Summer Hues just feels like resort jewelry, or let's go to the beach jewelry to me! I used 3 large Carnelian beads in the longest strand along with Mother of Pearl shell round white beads, faceted Peach Moonstone rondelles and 3mm Orange Sodalite rounds. It's finished with Delica Glass spacer beads and a silver filled round toggle clasp. I made the shortest strand 15 3/4 inches long and the longest one is 19 inches long. It's versatile with it's blue denim colored Orange Sodalite, peach and off white colors.

These just happen to be the colors of my old high school football team and of the Chicago Bears, my home team!! The shimmer from the facets make Summer Hues a bit dressier in it's presentation, but you can totally wear this with jeans and a t shirt!

charmsoflight.com says, "A stabilizing stone, Carnelian restores vitality and motivation, and stimulates creativity. It gives courage, promotes positive life choices, dispels apathy and motivates for success. Carnelian is useful for overcoming abuse of any kind. It helps in trusting yourself and your perceptions. It overcomes negative conditioning and encourages steadfastness. Carnelian improves analytic abilities and clarifies perception. It sharpens concentration and dispels mental lethargy. Protects against envy, rage and resentment. Calms anger, banishes emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life. Carnelian boosts fertility and stimulates sexuality.

Carnelian treats lower back problems, rheumatism, arthritis, neuralgia and depression. It regulates the kidneys, and accelerates healing in bones and ligaments. Improves vitamin and mineral absorption and ensures good blood supply to organs and tissues."

"A protection stone, Mother of Pearl brings the gentle healing power of the sea. It is a stress relieving stone; relaxing, soothing and calming to the emotions. Mother of Pearl stimulates our intuition, imagination, sensitivity and adaptability. It helps our emotions become more harmonious and balanced. Calming and soothing to temper or feelings of fear. It enables you to more easily express feelings of love. Mother of Pearl helps with clarity in decision making and is helpful for endurance, organization and for home life."

According to emoche.com, "Sodalite is a typical truth stone that will enable your subconscious and conscious mind to connect with your feelings and thoughts. The stone will help you verbalize and recognize your truths and feelings. Sodalite will allow you to cover those negative traits you dislike in you and help you accept and acknowledge them without harshly judging yourself.

Sodalite will empower the release of guilt and core fears and discharge any negative thoughts you may be having. It will help create an insightful mind in you to help you attain inner peace. The stone enkindles self-trust and self-acceptance.

Sodalite unites intuition and logic in the spiritual world. The stone encourages deep thinking and spirituality. Sodalite will act as a guide to your inner travels through dreamwork, shamanic journeying, and meditation. By calmly presenting symbolic imagery and ideas from the subconscious, the gemstone will stimulate your thoughts and allow subtle feelings to come from your core. Sodalite will promote multileveled understanding and allow you to tell your truth.

This gemstone is a typical grounding tool for spiritual, inspirational, and metaphysical writings. Sodalite resonates perfectly with numerologists, astrologers, and tarot readers.

Crystal healers have been using sodalite for the longest time to treat gland metabolism. They have also been using gemstone to cleanse the lymphatic organs and systems. Some believe the stone can help in improving cellular hydration and ease water retention. The stone is also helpful in regulating blood pressure.

Sodalite reduces inflammation for conditions like headaches, fever, muscle strains, and sinus infections. It can treat vocal cords, the larynx, and the throat. Sodalite will alleviate digestive disorders such as reducing acid in the body. The gemstone can also combat insomnia and excess weight.

It resonates with the Solar Plexus, Sacral, Third Eye, and Throat Chakras. Make use of sodalite to bring all these chakras in balance.

Sacral Chakra

The orange and gold shades of sodalite stimulate the Sacral chakra. It is found above the pubic bone but below the naval bone. This chakra is responsible for the flow of energy in your body. It is also the Life Force element in the human body and regulates information from your mind to your body and vice versa. With this chakra, out of balance, you will be over-dependent on other people and experience confusion. Make use of sodalite to bring this chakra to balance.

Solar Plexus Chakra

Yellow hues found in sodalite activate the solar plexus chakra. It is the energy distribution center, and a chakra focused on relationships. Found between the navel and the ribcage, this chakra controls the digestive and immune systems. This chakra will free any allergic reactions and help fight infections when in balance.

Throat Chakra

The throat chakra helps balance emotions. The chakra is close to your heart and will help you release frustration, jealousy, anger, and doubts. The throat chakra will keep your circulatory system in check and lower your expectations.

It is the chakra for intuitions and logical abilities. The third eye chakra will eliminate anything that blocks your mind from thinking. This chakra is ideal for individuals that want to focus on their goals and desires."

As per thecrystalcouncil.com, "Peach Moonstone shares the same divine feminine energies as other Moonstone varieties, but offers an extra special connection between your heart and personal will (solar plexus). One will also continue to share the same protective qualities of Moonstone as you work to explore your creative and loving energies (and how you might be able to improve them). Peach Moonstone is a more inward-loving mineral and helps reignite your passion for the things that make you happy in this world. As one’s mind is continuously cluttered with nonsense and emotion-induced thinking, our true character gets left behind. Over time, we lose this ever strong connection we have with our inner spirits, as well as the interest that drives these feelings. As self-loving vibrations pour out of this stone every time you work with it, we want you to get in the rhythm of doing something positive for yourself. Reward yourself with a hobby you once loved or treat yourself to a place you once frequented. Try something entirely new that has been on your mind for days or even months now. These are all small things that reinforce the love you truly have for yourself. As you begin to grow more comfortable with yourself, only then can you begin to truly love the ones around you."

Wow! What a powerful combination of gemstones this little Summer Hues necklace has turned out to be!!