Product Description

Features step-by-step projects and full-color examples

Create unique jewelry to wear with everything from jeans to a ball gown!

Want to make your own jewelry? This easy-to-follow guide gives you lots of hands-on instruction in making simple, fabulous jewelry and working with beads. From wire wrapping and knotting to weaving and polishing, you'll get all the skills you need to make necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pins, key chains, wine charms and items for the home.

Discover how to
* Create funky and elegant designs
* Work with leather, silver, and stones
* String, knot, and weave beads
* Avoid common mistakes
* Host a trendy jewelry party

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15016 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

From the Back Cover
Features step-by-step projects and full-color examples

Create unique jewelry to wear with everything from jeans to a ball gown!

Want to make your own jewelry? This easy-to-follow guide gives you lots of hands-on instruction in making simple, fabulous jewelry and working with beads. From wire wrapping and knotting to weaving and polishing, you'll get all the skills you need to make necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pins, key chains, wine charms and items for the home.

Discover how to

• Create funky and elegant designs
• Work with leather, silver, and stones
• String, knot, and weave beads
• Avoid common mistakes
• Host a trendy jewelry party

About the Author
Heather Dismore is a veteran For Dummies author who is actively involved in crafting jewelry.

Tammy Powley designs and maintains content for About.com's jewelry making Web site.

Customer Reviews

Best basic book I have seen to date...
Very impressed with this book--wish I had had a copy when I first started beading decades ago. Clear instructions written in a pleasant and relaxed manner. I am most impressed with many of the very numerous tips provided that come only after a great deal of experience creating, making and marketing beaded items.
If I had to have just ONE basic beading book, this would be it.

Tons of info. but could use a more precise index.
Tons of information and I understand that organizing such a wealth of knowledge is a daunting task. I found that I was flipping around to find the infomation where I thought I had seen it previously and the index was not very helpful there. References are made to other sections of the book but states a chapter only and not a page specifically. Overall, great book and have used it alot for a reference.

Informative, Witty & Fun
Heather's use of humor and wit made this book very easy to read. I love the illustrations and found them to be useful. I have used the book for a quick reference and for detailed how-to instructions. I am inspired and ready to get beading!