Best Book of Beading

Bead jewelry, purses, bottles, accessories, and more with confidence!

If you love to bead or want to learn to bead, Best Book of Beading is packed with dozens of ideas for making beaded jewelry, bottles, purses, accessories, and even decorations for your home. Learn how to use seed beads, bugle and glass beads, bead wire, and jewelry findings to create exciting projects for any occasion.

Inside you will find:

• Beading for jewelry and home decor with ideas for bottles, purses, accessories, and more
• Tools and materials guidance including beading wire, needles, and a helpful tools list
• Jewelry findings reference including ear wires, ear posts, ear loops, larger ear hoops, crimp beads, clasps, head pins, eye pins, jump rings, and pin backs
• Bead selection inspiration featuring an array of stunning beads and advice on mixing and matching the best beads for any project
• Storage tips for keeping beads organized using small parts boxes, medicine bottles, or baby food jars

Explore a huge variety of beads and how to use them, 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 for dainty jewelry or spacers, pastel-colored seed beads for a soft appearance, brightly-colored primary seed beads, plus gold, clear, and crystal beads.

Create expensive-looking fashion favorites with a romantic flair and learn exactly how easy it is to bead high fashion amulet bags, earrings, bracelets, and more with free needle, loom, and netting techniques. Just follow the never-fail instructions and start beading projects you will be proud to wear, share, and display.

Janie Ray is a native of Fort Worth, Texas and enjoys patchwork, beading, gardening, and knotting hemp.

Virginia Reynolds is a published wedding and floral designer.