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

How to create unique and imaginative jewelry to wear with everything from jeans to a ball gown! Packed with detailed illustrations and photos throughout, including eight pages in full color, this easy-to-follow guide helps novices get up to speed on basic jewelry-making skills and includes lots of hands-on instruction for today's most popular jewelry craft, working with beads. It includes designs ranging from funky to elegant and step-by-step projects throughout. Catherine Siroka (Riverside, CT) is a headpiece and tiara designer who runs a jewelry company, Princessbands. Heather Dismore (Springfield, MO) is a veteran For Dummies editor and author.

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

Heather Dismore is a veteran For Dummies author who is actively involved in crafting jewelry.

Tammy Powley designs and maintains content for About.com?s jewelry making Web site.

2008-03-31 ok

the book is packed full if ideas, but is a bit advanced for the beginner in some places. quite helpful though a bit 'wordy'