Handmade Blessingway bead with natural rose quartz and red carnelian gemstones, featuring a handcrafted lampwork glass bead, intricate bead caps, and a pewter charm of your choice. Great focal bead or pendant for a Blessingway necklace. Red Carnelian is said to stimulate and balance the female reproductive system, reduce stress and anxiety, and help protect against miscarriage. Rose Quartz is protective in pregnancy and birth. It balances emotions, helps with emotional healing, and is associated with forgiveness, compassion, and releasing anger and fear. Birth Goddess symbolizes fertility, birth and growth. Tree of Life symbolizes connection between generations, immortality and fertility. Hamsa / Hand of Fatima symbolizes femininity, strength, and power. Makes a wonderful gift for someone wishing for a baby, pregnant, breastfeeding, or working in the birth-related occupation. Perfect as a thank-you gift for a midwife, a doula, or an obstetrician. Can be used in a Red Tent or a Croning ceremony as well. Mother’s Blessing (or Blessingway, or Blessing Way) refers to honouring a pregnant mama. Whereas a baby shower focuses on the baby and on giving gifts to the baby, the Blessingway is held to shower the mother with love and understanding from other women. One of the most well-known Blessingway traditions is making a necklace for the mama. As part of the ceremony, each woman brings with her a bead and strings it on a cord, while sharing words of wisdom and love with the mama-to-be. Together the Blessingway beads make a necklace from which the pregnant mama can draw strength throughout the last weeks of her pregnancy and in labour. What is a Blessinway? http://fingeringzen.com/get-organized/what-is-a-blessingway How to organize a Blessingway: http://fingeringzen.com/get-organized/how-to-organize-a-blessingway Length is about 2.1 inches (5.5 cm). More Blessingway beads: ======================== Birth Goddess: http://etsy.me/1fCdes4 Tree of Life: http://etsy.me/Pbj258 Key: http://etsy.me/1iO87Zt Moon: http://etsy.me/Pbjtwf Heart: http://etsy.me/QuSi0T Celtic knot: http://etsy.me/1dFoRDn Third eye: http://etsy.me/1ho2NMJ All Blessingway beads: http://etsy.me/1lf0dsY More birth items in my store: ======================== Pregnancy tracking necklaces: http://etsy.me/1pEnNj4 Moon cycle tracking necklaces and bracelets: http://etsy.me/1dG2Kgj Sheela-na-gig necklaces: http://etsy.me/1oepWqa Belly beads: http://etsy.me/1ofqj3K Please note that the item might differ slightly from the photo, as each bead is unique and each item created by hand. Since the beads are fragile, I do my best to ensure that the packaging protects them appropriately. Do have a look at the other items in my shop to take advantage of combined shipping costs. All my creations are made with thought and love at my home-based studio in Ottawa, Canada. Please note that I am shipping from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with Canada Post. Please check my Shop Policies for more details on shipping time and costs. I can guarantee that your item will be shipped in a timely manner. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee a particular delivery date. Get a glimpse of my inspiration and more jewellery designs at http://www.FingeringZen.com. Make your world beautiful.