Guatemala is Family Handwoven Cotton Table Runner in Turquoise from Guatemala Hide Royalty Diana Solis designs these earrings

Diana Solis designs these earrings

the earrings are handcrafted with swirl motifs that give them an exotic Balinese flavor

and also because I got poliomyelitis when I was just a child and it left me with weakened knees

A five-carat faceted blue topaz crowns the slender sterling silver cuff

Guatemala is Family Handwoven Cotton Table Runner in Turquoise from Guatemala Hide Royalty Diana Solis designs these earrings'To us, blue represents the welcoming warmth of home,' says a representative of Yama Aj Chixot Artisan Group in reference to the turquoise blue of this table runner. She explains that many of them feel an extraordinary sense of companionship when blue is present in their designs. 'We tend to use blue a lot.' They work in teams on the pedal loom, hand weaving the table runner with cotton featuring the legendary wreath that appears in the huipil blouses