Learn to Make Bead Jewelry with 35 Fabulous Projects

Learn to Make Bead Jewelry with 35 Fabulous Projects
Author: Lynn Davy
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627002855

A must-have book for every beader, this is a comprehensive guide to designing and creating beautiful beaded jewelry using fundamental beading techniques. Features 35 colorful projects including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, lariats, and some jewelry sets. This book teaches the skills to make perfect jewelry for any occasion incorporating these techniques: stringing, crimping, knotting, basic wirework, and more.

Making Colorful Wire & Beaded Jewelry

Making Colorful Wire & Beaded Jewelry
Author: Linda Jones
Publisher: Interweave
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-04-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781596680142

Highlighting the flexibility and fun of working with wire, these original designs twist, spiral, and wrap their way through necklaces, bracelets, and rings. Using only a few simple tools, a spool of wire, and a sprinkling of beads, aspiring jewelry designers can create adornments from metallic or colored wire. Projects are easy to adapt to taste and level of expertise, and wire-working techniques build up from simple to stunning, inspiring beginners and old hands alike. There are smart and sophisticated gold and silver wire designs, such as the Waterfall Chain necklace, as well as more casual designs made with colored wire, funky beads, and tiny seashells, including the Belly Dancer Bracelet or Exotic Charm Necklace. With sections on styles and further variations, this is a guide for anyone who wants to add some shine to their repertoire.

Wire and Bead Celtic Jewelry

Wire and Bead Celtic Jewelry
Author: Linda Jones
Publisher: CICO Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-03
Genre: Beadwork
ISBN: 9781904991564

Linda Jones brings you antoher 35 fantastic step-by-step jewelry projects inspired by the ever popular motifs and art of the ancient Celts. Her beautiful twisted wire and bead designs will have you dashing to your bead box. Using only some beads, a spool of wire, and a few simple tools, you can begin right away as Linda tells you absolutely everything you need to know. The projects are set up like recipes with materials lists and step-by-step instructions so they are perfect for beginners, and her unique designs will inspire those already experienced in the craft, too. With chokers, brooches, delicate chains, rings, earrings, bangles, and more. "Wire & Bead Celtic Jewelry" offers something for everyone, so whether you want to make a piece as a unique gift or for yourself, Linda shows you how.*Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry has old over 40,000 copies worldwide.*Includes innovative and decorative jig pattern designs.*Projects include rings, bangles, kilt pins, charm bracelets, and necklaces.*Specially commissioned step-by-step photographs demonstrate exactly how to make each piece.

Mastering the Art of Beading

Mastering the Art of Beading
Author: Genevieve A. Sterbenz
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-12-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780811871600

Mastering the Art of Beading will do for jewelry making what Julia Child did for French food. In this definitive guide to all things beads, expert jewelry maker Genevieve A. Sterbenz covers all of the terms, tools, skills, and shortcuts necessary for creating beautiful beaded jewelry. With more than 800 how-to photographs, detailed and illustrated techniques, a photographic glossary, and useful resources, this book is packed to the brim with beading essentials. In addition, Sterbenz presents step-by-step instructions for 50 stunning projects in a range of techniques and styles. An accessible compendium dissecting every aspect of this popular craft, Mastering the Art of Beading will be the resource craftersdabblers and experts alikewill want on their bookshelf for years to come.

A Bead in Time

A Bead in Time
Author: Lisa Crone
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-01-21
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781600613104

Inspired by life, created by you &break;Create distinctive pieces that evoke wonderful memories, reflect your passions, or simply make you smile. A Bead in Time shows you how to take even the smallest slices of life and turn them into beaded works of art. From a favorite vacation spot to a beloved "furry family member," you'll design meaningful jewelry pieces using a familiar source of inspiration: your life! &break;&break;A Bead in Time features: &break; 35 exquisite jewelry projects inspired by personal memories and experiences serve as a basis for creating new looks.&break; Beautiful designs suitable for beaders of all experience levels. Unique stringing techniques - from wire wrapping to the peyote stitch - are explained in clear, easy-to-follow steps.&break; Get Inspired! sections offer suggestions for designing pieces based on your personal memories. Make a creative statement with your jewelry that's uniquely "you." &break;&break;Let A Bead in Time help you tell your story - through jewelry!

Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry

Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry
Author: Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell
Publisher: CICO Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Beadwork
ISBN: 9781907563102

Inspired by the best of a century's designs, Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry shows you how to create 35 delightful designs for your very own modern heirlooms. Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell uses a range of widely available materials to create jewelry for any event, including ideas to wear every day, such as a simple button necklace, and occasion pieces, such as a wedding tiara embellished with beads and paper rosebuds. Despite their glamour, many of Deborah's projects are surprisingly inexpensive; she shows how to make old china into cameo brooches, how to reuse jewels for a glistening two-strand bracelet, and how to revive a beloved but broken necklace as a stunning pearl necklace. Ideal as a gift, many of the bracelets, necklaces, brooches, and earrings can be created in an afternoon. With tips on how to work with found objects, Deborah shows how to transform favorite but damaged costume jewelry and thrift store finds into precious pieces that can be treasured forever. Clear step-by-step artworks and the use of simple techniques such as wiring, beading, and netting mean that even the beginner can produce stunning results. * 35 original projects to create modern heirlooms for yourself or to give as gifts. * Projects include delicate drop earrings, elegant brooches, and classic pendant necklaces. * Ingenious ideas on reusing old junk and thrift buys.

Chic & Easy Beading

Chic & Easy Beading
Author: Alice Korach
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2004
Genre: Bead embroidery
ISBN: 9780890244388

Make something beautiful you'll love to wear! Step-by-step images and instructions walk you through making fashionable beaded necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. These 100+ easy projects include glitzy pieces for wearing on the town, sophisticated styles for the office, and everything in between. Compiled from the first two Chic & Easy annuals and edited by Alice Korach.

Beading in No Time

Beading in No Time
Author: Linda Peterson
Publisher: Cico Books
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2010
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781907030260

Make gorgeous jewelry with these billiant bead designs. Learn all the key beading techniques: bead weaving, multi-strand, wirework, and knotwork.

Making Bead & Wire Jewelry

Making Bead & Wire Jewelry
Author: Dawn Cusick
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2002
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781579903886

Explains the techniques involved in making bead and wire jewelry, discusses tools and materials, and features illustrated instructions for seventy-five projects, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pins.

Perfect Match

Perfect Match
Author: Sara Schwittek
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2008-05-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 144031974X

Earrings that shine - from the simple to the sublime From the classic Timeless Crystals to the elegant Rose Garden Hoops to the stunning Dynamic Hammered Teardrops, Perfect Match delivers more than 40 stylish yet simple earrings to perfectly complement every moment of your life. Earrings are arranged by occasion, from daily excursions like work and shopping to memorable events such as weddings and nights on the town. So before heading off on your next picnic in the park, flip to that section and choose a design perfectly suited to both your outfit and the carefree spirit of a sunny afternoon. Discover: • More than 40 pairs of earrings complete with step-by-step instructions and photos - and a comprehensive techniques section filled with everything you need to know to get started. • Projects ranging from super-simple to more complex, suitable for beginners as well as more advanced jewelry crafters. • Tips throughout giving you the confidence to substitute your favorite colors or materials for any or all of the earrings. Create jewelry that fits your lifestyle, budget and schedule - and make your own perfect match!