Rosary design points

[JasonGraham]

I’m making a rosary for my daughter’s Catholic friend. I’m aware of
the 59 bead sequence, with the fifty three ave beads, six paters and
five decade main part. I’m planning to use turquoise heishi beads
for the aves and teal/turquoise coloured larger lampwork glass beads
for the paters and I’ll be making the crucifix and centre medallion
myself.

My questions are:

will a stone-set cross be okay for the crucifix part of the
rosary? I’ve not seen any that are stone-set, but that’s what I’d
like to do.

for the centre medallion, would a dove be okay? I have seen a
couple like that and really liked them, but don’t know whether
they’re for some special reason which might not be appropriate.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[bugmenot123]

I had something similar done a while back, and I looked at styles from rosary bead rosaries to get inspo for the chain length and bead spacing. They usually have a nice balance and help visualize how the cross will lay. Also agree with others—try layering it with another simple chain to see what length works best for you before committing.