Identifying Squash Blossom Necklace

[Xtina]

Mistakes, I've Made a Few: A Hard-Won Education

This will be a Gallery of Mistakes that I made during my quest for a cluster bracelet. This is meant to be a cautionary tale. Don’t do what I did. Once I wanted a cluster bracelet more than anything else in the world, except maybe a squash blossom. I was around for the 1970s Native American jewelry boom, but I was a child. My mother worked in a saddlery shop that also sold very good jewelry on the side. The owners made trips out to Arizona and New Mexico every year and brought back inventory. I…

This was a good thread about mistakes people made in buying turquoise. Definitely worth a read.