Chic&Easy Beading Vol. 1

Make something beautiful you’ll love to wear! Step-by-step images and instructions walk you through making fashionable beaded necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. These 100+ easy projects include glitzy pieces for wearing on the town, sophisticated styles for the office, and everything in between. Compiled from the first two Chic&Easy annuals and edited by Alice Korach.

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Author: From Bead&Button magazine
Softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 144 pages; 400 color photos; ISBN: 9780890244388

From the editors of Bead&Button magazine.

Introduction 3
Basics of bead stringing 8

NECKLACES
Italian designer necklace 10
Keep it simple 16
Drop everything! 18
Showcasing lampwork beads 22
Lariats, a fashion basic 26
Shimmer aplenty 34
Show it off 36
Awl knotting 37
Making odd ends meet 42
What to do with leftover beads 44
String a vintage look 46
Caged beads 48
Graceful geometrics 52
Chained elegance 56
Knot hard 62
Use French wire for a professional look 64
Beaded links 66
Easy as 1-2-3 68
Summer spirals 72
Create the tribal look 74
String a lariat with pizzazz 80
Fine feathered friends 82
Strand multiplication 88
Centerpiece elegance 90
Y wonder 94
Contemporary accents 100
Liquid silver jewelry ensemble 102
Understated elegance 106
Asymmetry in stone 108
A new look at jeweler’s chain 114
Falling leaves 116
Hooked on pearls 120
Zigzag floral necklace 126
Oodles of pearls 132

EARRINGS
Hoops are hot 13
Chain reaction 28
Hoop dangles 29
Bent-wire fantasia 32
Cause a stir 41
Charmed, I’m sure 55
Cone classics 65
Diamond ball earrings on a budget 70
Chained dangles 77
Feather weights 82
Beaded dangles 84
Teardrop earrings 87
Pearl ribbons 99
Liquid silver jewelry ensemble 102
Asymmetry in stone 108
Mix and match 111
Falling leaves 116
Basic to bold 124
Spiral earrings 135

BRACELETS
Tall or short 14
Time on a beaded strand 20
Mini-pearl dangle bracelet 25
Make your own tennis bracelet 30
Classic multi-strand bracelets 38
Toggles, the perfect clasp 40
Lasso your wrist 50
Unforgettable bracelets 60
Elegant pearl lattice 78
Beaded bangles 84
Woven stone cuff 96
Liquid silver jewelry ensemble 102
Simply linked 105
Understated elegance 106
Asymmetry in stone 108
Delicate dangle bracelets 112
Appliqué cuff 122
Interlocking circles 130

OTHER ACCESSORIES
Pin frills 58
Half-round Roman ring 93
The personal touch 119
Winged brooch 128

Basics 136
Tips & Techniques 140
Index 144