Discover just how easy it is to make your own gorgeous beaded jewelry with readily available semi-precious beads and stones! Beautiful Beaded Jewelry for Beginners shows you how to create fantastic day and evening pieces—necklaces, chokers, bracelets, cuffs, brooches, earrings, and rings—that will brighten up any outfit. Crafting expert Cheryl Owen offers 25 stunning designs that can be created in just a matter of hours, and explains every simple technique you need to get started. Each project is presented in full step-by-step detail, showing you exactly what to do.
Walks you through the process of creating nearly two-dozen different designs.
Written specifically for beginners, the books in the 101 series are complete illustrated guides to the basics of a craft that use projects presented with full-color, step-by-step instructions and photos to teach essential techniques.
Provides instructions for creating more than seventy jewelry pieces.
Celebrated jewelry designer and bestselling author Linda Jones presents a must-have collection of beautiful pieces, all made from made from wire and beads, in a variety of styles.
Banes draws on her lifelong interest in found objects and ethnic ornaments... [There are] photos of many of her...necklaces, with diagrammed patterns...unique approach to jewelry design.”—Library Journal. “The results are spectacular. ...
Discover Beadwork magazine's most popular designs! Dreaming of creating your own wearable art? This gorgeous guide is a must-have for aspiring and experienced jewelry artists alike.
Can I do it? If you have questions like this, you will want to read on. This book “bead jewelry making for beginners”, is a simple step by step guide that will teach you everything about how to make bead jewelry.
They’re the star of the show in this sparkling entry in the Beading with series, which features a fabulous combination of both simple and more complex projects.
Using rich cultural imagery from around the world as a teaching tool, Maggie Roschyk examines how decisions about bead color combinations, texture, and finish affect the finished work as she helps readers think like designers.
With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry.