Best Book of Beading by Janie Ray

Best Book of Beading by Janie Ray

If you love to bead or want to learn to bead, here are dozens of ideas for making beaded jewelry, bottles, purses, accessories, and more. Learn to use seed beads, bugle and glass beads, bead wire, and jewelry findings to make exciting projects to wear and even decorate your home. Here is essential information on beading wire, needles, and more. Learn which kind of special hooks are needed for earrings, such as ear wires, ear posts, ear loops, and larger ear hoops. See what crimp beads, clasps, head pins, eye pins, jump rings, and pin backs look like. With the information here, you can bead almost anything from bottles to purses as well as beautiful jewelry for any occasion. Best Book of Beading shows off an array of stunning beads, including large glass beads shot through with random lines and flecks of color, solid beads with a clear overlay that are perfect for chunky necklaces or bangles, pearl white seed beads that are perfect for dainty jewelry or to be used as spacers, pastel-colored seed beads that make for a soft appearance on any beaded piece of artwork, and brightly-colored primary seed beads. This book helps you learn how to mix and match the best beads for any project. The book also shows off a selection of gold, clear, and crystal beads. There is advice about how best to store your beads using what you might already have available, such as small parts boxes, medicine bottles, or baby food jars. Best Book of Beading offers a list of helpful tools as well as how to make expensive-looking fashion jewelry, accessories, and home decorations.

Linda Rocamontes is a flower, candle, rag basket, leather, and Southwestern feather artist with over 22 years of experience in the craft sector and over 25 published works. She specializes in florals, candles, rag baskets, leather, and Southwestern feather arts. Virginia Reynolds is a well-known flower and wedding designer.