Beautiful rose quartz briolette sterling silver necklace.
Love love this necklace and we have made literally multiple variations on this theme. Various stones and with all types of metals including different karats of gold. This is such a simple necklace and it looks good on everyone. Our only design tip that we give with this necklace: do not make the chain too long, as the stone needs to sit as the base of the neck. On the other hand, do not make the chain too short because when your necklace looks like it is choking you to death…well, that is not a good look on anyone. You want the stone pretty much at the base of your neck, not getting lost around your belly button.
There is one word of warning that we will give you based on our experience. If you will notice on this necklace, we have placed a red circle over the light colored stone. That circle is where the briolette stone is drilled and the sterling silver wire is threaded through. With most the lighter stones that we have used (amethyst, topaz and citrine to name a few) we find that as the stone moves naturally on the necklace, the silver naturally tarnishes right at that pivot point and you end up with two very dark points in the stone. Nothing a little quick cleaning will not get rid of, but it is something to be aware of if you make this necklace from sterling silver (which many people will end up using).
You can see how easy the twist of the metal wire is to attach to the chain and how the briolette stone has been threaded onto that wire. With practice, you can get the hang of making those twists and you can whip out necklaces like this in literally about five minutes. Talk about assembly line gifts! You could make an entire set for all your bridesmaids. Or pick up different stones and make a rainbow of necklaces for a very special friend (or keep them for yourself. We would never tell.)
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