Beaded Jewelry With Found Objects: Incorporate Anything From Buttons To Shells
by Carole Rodgers /
2004 / English / PDF
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With the more than 30 original projects featured in Beaded Jewelry
with Found Objects, and the inspiration to create more, readers are
able to match designer jewelry?reflective of their impeccable
taste?with each outfit they own! Professional designer and
self-proclaimed ?Beadaholic,? Carole Rodgers enthusiastically
shares a striking new approach to the age-old hobby of
beading?transforming easily obtainable household objects into
distinctive, one-of-a-kind wearable jewelry designs. Using items
that can be found in hardware stores, fishing tackle stores, flea
markets, glass items, game pieces, cabochons, and other natural
objects, readers of all skill levels will be beading gifts as
individual as themselves. Projects, such as the Amethyst Crystal
Necklace?made with a pie-shaped slice of amethyst crystal on a
chain of amethyst and lavender seed beads, are photographed and
accompanied by clear instructions. Basic skills, such as stitches,
making neck straps and fringes, and beading around the objects used
in the projects, are also explained with detailed, step-by-step
instructions.
With the more than 30 original projects featured in Beaded Jewelry
with Found Objects, and the inspiration to create more, readers are
able to match designer jewelry?reflective of their impeccable
taste?with each outfit they own! Professional designer and
self-proclaimed ?Beadaholic,? Carole Rodgers enthusiastically
shares a striking new approach to the age-old hobby of
beading?transforming easily obtainable household objects into
distinctive, one-of-a-kind wearable jewelry designs. Using items
that can be found in hardware stores, fishing tackle stores, flea
markets, glass items, game pieces, cabochons, and other natural
objects, readers of all skill levels will be beading gifts as
individual as themselves. Projects, such as the Amethyst Crystal
Necklace?made with a pie-shaped slice of amethyst crystal on a
chain of amethyst and lavender seed beads, are photographed and
accompanied by clear instructions. Basic skills, such as stitches,
making neck straps and fringes, and beading around the objects used
in the projects, are also explained with detailed, step-by-step
instructions.
