Jewelry Making & Beading For Dummies | 
 enlarge | Authors: Heather Dismore, Tammy Powley
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 18055
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0764525719
Dewey Decimal Number: 739.27
EAN: 9780764525711
ASIN: 0764525719
Publication Date: December 31, 2004
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Product Description
Features step-by-step projects and full-color examples Create unique jewelry to wear with everything from jeans to a ball gown! Want to make your own jewelry? This easy-to-follow guide gives you lots of hands-on instruction in making simple, fabulous jewelry and working with beads. From wire wrapping and knotting to weaving and polishing, you'll get all the skills you need to make necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pins, key chains, wine charms and items for the home. Discover how to - Create funky and elegant designs
- Work with leather, silver, and stones
- String, knot, and weave beads
- Avoid common mistakes
- Host a trendy jewelry party
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Great Book! July 14, 2008
I have 4 or 5 beading books and this is my favorite. It really answers the questions you might have if you are a beginner beader unlike many of the other books that claim they are for beginners. Great Book!
 Jewelry making for Dummies March 26, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not good! I was hoping for ideas for beginners. I'm not to creative and thought it might have some examples or ideas. Totally dissapointed.
Another great Dummies book! January 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is full of information as the Dummies series always is. I always trust that I'll get a good product when I order a Dummies book. A+
The Dummies do it again. January 6, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The problem with the "For Dummies" series of books is that they are too simple for advanced users, but leave out the incredibly basic information that is essential for beginners. "Jewelry Making and Beading for Dummies" is no exception to this rule. This book provides supposedly step-by-step instructions for making a number of jewellery projects but glosses over many of the details that are essential if you have never used some of the techniques before. For example, I purchased this book because I was interested in pearl knotting. Although this book does include a small section on this topic, it does not include instructions on how to attach the clasp to the string. It merely tells you to do so.
Other drawbacks of this book are that the pictures are in black and white (with the exception of a small number of colour plates), and techniques are demonstrated using difficult to understand illustrations rather than actual photographs. Oh, and none of the projects in this book are particularly exciting either. Many of them depend on being able to obtain a specific type of bead to look any good, which my recently acquired experience has taught me is easier said than done.
The Best Book For Beading December 5, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have never purchased a book in the Dummies series but I happened to be at a bookstore and noticed Jewelry Making and Beading for Dummies. I was just starting out in beading and so I began to peruse the pages and decided this was the book I wanted! To me this book should be THE BIBLE for any one just starting to bead. Ms. Powley starts her book with easy projects, which gives the novice beader confidence, her instructions are easy to follow, and there is a glossary of terms in back of the book that is quiet useful. The book also has plenty of pictures so you get a chance to see how your jewelry looks as you follow her directions.
As a side note, the librarian at our local library knows my passion for beading
and asked what book the library should have for the novice beader. I said "Jewelry Making and Beadiing for
Dummies". It now graces the bookshelf at the library. It is getting dog eared but still it keeps on beinging checked out. It also graces my book shelf and I often reach for it. Worth every penny of my hard earned
money, and if you can get it on sale, with the money you saved you can buy more beads!
Sharon (Wannabe Beader)
Some where in Texas.
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