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Bead One, Pray Too
A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads
by Kimberly Winston
 “In stories and in pictures, Bead One, Pray Too will show how people of all faith traditions use prayer beads as a spiritual tool and a means of expressing their creativity.
This book will provide a background to prayer beads from all the world’s religions – their history, their use, and their specific prayers. It will also describe in detail and with diagrams how to make sets of payer beads for personal use. Every major world religion has a tradition of praying with beads and all of them will be explored.. Continued
Metal Clay – Beyond the Basics
by Carol A. Babineau
 “Metal clay artistry with no limits!
Are you ready for the next wave of artistic, wearable jewelry made from fantastic metal clay? Make it yourself with this book as your guide.
Author Carol A. Babineau reaches far beyond the expected into wonderfully creative applications of this very accessible medium. She presents 24 projects in five jewelry categories – earrings, bracelets, pendants, pinks, and toggles and clasps. Everything you need to know is here, with thorough step-by-step written instructions and accompanying photographs. The choice is yours: Follow the project as outlines or transform it with your own preferences of color, texture, size, and shape for jewelry that’s truly your own. Continued
The Temptation to Bead Fulfills a Need
Book Review Written by Ann Turner
 I saw this book and I found it irresistible. In her new book Delica Beaded Jewelry, Alice Korach has shown me a way to fulfill a need I never knew I had! Alice has led me to the next step on my beading path; the middle way, with Miyuki 10/0 Delica beads. This wonderful book will lead you to a more versatile, sculptural way of working with beads by exploiting the subtle difference between the sizes of the beads. Whether the objective is flat or dimensional, this new size has a place in your stash, and Alice has demonstrated how to exploit their properties within seven fantastic projects.
I am by circumstance more of a bead stringer than a bead weaver or stitcher. This is because I have a very busy life with 3 jobs. I am often too impatient to follow through on long-term projects when I may have only a few stolen hours a week to devote to an avocation. However, I have been beading for more than 40 years because I truly enjoy the process and the peaceful focus I can achieve when working with small beads. Beading is my therapy. Also, I love my creative outcomes. Continued
 Beadalicious
by Sonya Nimri
“Those may be your grandmother’s beads, but this is not your grandmother’s jewelry!
 Beadalicious is a deliciously creative approach to turning beads old and new into lush, colorful earrings, necklaces, hair ornaments, and much more! In twenty-five fresh, fun fabulous projects, author and crafting goddess Sonya Nimri breaks out of the same old jewelry-making mold, inspiring you to create mouthwatering pieces out of both vintage and store-bough materials. Take a clunky 1970s necklace and recombine the elements with new beads and charms for an updated, colorful bracelet. Cut up an outdated 1960s chain necklace and turn it into a pair of fashion-forward earrings. Or, go shopping and revel in the luscious assortment of beads available today! Whatever your style, you’ll find creative suggestions for turning beads, charms, and chains into knockout pieces. A breakdown of basic techniques and clear step-by-step directions make it easy for even beginning beaders. So gather your best beads and trinkets and let your creative juices flow! Continued
Simply Modern Jewelry
by Danielle Fox
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“Simply Modern Jewelry is the quick and easy guide to making fashionable necklaces, bracelets, and earrings that express personal style. Danielle Fox, editor of Stringing magazine, shares her expertise on how to create simple yet unforgettable accessories for the fashionable DIY crowd. All the designs reflect a modern sensibility: crystals and chain combine in dramatic baroque-style chandelier earrings; charms, pearls, and photo frames come together in an inspired bracelet; novel bottle-cap beads work up into a sassy one-of-a-kind bracelet. Continued
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