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100 Beaded Jewelry Designs: Easy-to-Bead Necklaces, Bracelets, Brooches, and More

100 Beaded Jewelry Designs: Easy-to-Bead Necklaces, Bracelets, Brooches, and More
By Stephanie Burnham

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More is better in this hefty collection of adornments for all occasions. One hundred projects are organized by season for ease of selection, whether it's the season for a summery Daisy Chain or Petal Rope necklace or the weather for an autumnal Fringed Pendant or Pearl Lozenge necklace. Also included are up-to-the-minute earring designs, sophisticated chokers, and the newest trends in brooches. Designs draw from a huge variety of materials, from tiny seed beads to stunning focal beads made from stone, shell, or bamboo. Each project is like a recipe, with a list of needed materials and tools, numbered instructions, and the size of the finished piece. There is even a technique section to prepare beaders for every method they encounter, making this book a primer for those just starting out and a well of project ideas for those with more experience.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #489915 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-11-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 144 pages

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"A vast and varied collection of adornments for all occasions.... Good one for your collection!"  —Bead-PatternsMagazine.com


"Plenty of inspiration."  —Get Creative


"This book is definitely worth considering as an addition to your jewelry- making library."  —About.com Guide to Jewelry Making

About the Author

Stephanie Burnham is a beading teacher and author with a lifelong love of color, shape, and texture. She is a regular contributor of projects and articles to several bead and textile magazines in Europe, Australia, and the United States.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book5
This is a lovely book full of gorgeous designs. The directions are straightforward and easy enough for beginners to be able to follow. For the more experienced beaders, there are suggestions on how to adapt the designs.

It's had me looking through my bead stash for beads that I've owned for a while but not yet found the right setting for - some of her designs have given me that "a-ha!" feeling.

I would thoroughly recommend this book to any beader.

Not what I had hoped for3
The photos, illustrations, and layout are beautiful, and at first flip through I found several pieces that I wanted to make, but when I began working on them I found the directions to be incredibly vague. This is not a good book for a beginner to learn from. I am generally very good at learning new skills from books, but the information just isn't there. I found I had to refer to other publications to figure out techniques and then guess at how to make the pieces shown here.

DISAPPOINTED3
I recieved the book yesterday. Alot of the designs and projects are relatively simple to make. I find that the same designs are repeated throughout the book. As with lariats, chokers, and simple strung neclaces. The instructions are vague, and many times are left up to the student to figure out. There are diagrams, but no threadpath to find out where to start or end. In many cases there is NO threadpath at all. There are better designs and instructions in bead magazines.
I don't recommend this book, I am only an advanced beginner and bored with it, and disappointed!