Beaded Jewelry: Create Your Own Style

Author Maya Brenner has designed jewelry for Cameron Diaz, Anne Hathaway, and Reese Witherspoon. Now crafters can create her exclusive designs with simple step-by-step projects that can be done inexpensively at home.

With clear explanations of beading techniques, inspirational color charts, and tips on what equipment (and what not) to buy, Beaded Jewelry gives crafters the know-how to design and make their own unbelievably beautiful jewelry.

A craft book with both style and substance, Beaded Jewelry contains 18 stunning projects, including necklaces, earrings, and bracelets, as well as specially commissioned photographs that clearly show each inspiring step-by-step sequence.

Maya Brenner owns and designs her own successful jewelry line. In 2001, Maya won Fashion Group International's Rising Star Award, joining the ranks of the design industry's most noteworthy newcomers. She is also a designer for Stella & Dot—a direct sales company that retails the trendsetting jewelry that Maya is known for. Maya Brenner's jewelry has been featured in the pages of Lucky, InStyle, People, Daily Candy, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Martha Stewart Weddings, Seventeen, People StyleWatch, Star, Shape, OK!, InTouch, Life & Style, SELF, and Us Weekly. Articles written about her career have appeared on CNN.com and About.com, as well as published in Entrepreneur magazine and the New York Times Style section.