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The Jewelry Architect $21.56 Discover how to merge wirework, metal clay, beadwork & tradional metalsmithing to create one of a kind pieces of art jewelry. DVD included to instruct you on all the techniques needed to make beautiful mixed-media jewelry.

 

The Encyclopedia of contemporary Jewelry Making techniques  $21.56 cost The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Jewelry-Making Techniques is a comprehensive guide for jewelers who want to create sensational one-of -a-kind jewelry. All of the techniques are enhanced with step-by-step instructions and clear photographs Essential metalsmithing techniques are covered along with methods for working with a wide range of other materials which can be used on their own or in combination Included are techniques and processes for working with plastics, rubber, resin, ceramics, glass, leather, textiles, paper, natural and found objects, mixed media, and precious and non-precious metals Along with a helpful guide to the essential tools you will need, you will find that each chapter includes a thorough introduction to the properties and possibilities of each material and an examination of the techniques possible with that material

 

Designs for Beaded Jewelry  Using Glass Beads $12.76 cost This wonderfully inspiring book shows forty-eight gorgeous designs for jewellery made with glass beads. There are precise details of the materials needed for the projects, which range from ethnic to elegant and from simple to sumptuous.

 

Designs for Beaded Jewelry  Using Natural Materials $12.76 cost This wonderfully inspiring book shows forty-eight gorgeous designs for jewellery made with natural materials such as coral, wood and mother of pearl combined with beautiful beads and threads. There are precise details of the materials needed for the designs which range from classic to ethnic and from sporty to elegant.

 

Ornamental Knots for Beaded Jewelery  $15.96 cost Includes detailed step-by-step photographs, accompanying diagrams, helpful advice and inspirational projects. Knotted necklaces look great when combined with beautiful ceramic, metal or wooden beads. Just one knot with several semi-precious beads is stunning. Once the techniques are mastered, designs can be as extravagent, or as simple as you want - no specialist equipment is required and no special skills. This book includes detailed step-by-step photographs, accompanying diagrams, helpful advice and inspirational projects.

 

Beaded Cords Chains Straps & Fringe  A Beadwork Magazine Project Book $7.96 cost Learn to bead with ease! With precise instructions, clearly drawn illustrations, and beautiful color photographs, Beaded Cords, Chains, Straps, & Fringe makes learning to bead fun. Once you've added these 32 techniques to your beading repertoire, you'll be able to make: Bracelets Necklaces Purse straps Quilt trims Scarf edgings Bag fringes And more!

 

Beading with Cubes and Triangles  $12.99 retail Fun with cubes & triangles

 

	Getting Started Stringing Beads
	$13.56 cost
	Would you like to make your own handcrafted bead jewelry but just don't know how or where to begin? Well, now you do! Getting Started Stringing Beads is the first book written for non-beaders—those people with absolutely no beading knowledge—and carefully guides them through every aspect.

 

	Get Started Beading
	$15.99 cost
	A complete primer on beading. Best of Bead&Button:Get Started Beading instructs readers in the basics of beadwork. Bead stringing, wirework, and the most common bead stitches - peyote, brick, square, herringbone, and right-angle weave - are presented through clear instructions, photos, and illustrations. More than 45 projects. 96 pages.

 

	Easy Beading Volume 1
	$23.99 cost
	Easy Beading showcases the best projects from the first year of BeadStyle magazine. Gorgeous designs that can be made with all sorts of materials. Hardcover; 256 pages.

 

	Easy Beading Volume 2
	$23.99 cost
	This book showcases the best projects from the second year of BeadStyle magazine. Designs making use of the excellent selection of beads that are now widely available. With more than 140 projects, Hardcover.

 

	Easy Beading Volume 3
	$23.99 cost
	Features the best projects from the third year of BeadStyle magazine. With more than 85 projects. Hardcover; 256 pages.

 

	Easy Beading Volume 4
	$23.99 cost
	More than 80 projects from the fourth year of BeadStyle magazine. The fast, fashionable, and fun projects will be divided by material, and will teach you a variety of techniques and design ideas. Hardcover; 256 pages, 1000 color photos.

 

	Creative Beading
	$23.99 cost
	Showcases more than 80 projects and fresh ideas selected from the pages of Bead&Button magazine. Full-color photography and thorough step-by-step instructions. Hardcover.

 

	Creative Beading Volume 3
	$23.99 cost
	Creatively bead with our thorough Basics section, project sections grouped by technique, and a range of stringing, wirework, embroidery, and crochet projects. Hardcover; 248 pages; 900 color photos.

 

	Beading Inspiration
	$15.99 cost
	This new book is packed with new and traditional approaches to designing with color and uses nature, the color wheel, decorative art, and fabric for color inspiration. Includes 16 projects from the pages of BeadStyle's special issue Beading Basics: Color, plus six additional brand-new designs. Softcover; 96 pages.

 

	Jewelry Just For You
	$15.99 cost
	Look your best with the help of 32 projects divided into either your face shape or neckline. Each project includes beautiful photographs and step-by-step instructions for a necklace and a pair of earrings that go well with you and what you’re wearing. Softcover, 96 pages, 400 color photos.

 

	Easy Birthstone Jewelry
	$17.59 cost
	Easy Birthstone Jewelry is a collection of 38 spectacular projects utilizing traditional and alternative birthstones in necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and more. Make mothers’ sets, seasonal pieces, and even learn the history behind each stone. Softcover, 112 pages, 300 color photos.

 

	Beaded Bracelets
	$10.96 cost
	Using a wide range of techniques, you'll learn to a make 25 gorgeous bracelets. From simple strung bangles to wire cuffs to bead-woven bands, this booklet offers enough variety to create an entire wardrobe of wrist adornments. The easy-to-understand photos and instructions provide clear direction for beginners, while the variety of projects offers lasting inspiration for experienced beaders.

 

	Beading for the Soul
	$17.56 cost
	Beading for the Soul explores the relaxing, meditative, and healing aspects of beading. It combines 26 amazing projects—including necklaces, bracelets, wall hangings, bags, a journal cover, a photo cube, an heirloom box, and a mobile—with thoughtful insights from the artists.

 

	Create Jewelry: Stones
	$18.36 cost
	Projects are divided into Classic, Special-Occasion, and Fashion-Forward categories, so readers can easily find designs of their choosing. Beautiful photos are accompanied by step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow, so readers can re-create their own designs. Additional material of interest for stone lovers includes stone basics, the differences between semiprecious and precious stones, entertaining tidbits about these specialty beads, and more.

 

	100 Beaded Jewelry Designs
	$17.56 cost
	More is better with this hefty collection of adornments for all occasions--from summery Daisy Chain or Petal Rope necklaces to the fall-festivities Fringed Pendant or Pearl Lozenge necklace.

 

	Seed Bead Stitching
	$15.99 cost
	Seed Bead Stitching explores beadweaving techniques using colorful seed beads and beautiful accents such as pearls and gemstones. Step-by-step photographs and illustrations guide readers through the basics of classic stitches and inventive variations. Includes an introduction to the basics of beads, threads, and bead-stitching techniques. For intermediate and advanced beaders, creative variations and lesser-known stitches are included in the book. Softcover, 96 pages.

 

	Seed Bead Savvy
	$15.96 cost
	This book is a great introduction to the world of seed beads. Readers will learn dozens of ways to use these small, glittering building blocks to create earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and more. Topics include finding the correct size and color beads, choosing the right equipment to string them, and the techniques used to turn these gems into fabulous jewelry.

 

	The Aspiring Artists' Studio Beaded Jewelry
	$19.96 cost
	Simply dazzling beaded jewelry - Create stunning jewelry that is distinctly your own. Artist Tair Parnes has traveled the world learning about different techniques, styles and color combinations. The result is this collection of unique projects ranging from striking earrings that will add pizzazz to everyday outfits to extravagant bracelets that are perfect for all occasions.

 

	Start to Bead
	$8.76 cost
	Use beautiful beads to make fantastic necklaces, rings and bracelets, step by step photographs, easy to follow instructions, simple techniques, lots of creative ideas.

 

	Necklaces, Bracelets, Brooches and Rings using Crystal Beads
	$15.96 cost
	Each project is explained in simple step by step stages, with accompanying photographs and diagrams to help you follow how beads are strung and threads woven.

 

	Create Jewelry Pearls
	$18.36 cost
	Natural, freshwater and imitation pearls alike find their place in these gorgeous, wearable designs. Choose from classic pieces, special occasion pieces and fashion forward designs.

 

	Beading with Pearls
	$19.96 cost
	This collection of 30 exquisite projects, the latest in the bestselling Beading with series, continues that time-honored tradition. It features sophisticated and stylish designs by a pool of talented artists, most using simple techniques suitable for beginners.

 

	Woven Crystal Beaded Jewelery
	$15.96 cost
	This inspiring book shows you how to make beautiful beaded beads and tassels that you can combine to create your own personally designed jewelry.

 

	Create Jewelry Crystals
	$18.36 cost
	20 stylish designs for stringing and beadweaving, section on techniques and findings, color and size chart. Jewelery makers of all skill levels will revel in this in-depth look at crystals complete with clear step by step project instructions and rich inspirations.

 

	Crystal Beaded Jewelry
	$15.96 cost
	Learn how to make gorgeous rings and necklaces, brooches and bracelets using sparkling crystal beads. Precise step by step instructions and clear illustrations.

 

	Mother of Pearl Jewelry
	$15.96 cost
	From classic styles to more daring, contemporary designs, this book contains a fantastic array of bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces. Each pieces is fully explained with clear, step by step instructions and diagrams with a comprehensive list of all the materials and equipment you need.

 

	Beading in the Native American Tradition
	$19.96 cost
	Features fascinating history of Native American beadwork, descriptions with patterns, techniques. Information on resrearching and collecting Native American beadwork. Colorful and clear illustrations.

 

	Mastering Beadwork A comprehensive guide to off-loom techniques
	$19.96 cost
	Learn all the basic beading stitches. Peyote, spiral, vertical and horizontal netting, bead crochet, right-angle weave, triangle weave, daisy chain, ladder stitch, herringbone, brick stitch, African helix and more.

 

	Bead Journey
	$15.96 cost
	The 26 projects from the BeadStyle Around the World special issue and eight new projects showcase beads and jewelry styles from all over the globe. The step-by-step photos and instructions, and four sections with Asia and the Pacific Rim, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, make this an easy-to-follow and unique beading guide you’ll want to learn from.

 

	Crystal Brilliance - Making designer jewelry with crystal beads
	$17.56 cost
	Crystal Brilliance: Making Designer Jewelry with Crystal Beads showcases the brilliance and breathtaking hues of CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements in 26 projects plus creative variations such as alternate colors and coordinating earrings. Popular stitches including peyote, Ndebele herringbone, netting, and right-angle weave are adapted by the author in exciting new ways.

 

	Shaped Beadwork Dimensional Jewelry with Peyote Stitch
	$19.96 cost
	This book’s a knockout! Master beader Diane Fitzgerald teaches her award-winning techniques for creating gorgeous geometric jewelry. More than 20 truly stunning projects, all using peyote stitch, come in a variety of flat and dimensional shapes, from triangles, teardrops, and pentagons to tetrahedrons, cubes, and diamonds. Sleek, contemporary, and breathtaking, these beadwoven pieces are perfect for the intermediate crafter—but with such clear and detailed instructions, even beginners will give them a try!

 

	Embellished Beadweaving Jewelry lavished with fringe, fronds, lacework & more
	$19.96 cost
	Combining traditional techniques with modern materials, and showcasing a wide variety of bead types, it offers 18 opulent pieces of jewelry incorporating motifs drawn from the natural world, such as flora and fauna, art nouveau designs, and geometric forms.

 

	Beadmaille Jewelry with Bead Weaving & Metal Rings
	$17.56 cost
	Beadmaille offers an entirely unique and beautiful way to craft chain mail–like jewelry, using the simplest of bead-weaving processes to link together metal jump rings in classic patterns. The 25 pieces—bracelets, necklaces, and earrings—all showcase seed beads in luscious colors, and both handmade and commercial jump rings in gold, sterling silver, copper, or bronze.

 

	Knitting with Beads
	$11.96 cost
	Thirty gorgeous projects for intermediate to advanced knitters, shown in color photos and accompanied by charts, offer a variety of styles, colors, and materials.

 

	Creative Beading Vol. 5 The best projects from a year of Bead & Button magazine
	$23.96 cost
	Each of the book’s three sections contains a wealth of editor-tested projects grouped by stitch or technique. Includes a range of stringing, wirework, chain mail, and bead crochet projects in addition to the fantastic stitching for which Bead&Button magazine is known.

 

	The Absolute Beginners Guide Stringing Beaded Jewelry
	$17.56 cost
	This book is the ideal starting point for anyone who’d like to experience the satisfaction of making jewelry. Beginners will love the simple instructions and reassuring style throughout. By the end, the reader will know how to string, knot, and do basic wireworking. Additional techniques are covered, including connecting, repeating, and how to crimp and clasp! This comprehensive book also guides the reader through bead choices and describes how to set up an economical workspace.

 

	The New Macrame'
	$11.96 cost
	Now macramé is for making attention-grabbing jewelry, hot accessories, and other projects. Best of all, if you can tie your shoes, you can create any of these great-looking items.

 

	Hip to Bead 32 contemporary projects for today's beader
	$15.96 cost
	Each of the 32 projects features fashion-savvy designs created with stylish beads, pendants, and findings that are widely available.

 

	Big & Bold
	$15.96 cost
	Make a statement with big and bold jewelry. These projects from the pages of BeadStyle magazine feature prominent pendants, chunky beads, and other strong focal pieces in necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

 

	Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads
	$19.96 cost
	Learn how to string beautiful jewelry using glass beads, pearls, and semiprecious stones with this all-in-one bead directory and design guide.

 

	Celtic Knots for Beaded Jewellery
	$15.96 cost
	Eighteen stunning projects using clear step-by-step photographs show how to create original, stylish designs.Learn how to make beautiful necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches and earrings using real, three-dimensional Celtic knots combined with beads and pendants.

 

	Great Beaded Gifts
	$15.96 cost
	From elegant jewelry to decorative home accessories, these 40 beaded gifts are fun to make and a pleasure to give.

 

	Marketing & Selling Your Handmade Jewelry
	$17.56 cost
	Marketing & selling your handmade jewelry is the only book that focuses specifically on marketing & selling beading & handmade jewelry in the craft market. Viki Lareau provices advice & encouragement to do it right and do it with flair.

 

	Making Mixed-Media Art Charms & Jewelry
	$17.56 cost
	You will find instructions for clever art charm projects, techniques & tricks for working with resin, wood, plastic, glass & more. Lots of jewelry making basics.

 

	Bead Romantique Elegant Beadweaving Designs
	$19.96 cost
	Features seventeen step-by-step designs inspired by the Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, and Art Nouveau eras reinterpreted in her distinctive contemporary style. Emphasizing a mix of vintage findings, beads, lampwork, buttons, and modern components.

 

	Beading with Herringbone Stitch
	$17.56 cost
	Suddenly, beads are everywhere, from the necks of celebrities to the wrists of schoolgirls to the fashion runways of New York-and the art of working with beads has risen proportionately. Herringbone stitch, a versatile South African off-loom bead technique, feels like snakeskin and has a visible chevron pattern. It's a favorite among beaders, and yet no other book devotes itself entirely to this method. With historical information, cultural background, techniques, projects and instructions, and a gallery of inspirational pieces, this is the foremost guide to a unique beading technique.

 

	Bella Beaded Jewelry
	$17.96 cost
	The elegance of art gallery jewelry is at your fingertips with Bella Beaded Jewelry, your personal guide to creating designer pieces using unusual beads and materials. Beaded art has never been so attainable! All you need are a few simple tools and materials and the desire to get started.

 

	Beading on a Loom
	$17.56 cost
	The perfect volume for both the beginner looking for a new technique and the advanced beadworker already familiar with the loom-beading process, this book covers loom construction, warping, basic weaving, increasing and decreasing, weaving triangles, finishing and correcting mistakes, incorporating your own ideas, planning for size and weight of neckpieces, graphing designs, color blending, and more.

 

	Making Elegant Jewelry for Special Occasions
	$14.36 cost
	Special occasions deserve significant jewelry! Making Elegant Jewelry for Special Occasions, from BeadStyle magazine, offers 30 projects for celebrating life’s landmark events with stylish, sophisticated pieces that add the perfect finishing touch.

 

	A Very Beaded Christmas
	$14.36 cost
	Everyone crafts at Christmas, and beautiful seed, crystal, felted, and lampwork beads are an easy way to add twinkle and shine to everything: ornaments, centerpieces, handmade gifts, and more. Anyone who can string or glue or stitch can make these contemporary, charming wreaths, holiday cards, one-of-a-kind stockings, and gift bags.

 

	Mixed Metals Creating contemporary jewelry with silver, gold, copper, brass & more
	$18.36 cost
	Mix up your jewelry repertoire! Create fabulous designs featuring a variety of metal beads, charms, chains and findings including silver, gold, and base metals.

 

	Creative Beading
	$14.36
	Everything you need to know to make your own one of a kind jewellery. Create charming necklaces, bracelets, earrings & beaded charms, over 20 original step by step projects, ideas for adapting & a unique visual guide.

 

	Beading with Crystals
	$19.96
	Jewelry that sparkles with crystals. 36 glamorous jewelry projects underscore the splendor of crystals combined with other types of beads that highlight their brilliance.

 

	Bead Tube Jewelry
	$15.96
	Using a simple peyote or brick-stitched tube, the author shows how to create more than 30 projects ranging in style from elegant to funky, and colors spanning from subtle to brilliant, all from tiny, colorful, easy-to-find seed beads.

 

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