Bead Chic

Bead Chic
Author: Margot Potter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2010-07-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1440310424

Bead Chic, Chic You Bead Chic will show you how to take inspiration that you love and forge your own creative path. After learning basic jewelry techniques, you'll be launched into 36 gorgeous projects. Each project comes with a variation, so you'll learn how easy it is to adapt virtually any project to suit your individual style, making you your own designer. • Each of 36 stepped-out projects features an inspiring variation, including some from today's hottest jewelry makers, including Jean Campbell, Tammy Powley, Cathie Filian and more. • Clear step-by-step photography and instructions allow beaders of all skill levels create projects exactly "as-is" in the book, while variations show how swapping out just one or two elements can make an entirely different look. • You'll get to play with beads, a variety of stringing materials—from coated wire, to shapeable wire to commercial chain—and findings, all easily found at local and online craft retailers. Let Bead Chic bring out the designer in you!

Chic & Easy Beading

Chic & Easy Beading
Author: Alice Korach
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2006-01-30
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780871162250

Tired of drab little black dresses? Weary of your work clothes? Good news! You can dress up any wardrobe with beautiful beads. Whether it's everyday earrings or a cool-o collar, there's nothing like a custom piece to pull an outfit together. Chic&Easy Beading, Volume 2 presents one hundred dazzling jewelry projects from the pages of Bead&Button magazine. Detailed instructions and step-by-step photos guide readers, and for beginners, there's an illustrated section on getting started. Chic&Easy Beading, Volume 2 makes ultra-chic beading ultra-easy. Bead&Button, America's favorite beading magazine, brings readers a wealth of beautiful beading projects in every issue. Every project is tested by the editors and includes step-by-step photos and complete instructions.

Chic and Easy Beading

Chic and Easy Beading
Author: Editors of Bead&Button Magazine
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2012-12-17
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0871164736

Compiled by the editors of Bead&Button magazine, Chic&Easy Beading - originally published as two special issues - presents over 100 stylish and easy-to-make jewelry designs and variations. The designs in this book run the gamut from always-in-style classics through ethnic, chic, and timely fashions. Beautiful, clear process photos reveal every detail of the construction process. Both the beginning and advanced bead artist will treasure this book.

Chic and Easy Beading

Chic and Easy Beading
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Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2009-02-10
Genre: Beadwork
ISBN: 0871162776

The 56 projects in this third volume in the series are simple and stunning, and most can be completed within a few hours. They cover a variety of accessories from necklaces and bracelets to earrings and rings. A color photograph of the finished piece and a quick intro for inspiration precede the step-by-step instructions. The editors include a section of basics to get novices started. Individual projects include a luxurious scarf necklace, a multistrand twist bracelet, turning wheel earrings, and a lovely silver cascade jewelry set.

Chic and Easy Beading Vol. 2

Chic and Easy Beading Vol. 2
Author: Editors of Bead&Button Magazine
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012-11-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0871167999

Compiled by the editors of Bead&Button and BeadStyle magazines, Chic&Easy Beading Vol. 2 showcases more than 70 fabulous jewelry projects, including projects from the third Chic & Easy special issue. An illustrated basic techniques section includes all the instructions beginners need to get started on these pieces that can be made in a flash with only a few techniques. With the abundance of beads and supplies readily available, Chic&Easy Beading, Vol. 2, makes achieving professional results fast and fun.

Ceramic Bead Jewelry

Ceramic Bead Jewelry
Author: Jennifer Heynen
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1600591426

This is by far the most attractive volume on ceramic bead-making anywhere! Crafters will eagerly snap it up to learn how they can create a variety of striking projects using low-fire clay and a rainbow of colorful glazes. The basic techniques include hand-rolling, cutting, stamping, press-molding, and extruding, as well as surface embellishment, and 30 of the colorful finished jewelry projects are wonderfully simple. Nothing says love more than the flirty urban-hip ring with a metal clay arrow shot through the heart. Mimic the look of traditional majolica with a bohemian chic big-bead necklace that rivals any pricey boutique find. Charming photography captures the colors and textures of a festive, sunny outdoor market, making every page playful, fun, and accessible!

Chic and Easy Beading, Vol. 3

Chic and Easy Beading, Vol. 3
Author: Editors of Bead&Button Magazine
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012-08-29
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627000267

The 56 projects in this third volume in the series are simple and stunning, and most can be completed within a few hours. They cover a variety of accessories from necklaces and bracelets to earrings and rings. A color photograph of the finished piece and a quick intro for inspiration precede the step-by-step instructions. The editors include a section of basics to get novices started. Individual projects include a luxurious scarf necklace, a multistrand twist bracelet, turning wheel earrings, and a lovely silver cascade jewelry set.

Seed Bead Chic

Seed Bead Chic
Author: Amy Katz
Publisher: Union Square & Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: CRAFTS & HOBBIES
ISBN: 9781454708179

"Amy Katz teaches how to make seed bead jewelry projects resembling beautiful fine jewelry. Along with the stunning photography, step-by-step instructions, and beading diagrams, this book will introduce Amy's newly invented beading stitch: the right angle ladder stitch. This book will position primarily toward the dedicated intermediate to advanced audience"--

Earring Chic

Earring Chic
Author: Jennifer Claydon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2011-11-09
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1440314268

Hoops? Dangles? Chandeliers? Yes, yes, and yes! Earring Chic has them all (and more!) and will dazzle you with projects from all of your favorite North Light designers. Heidi Boyd makes great earrings for day, while Margot Potter injects her incomparable whimsy into her pieces and Fernando Dasilva will get you ready for a night on the town. Inside Earring Chic you'll find: • 35 projects by jewelry masters, all hand-selected from our treasury of fabulous projects • Chapters that let you work your way from beginner to advanced. Detailed step-by-step instructions and photos will ensure your success, as will comprehensive techniques and materials sections. • Every style imaginable—stringing, chain mail, wire wrapping and shaping, hammering, beadweaving—they're all here. • Materials from the everyday to the exotic, including glass and plastic beads, wood beads, seed beads, crystals, wire, jump rings, chains, pre-made and custom components and findings. So pick a pair (or two) to make for yourself (you deserve it!) or to give to a friend. Earring Chic will inspire you!