Easy Beading showcases the best projects from the first year of BeadStyle magazine together in one beautiful hardcover volume. Readers will find gorgeous designs that can be made with all sorts of materials — glass beads, gemstones, pearls, crystals, metals, and more — in styles that range from classic to creative. Best of all, these fast, fun fashions require little more than stringing, crimping, and, in some cases, simple wirework. With 101 projects, Easy Beading is sure to inspire.

Easy Beading

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Kalmbach Books

Beginning with a simple lariat made with a flat strip of peyote, Peyote Stitch Beading Projects includes projects and techniques for beaders of all levels, even absolute beginners. With more than 25 of the best peyote projects from Bead&amp;Button magazine, this book has something for every taste. Step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photos guide readers through a wide variety of peyote techniques, including 2- and 3-drop, ruffled, and spiral peyote. Directions for bracelets, necklaces, pins, purses, and home decor objects fill this inspiring volume.

Best of Bead and Button: Peyote Stitch

A complete primer on beading, Best of Bead&amp;Button: Get Started Beading instructs readers in the basics of beadwork. Bead stringing, wirework, and the most common bead stitches — peyote, brick, square, herringbone, and right-angle weave — are presented through clear instructions, photos, and illustrations. Stylish accessories illustrate each technique. With more than 45 fabulous projects — from simple strung necklaces to multi-strand bracelets and spiral wire embellishments — this volume is packed with great information and ideas.

Get Started Beading (Best of Bead & Button Magazine)

It's as easy to use as modeling clay. Fire it, and it turns to pure silver: It's metal clay magic! Nana Mizushima's playful approach shows how this fantastic medium allows anyone to craft items in silver. Features more than 25 imaginative, appealing projects for beads, earrings, pendants, bookmarks, pet tags, little boxes, origami, and more.

Metal Clay Magic

Mizushima, Nana V

Jewelry artist Jeanne Rhodes-Moen demystifies the process of making filigree jewelry in this clear and thorough guide. Packed with dazzling full-color photos, Silver Threads features detailed, illustrated instructions for twelve stunning projects that range from simple pendants to more complex necklaces. The author also includes tips for planning original filigree designs.

Silver Threads

Rhodes-Moen, Jeanne

Compiled by the editors of Bead&amp;Button and BeadStyle magazines, Chic &amp; Easy Beading, Vol. 2, showcases more than 60 fabulous jewelry projects, including projects from the third Chic &amp; Easy special issue. An illustrated basic techniques section includes all the instructions beginners need to get started on these pieces that can be made in a flash with only a few techniques. With the abundance of beads and supplies readily available, Chic &amp; Easy makes achieving professional results fast and fun.

Chic and Easy Beading Vol. 2

This book showcases the best projects from the second year of BeadStyle magazine. Readers will find gorgeous designs made from beads that are now widely available, including crystals, gemstones, glass, metal, and more. Best of all, these fast, fun fashions require little more than stringing and crimping. With more than 95 projects, Easy Beading, Volume 2 contains lasting inspiration.

Easy Beading Vol. 2

Creative Beading is a fine addition to any beader’s library. It showcases nearly 90 wonderful projects selected from the pages of Bead&amp;Button magazine, plus contributors' tips and techniques. Full-color photography and thorough step-by-step instructions accompany each editor-tested project. From easy strung bracelets to sleek crocheted bead ropes, there’s a project to excite and inspire everyone.

Creative Beading

Readers will be inspired by more than 25 outstanding stitched-bead projects from Bead&amp;Button magazine in Beadwoven Jewelry. Instructions for making earrings, bracelets, and necklaces include easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and images. Various techniques—netting, herringbone stitch, peyote stitch, loomweaving, and more—are explained in detail to help readers complete projects that will appeal to experienced and novice beaders alike.

Best of Bead and Button: Beadwoven Jewelry

Here readers will find more than 30 great, attention-getting necklaces that range in style from fancy to fanciful. The reader will explore the basics of stringing, stitching, and wirework techniques with detailed instructions and clear step-by-step photos. The book also includes innovative ways to use focal beads, combine textures, and add finishing touches.

Best of Bead and Button: Beaded Necklaces (The Best of Bead & Button Magazine)

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