Beautiful Beads - How to Create Beautiful, Original Gifts and Jewelry for Every Occasion
This is a book for people who love beads so much, they want to use them on everything! The range of projects include jewelry made from a variety of techniques: stringing, knotting, connecting beads with wirework to other beads and to other jewelry findings such as spacer bars. The styles of necklaces and earrings are quite varied and include multi-stranded chokers, a tasseled necklace, dangly charm-style jewelry, and beaded rosette earrings and necklace.
Making the Good Life Last: Four Keys to Sustainable Living
The Sustainable Life Is the Good Life In our materialist culture, the idea of "the good life"--fancy cars, designer clothes, once-in-a-lifetime vacations--leaves even those few who can afford it feeling anxious, empty, and dissatisfied. Michael Schuler deconstructs the assumption that consumption and constant stimulation equal happiness.
One of Thomas Hardy's greatest novels, "Far from the Madding Crowd" tells the story of the life and loves of the brave and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene.
Beadweaving Brilliance - Make Beautiful Jewelry as You Learn Off-loom Techniques
Just in time for holiday hand-made-gift-making, comes this beautifully illustrated book that shows crafters how to create colorful and unique beaded accessories. Using a single needle and thread, readers will learn a variety of stitches, including herringbone, peyote (also known as gourd), brick, square, right angle weave and African helix, to weave beads into a flat fabric or 3-dimensional object.
Traditional Home Magazine: Tasteful, timeless designs never go out of style, as this magazine celebrates. Traditional styles in home decorating, furnishings and gardens are displayed through beautiful photographs and descriptive reports.
