Short description
Offers jewellery patterns that can be customised with a variety of beads and stringing materials - allowing crafters to personalise projects by using the beads of their choice, not just those dictated by the pattern. Based on simple beading techniques, this guide boasts 150 projects, each featuring two bold variations.
Long description
Most beading books have a major flaw. If crafters don't like the beads used in the projects, they won't enjoy the patterns, no matter how beautiful they are. But Susan Beal has untangled this knotty problem. Bead Simple is the first work of its kind that offers stunning jewelry patterns that can be completely customized with a variety of beads and stringing materials. Based on simple, yet effective beading techniques, this strikingly illutsrated pattern guide boasts 150 glittering projects, each featuring two bold variations that can easily be achieved with different materials or tweeks. With such hot guest designers as DIY Network's Jennifer Perkins and Megan Nicolay, author of the bestselling Genration-T, here is the one book that finally offers jewelers the versatility to let their uniuqe personaliities shine through.
Review
Bead Simple is simply fantastic, proving that with a few tools, a couple of easy to learn techniques, and the guidance of Susan Beal's wonderful eye for color and texture, anyone can make beautiful handcrafted jewelry. The projects are absolutely inspiring, and I can't wait to get started myself! -- Debbie Stoller, bestselling author of Stitch 'N Bitch
Bead Simple: 150 Designs for Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets, Embellishments and More, by Susan Beal (Taunton Press, 220 pages, $19.95 paperback): Innovative (and easy) beaded designs that range from classy to campy. Includes projects from dozens of national designers, including a multimedia charm collage by yours truly! -- Crafty Chica Kathy Cano-Murillo, The Arizona Republic