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

Finally, a book that provides project that go beyond basic beading! Each project includes clear step-by-step instructions, with pictures that illustrate each step and offer a deconstructed view of multi-strand pieces. New techniques are plentiful, as well as new ways to use shaped beads. You won't be wearing anything "typical" again.

Due to a lack of experience & knowledge in jewelry-making, this was the first book I bought. I was able to make only one or two things in it, and those I had to *dumb-down* to my techniques. But I LOVED the designs so much that I prepared as if I was going to reach the more experienced-level needed to make this beautiful jewelry. I actually picked out six or seven of the designs, bought all the pieces necessary to make them, put them each in a large pastic bag, marked them with the name of the piece and the book reference (I did doctoral studies so annotation is driven into my brain). Now, about 18 months later, I have pulled out those designs. They are fabulous. I also pulled out the book again recently and found more items I want to make. Someone wrote in their review that the designs involve wireworking, and that is true. The person also wrote that many of the designs involve light color crystals. Also true. It is from this book that I began my love affair with *Swarovski* crystals. This is personal preference. One can adapt most of the designs to use semi-precious stones. A few of the designs are *vintage.* So you can buy it before you learn how to crimp and use it to inspire your development, or you can buy it if you know how to wirewrap and just jump in. But you will find GLAMOROUS jewelry in this book! I hope they do another one.

I absolutely love the designs in this book. They are simply and elegant, but each one has a unique technique or element that makes them stunning. I want to make almost every design in the book. Also, there is a nice variety of techniques used--stringing, simple and more advanced wire work, and even wire crochet bracelet (no stitching projects, though). And the detailed step by step photo instructions are some of the best I've seen. One project has 16 closeup photos of the technique! Some projects even have a photo diagram showing exact placement of each bead. Plus, the photography is fabulous. I hope this author will come out with another book!

I absolutely love the projects in this book. One great thing about this book is that they have a list of resources at the back of the book to order the supplies needed. The projects though they look really complicated on the book are really easy to make. You will be surprised at what you can create with this book.

I have been designing jewelry for 12 years. There is always some elusive technique that I cannot find really good tutorial for. This book offered an excellent tutorial for wire wrapping briolettes. A great book for beginners with courage and moxy. A terrific book for intermediate skilled artisans. Whether you like the pastel colors used in the tutorials or not, the skills demonstrated in the book are a terrific springboard for developing your own individual style of artistic expression in composition that will render long enduring quality work-which is as it should be. The projects, with very little imagination, have room to personalize and augment into a design that is more than the initial project offered. All projects have an elegance and grace that are missing from many of the other books in my reference library. I highly recommend this one.