Bead Tube Jewelry

Bead Tube Jewelry

Author: Nancy Zellers

Publisher: Kalmbach Books

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0871164175

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Artist and author Nancy Zellers takes it to the limit with this utterly original bead tube book. Using a simple peyote or brick-stitched tube, the author shows how to create more than 30 projects ranging in style from elegant to funky, and with colors spanning from subtle to brilliant, all from tiny, colorful, easy-to-find seed beads. Readers are able to see how changing colors and designs create new and exciting beaded beads. Also, a range of bracelets, earrings, and necklaces will delight the aspiring artist.


Beaded Weddings

Beaded Weddings

Author: Jean Campbell

Publisher: Interweave

Published: 2006-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781931499620

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Wedding ceremonies get the full bead treatment in this handbook of ways to add a decorative, personal touch to nuptials. The more than 75 projects are aimed at beginning beaders--but provide plenty of ideas for more experienced crafters--and are perfect not just for brides but also for family and friends. A teaching section introduces readers to techniques that appear throughout the book in projects that defy the idea that beadwork is limited to jewelry. Patterns for tiaras, veils, cake toppers, centerpieces, invitations, guest mementos, and even venue decorations are included, bringing the unforgettable sparkle and shine of beaded embellishment to all parts of a wedding party.


Jill Wiseman's Beautiful Beaded Ropes

Jill Wiseman's Beautiful Beaded Ropes

Author: Jill Wiseman

Publisher: Lark Books (NC)

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454703563

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Features 24 beaded rope designs. From dainty to heavy and from simple to outrageously textured, this title contains beautiful and wearable necklace, lariat, bangle and bracelet projects that utilise such popular stitch techniques as spiral rope, peyote and oglala.


Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry

Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry

Author: Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell

Publisher: CICO Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781907563102

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Inspired by the best of a century's designs, Vintage-Style Beaded Jewelry shows you how to create 35 delightful designs for your very own modern heirlooms. Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell uses a range of widely available materials to create jewelry for any event, including ideas to wear every day, such as a simple button necklace, and occasion pieces, such as a wedding tiara embellished with beads and paper rosebuds. Despite their glamour, many of Deborah's projects are surprisingly inexpensive; she shows how to make old china into cameo brooches, how to reuse jewels for a glistening two-strand bracelet, and how to revive a beloved but broken necklace as a stunning pearl necklace. Ideal as a gift, many of the bracelets, necklaces, brooches, and earrings can be created in an afternoon. With tips on how to work with found objects, Deborah shows how to transform favorite but damaged costume jewelry and thrift store finds into precious pieces that can be treasured forever. Clear step-by-step artworks and the use of simple techniques such as wiring, beading, and netting mean that even the beginner can produce stunning results. * 35 original projects to create modern heirlooms for yourself or to give as gifts. * Projects include delicate drop earrings, elegant brooches, and classic pendant necklaces. * Ingenious ideas on reusing old junk and thrift buys.


Wire and Beaded Wedding Jewellry and Accessories

Wire and Beaded Wedding Jewellry and Accessories

Author: Linda Jones

Publisher: CICO Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781907563843

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For beautiful, stylish designs that will give you a truly individual wedding day, look no further than Wire & Beaded Wedding Jewelry & Accessories. Linda Jones offers 35 wonderful ideas for jewellery, accessories and decorations, all made from wire and beads, to make the happiest day of your life even more memorable without costing the earth. There are step-by-step projects for elegant wedding jewellery, including necklaces, bracelets and earrings, as well as tiaras and hair slides. You'll also discover ideas for invitations, table decorations and favours. The book is divided into four chapters - one for each season. There are beautiful, intricate designs for both spring and summer brides, while the autumn collection is infused with red and gold colours, contrasting with silver and crystal for winter weddings. With a comprehensive techniques section explaining all you need to know for working with wire and beads, plus variations to offer further inspiration, you'll soon be able to adapt the designs to suit your own wedding style, as well as for other occasions, such as proms and balls. * Packed with ideas on how to create the most personal, memorable and unforgettable wedding day. * Projects include necklaces, bracelets, tiaras, brooches and earrings, as well as napkin rings, candle decorations and cake toppers. * Linda Jones is also the author of the best-selling Wire & Bead Celtic Jewellery - visit her website at www.wirejewellery.co.uk.


Beautiful Beaded Jewelry

Beautiful Beaded Jewelry

Author: Stephanie Bourgeois

Publisher: David & Charles

Published: 2004-03-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780715317976

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Current fashion trends have increased the popularity of hand-made jewellery. Making it yourself couldn't be simpler. Full of original creations, this guide introduces basic beading techniques and includes 20 practical projects that will encourage readers to create their own designs.


Making Bead & Wire Jewelry

Making Bead & Wire Jewelry

Author: Dawn Cusick

Publisher: Lark Books

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781579903886

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Explains the techniques involved in making bead and wire jewelry, discusses tools and materials, and features illustrated instructions for seventy-five projects, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pins.


Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry

Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry

Author: Ray Hemachandra

Publisher: Lark Books (NC)

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454703167

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"This beautiful and inspiring book gathers photographs of 500 of the most breathtaking beaded jewelry designs created in recent years. The techniques the beaders employ are as varied as the aesthetic sensibilities they bring to their gorgeous creations and include beadweaving in every stitch imaginable, embroidery, quilling, loom weaving, and kumihimo braiding, as well as basic stringing, simple wirework, and fine metalwork. Sometimes, a bead maker's focal piece simply is set in a straightforward, unpretentious, and beautiful design. Virtually all of the world's most famous beaders who make jewelry have pieces included -- including Carol Wilcox Wells, Diane Fitzgerald, Marcia DeCoster, Jamie Cloud Eakin, Huib Petersen, Paulette Baron, Sabine Lippert, Sherry Serafini, Margie Deeb, Maggie Meister, Melanie Potter, Ann Tevepaugh Mitchell, Laura McCabe, Suzanne Golden, Jean Campbell, Rachel Nelson-Smith, Eva Dobos, and many more -- but we also present work from many artists who have never been published before. All together, this extensive, international, and fabulous survey of 500 pieces includes work from nearly 300 artists from 30 countries and reveals the striking vision and ambition of today's beading community. Every beader, jeweler, and crafter will want Showcase 500 beaded jewelry in their collection"--


Fiber & Bead Jewelry

Fiber & Bead Jewelry

Author: Helen Banes

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781402700736

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“Very original...Banes draws on her lifelong interest in found objects and ethnic ornaments... [There are] photos of many of her...necklaces, with diagrammed patterns...unique approach to jewelry design.”—Library Journal. “The results are spectacular...the necklaces become true works of art, not just macram� look-alikes.”—Booklist.