Simply Beautiful Beading - Softcover

Boyd, Heidi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581805632 ISBN 13: 9781581805635

Publisher: North Light Books, 2004

Synopsis

Blend your creative spirit with the quick and easy projects found inside Simply Beautiful Beading

From casual to sophisticated, and everything in between, you'll find beading designs to fit your personal style. Inside, you'll discover 53 simple yet stylish beading projects for exquisite jewelry, accessories and home decor, including:

• modern glass bead chokers
• semiprecious stone set
• charm bracelets
• wired-pearl barrettes
• wineglass charms
• hanging votive candle holder
• and more than 35 variation projects for even more simply beautiful ideas!

About this title

About the Author:

Heidi Boyd is a freelance artist, creative designer, and photo stylist. She has been published in Better Homes and Gardens Simply Handmade and in Disney's FamilyFun magazine. She contributes regularly to Meredith craft book publications, including Quick and Easy Christmas, Incredibly Awesome Crafts for Kids, and 501 Fun to Make Family Crafts. Heidi is also the author of North Light's Fairy Crafts, Pet Crafts, and Wizard Crafts. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa.

From Booklist:

In the introductory sentence, Boyd zeroes in on the appeal of beads: besides their magpie-attracting dazzle, these materials prompt a creative leap, even in those who don't consider themselves arty. She plays to our love of the aesthetic, presenting materials, methods, and 40 projects in easy-to-grasp, follow-the-leader information and instructions. In design principles, for instance, she lays out five simple rules, no more, no less--lay out beads before stringing, use color effectively, pair different bead varieties and sizes, use nonsymmetrical designs, and string random beads. Projects are divided into three categories: jewelry, accessories, and home accents. All include the requisite data, from color photographs and directions to possible variations, which she dubs "Another Simply Beautiful Idea." It'll be hard to decide, should you attempt a knotted leather bracelet, a beaded box, or wire-wrapped branches for decorating? Ah, the possibilities--fueled, in part, by the popularity of Jay Strongwater's expensive beaded home accessories. First volume in the Simply Beautiful series. Barbara Jacobs
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About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1581805632
• ISBN 13: 9781581805635
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128