emotional self."

firemountaingems.com says, "Goshenite is believed to develop practical thought when making decisions, helping one see an argument from all angles and then take appropriate action. Goshenite is thought to be a gemstone that encourages truthfulness in all words and actions. Metaphysical beliefs hold that Goshenite promotes self-control, creativity and originality. Goshenite is a gemstone that is said to facilitate communication and resolves relationship misunderstandings.

Goshenite opens the crown and etheric chakras to stimulating the mental centers. Goshenite is not a birthstone, but is associated with the astrological sign of Gemini."

After learning about these stones, I see that "Sandy Sky" can help you communicate, de-stress, be more inspired, feel good and make clear decisions! Truly, I was just "painting" what I saw out of my window to celebrate both the Sky and the Earth!