Boyd, Heidi, 1966-

Simply beautiful beaded jewelry : 50 quick and easy projects / Heidi Boyd.

1st ed.

Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, [2006]

©2006

127 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Book

Featuring more than fifty step-by-step projects that incorporate beading materials readily available at any major craft store, a comprehensive guide explains how to create a variety of beaded necklaces, bracelets, accessories, and earrings at any skill level. Original.

Introduction -- Getting started (Beads -- Jewelry findings -- Strining materials -- Tools and materials -- Techniques) -- 2. Necklaces (Summer lariat -- Pretty-in-pink choker -- Berry bead necklace -- Leather choker -- Vintage pearls -- Peridot drop lariat -- Floating beads nacklace -- Crystal garden necklace -- Butterfly dangle choker -- Graduated indigo trio -- Faceted stone pendant necklace -- Double-strand memory wire choker -- Wired pearls necklace -- Cascading teardrops necklace -- Crimped crystals necklace -- Beaded chains -- Silver flowers necklace) -- 2. Bracelets (Button clasp bracelet -- Copper tones bracelet -- Sparkle stone bracelet -- Flat pearl bracelet -- Wired beads bracelet -- Yellow turquoise bracelet -- Stone, glass and pearl thirds bracelet -- Color fall bracelet -- Four strand bracelet -- Chained pearls bracelet -- Beads and baubles bracelet -- Linked memory wire cuff -- Stretchy eye pin bracelet -- Woven carved flower bracelet) -- 3. Earrings (Red hoop earrings -- Stone and chain earrings -- Flower bunch earrings -- Crystal cube earrings -- Twisted leaf earrings -- Chandelier earrings -- Semiprecious earrings -- Pink dangle earrings) -- 4. Accessories (Elegant hair picks -- Hair bauble -- Beaded headband -- Leafy hair comb -- Rhinestone hair elastic -- French flower bobby pins -- Chunky beads badge holder -- Blue flowering anklet -- Brown memory wire ring -- Woven seed bead ring -- Charm watch).

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Beadwork.

Jewelry making.

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