Item #: BKG-BASICS

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A complete illustrated approach for beginner and advanced designers by Debbie Kanan. It includes Beading Basics, Wire Techniques, Using leather or Satin Cord, Seed Beads, Materials and Tools. It has lots of drawings showing exact directions and tools plus colored pictures of finished items. This book continues to be one of the most popular beginning bead jewelry books that has been written on the subject. Softcover, 89 pages. You will find that this book has a wider scope of techniques and subjects than the "Step-by-Step Bead Stringing" book (by Poris), above.

Item #: BKG-BDWEAVE

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This is another book from the writers of the "Bead & Button" magazine group, a clearly written short-subject book in their "Easy Does It" series. This book focuses on bead weaving projects for people who want to learn Peyote stitch (tubular and flat), Ndebele herringbone stitch (tubular and flat), brick stitch, square stitch and twisted fringe. It also covers subjects such as creating a beaded bezel for a cabochon. 17 pages of instructions, clear photographs and helpful figure drawings. Nine projects are included.

Item #: BKG-BDWIRE

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This book comes from the writers of the "Bead & Button" magazine group. It is one of the clearly written short-subject books in their "Easy Does It" series. This book focuses on combining beads with wire to make stunning and unique jewelry. Projects include custom making bails for gemstone donuts, making your own clasps from wire, making jewelry using a wire jig, a wire and bead cuff bracelet and making a beaded chain using jump rings. 17 pages of instructions, clear photographs and helpful figure drawings. Nine projects are included.

Item #: BKG-COILWIRE

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You'll learn several new and easy techniques for making coiled wire beads and find dozens of ideas for using the beads in finished necklaces, bracelets and earrings by LeRoy Goertz. A "Coiling Gizmo" colored wire, beading wire and pliers ... that's all you need to create your own unique jewelry collection! Total of 20 pages filled with color pictures showing methods, tools and results.

Item #: BKG-ILLUSION

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Imagine dainty elegant and colorful beads floating around your neck, wrist or from your earlobes. Little glints of gems that appear to have no foundation except the air iteself. That's what Illusion Jewelry is all about - light and airy jewelry! It's so easy to create the latest fashion craze. All you need are bead stringing wire or nylon thread and beads. Dozens of ideas for pins, necklaces and earrings. Designs from elegant to funky ... bead combinations and colors to fit every taste. Total of 20 pages filled with color pictures showing methods, tools and results by Joann Pearson & Delores Frantz.

Item #: BKG-STEP

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A very complete and focused book on bead stringing by Ruth Poris. This book has great hand-drawn illustrations that are very simple and clear. You will find more information on material selection and tool selection (for beadstringing) in this book than in the "Basics of Beadstringing" book (Kanan). Softcover, 45 pages, 21st printing (2002).

Item #: BKG-TIPS

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This book from the writers of the "Bead & Button" magazine group in their "Easy Does It" series is another excellent addition to your bead book library. It is also a good companion book to augment any basic stringing book. The focus in this volume is on tips to make your jewelry easier to assemble and better constructed. Topic areas include Stringing, Needles, Thread, Bead Crochet, Beadweaving, Organization & Storage, Beads, Wirework, and several others. 17 pages of instructions, clear photographs and helpful figure drawings.

Item #: BKP-FWPJWL

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This book, by Nicole Noelle Sherman, describes a variety of "high style" designer jewelry focusing on freshwater pearls. A number of the designs use faceted semi-precious gemstone to highlight the pearls. One large section of the book is devoted to custom wedding jewelry for the entire bridal party. Sherman makes good use of the contemporary pearl shapes such as round and shaped coin pearls, stick pearls, keishe pearls and teardrop pearls. A section on basic jewelry construction techniques is provided; projects run from simple to average difficulty. Project instructions are detailed and good illustrations are provided. Design styles range from "classic" to "bohemian". 8.5x11", soft cover, full color, 128 pages.

Item #: BKP-PRLPRL

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This books comes from the writers of the "Bead and Button" magazine group. It is one of the clearly written short-subject books in their "Easy Does It" series. This book focuses on combining pearls with other beads (gemstone, precious metal, glass) to make contemporary jewelry designs. There are also projects using Pearls and Sterling Silver wire to make stunning and unique jewelry. Projects include a chocker design incorporating a pendant centerpiece, necklaces using focal toggles and stick pearls, a peyote stitch bracelet weaving pearls and seed beads together, and a knotting project using round and teardrop pearls in a unique pattern (shown on cover). Soft cover, 17 pages of instructions, clear photographs and helpful figure drawings. Ten projects are included.

Item #: BKP-PRLSTR

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If you'd like to learn the technique of making traditional pearl necklaces with the thread knotted between each pearl, this is the book for you. The author goes into great detail about knotting techniques using very clear line-drawn illustrations for each step. She also covers topics such as tool and stringing material selection, attaching clasps, using "French Wire", re-stringing pearls, using pearl shorteners and pin attachments, and a number of other related topics. By Henrietta Virchick, soft cover, 78 text pages plus additional reference pages and 9 full-color picture pages.