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Glamorous Beaded Jewelry: Bracelets, Necklaces, Earrings, and Rings

Glamorous Beaded Jewelry: Bracelets, Necklaces, Earrings, and Rings
By M. T. Ryan

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With Glamorous Beaded Jewelry, beaders can create 25 fun and sophisticated pieces from chandelier earrings, to chunky bracelets, to knotted-and-bejeweled chokers. The stunning projects are inspired by the designer jewelry seen in upscale boutiques and the runways of today’s fashion houses. Featured pieces are deceptively simple and inexpensive to make, with clear step-by-step instructions and photographs that give beginners new skills and intermediate beaders new approaches to their craft. A helpful Sources & Resources section ensures that the featured materials are close at hand so that the adage, “Make it today. Wear it tonight!” comes true.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #50921 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-06-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 144 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...will interest people with a do-it-yourself approach to personal style."

--Austin American Statesman
July, 2006


"Simple designs with lots of fashion punch -- great illustrations and clear directions lead you to a full wardrobe of bracelets, necklaces, earrings and rings. Beginners can dive right in; more advanced beaders will like the inspiring designs."
 
News & Observer Blogs
May 2008


Finalist for the Publisher's Marketing Association (PMA) Ben Franklin Award and ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award.

From the Back Cover

Filled to overflowing with exquisitely photographed, amazingly beautiful pieces of beaded jewelry, from bracelets and earrings, to rings and necklaces, Beautiful Beaded Jewelry is the stylish compendium of 25 original designs, each created from beads of every imaginable description and the very simplest of beading techniques.

- 25 stunning designs for jewelry that sparkles with color-- from chandelier earrings and knotted-and-bejewled chokers, to chunky bracelets and cocktail rings

- Over 175 gorgeous color photographs that capture every shimmering detail of each finished piece, and map out the precise steps to beading every bracelet, earring, necklaces, and ring featured in the collection

- Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions accompanied by close-up photographs and illustrations that guide even the absolute beginner to professional-looking results

- Special sections on quick-and-easy beading basics, and the best sources for finding everything needed to make all the pieces in the collection

About the Author

M.T. Ryan is a designer of home and personal accessories working in a wide
range of fields, including dinnerware and stationery. In this work, M.T.
brings his trained eye, design skills, and exacting workmanship to this
stunning new collection of original jewelry designs. This is M.T. Ryan's
first book.

Customer Reviews

Beaded Jewellery4
A very nice book - great instructions and pictures. Most of the jewellery is made with wire as opposed to thread. Beads are certainly easily obtained from any good bead shop. I would recommend to anyone who likes working with wire.

Teen's Review4
I LOVE beading and this book was a very nice one. I looked through over 20 bead books to find just the right one of my favorite two. I like that the instructions are in depth but not too complicated. The pictures are really helpful and motivating. I feel like I am capable of creating anything in this book. For absolute beginners, I think some of the projects are too much especially for those who have little patience. I thought that some of the pieces were gorgeous but a couple of them I really dislike.
For You if...
you have patience
you've had a little experience in beading
you have the supplies (all the plyers, some beads, etc.)
you're easily inspired
you want a book that uses a wide range of tecniques

Not For You if...
you're just starting beading
you don't want to make jewelry
you want something REALLY different
you're looking for strictly an inspirational book
you don't like transparent beads and light colors (they use a lot of those)

Easy to purchase supplies4
I bought this book thinking it would be impossible to find the supplies to do the projects in it and that the projects would be way out of my league. Boy, was I surprised to see that most of the beads I could get at my local bead store or I had them on hand! Good Book! Actually some projects I might just make - not just a coffee table book.