Bejeweled: Beautiful Fashion Jewelry to Make and Wear Using Crystals, Beads, and Charms
One of today's hottest and refreshingly inspirational jewelry designers, Claire Aristides, offers her expert knowledge in making fashion jewelry in this practical step-by-step guide. Packed with beautiful pieces to make and wear, Bejeweled offers a breathtaking range of classic and contemporary necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings. These original, feminine jewelry creations have been selected from Claire's stunning designs---more than thirty unashamedly sexy, glamorous and totally wearable acessories for every chosen occasion.
Step-by-step instructions for stringing, wirework, more. More than 30 stunning jewelry projects, perfect for beginners Ready to learn to bead? BeadStyle magazine is ready to teach. Discover Beading showcases the best techniques for creating beaded jewelry through stringing, wirework, and more--and how to use these techniques to create artistically pleasing, attention-getting jewelry, perfect for wearing or giving. Instructions are accompanied by full-color photographs and directions for each step. More than 30 stunning projects from the pages of BeadStyle magazine make this book perfect for beginning beaders--and inspiring as beading confidence grows.
Readily available, inexpensive, and easily manipulated, polymer clay is an ideal beginner's medium, and Syndee Holt does an admirable job of introducing it. She sets the stage with background on materials and basic handling, then presents 27 approaches and variations as a series of questions on technique whose answers are full-fledged projects. "How do I make a pinroll cane?" for instance, explains a simple cane process and uses it to cover a candleholder. Other cane methods yield jewelry, a frame, a barrette, drawer pulls, and a covered pen, utilizing both basic canes (bull's eye, banner, checkerboard, blended) and pictorial types (flower, millefiori, star, face, shaman).
Bugle Bead Bonanza: A Sparkling Collection of Jewelry Projects
Popular beader Jamie Cloud Eakin uses bugle beads to make her fun, fantastic pieces, and she’s showing other crafters how to do it, too! The techniques—from weaving into beadwork to using stop beads—are wonderfully simple, and explained in an easy-to-follow basics section. Each of the 30 beautiful projects fits into one of six thematic color families, and the gorgeous creations include a Victorian Choker, colorful Parallel Weave Bracelet, and black-and-white Pouch with Pizzazz.
Homemade jewelry provides a special meaning to you. Whether you make it for yourself or give as a gift, it is a beautiful thing. We have put together an eBook that provides you with some wonderful jewelry patterns. We have plenty for you to choose from too. In 25 Easy to Make Homemade Jewelry Ideas, you will find the essential materials needed in order to make the perfect piece of jewelry. From bracelets, to necklaces to rings, we have it all. We provide you Swarovski crystals, beads, pendants and beautiful charms. It’s your choice on what you want to make. Keep it for yourself or give it as a gift. Nothing is more special than a homemade piece of jewelry.
