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The box that the necklace came in was unique.The necklace is beautiful.I was surprised it was such a nice gift for the price.I bought it for my granddaughter.I wanted to keep it when I saw it.My daughter loved it also.

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This book is chocked full of patterns. I have purchased two of them, one for me and one for my daughter (who, having seen my copy, wanted one of her own). The book is for beaders who already know how to read the patterns and work the stitches. There is information about making fringes, however. Not an instructional book, but very good for folks looking for more patterns! I recommend this book to beaders who are looking for more (and different) patterns.

I just got this book and I can't wait to get started using the many patterns. The book has about 200 patterns for the different beading techniques (right angle weave, herringbone, brick stitch, loom, etc.) This is the best beading book I have purchased in years. You will not go wrong if you purchase this book and like to bead.

There are so many patterns in here with great ideas for trims and fringes and other great touches for whatever you're doing. What I like is that you get some applications, but a lot of info so that you can come up with your own designs instead of just how to use that technique for a specified piece like many instruction books give you. I tend to make my own stuff rather than follow instructions so that my pieces are one of a kind. Good book for that.

This is a great book for ideas and inspiration. It is full of charts for beautiful patterns, and some amazing projects. She included a good variety of modern and vintage style designs which really fired my imagination.This is not so much a book for learning techniques as it is for getting great ideas for your work.

This book has been helpful to me because I am a beginner and there were things that I did not understand. They used pictures to explain the different sizes, shapes and materials used for beads.

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It is pretty much nonsense that you can make these pieces in a day-- some of them maybe yes, but mostly no. Some of the directions given don't work, and then if you want to make the piece you are on your own. But there are some interesting new ideas.

Like Jackie's later book Metal Clay: The Complete Guide, she totally ignores the fact that there is more than one metal clay product on the market. Why? Because Jackie does not distribute Precious Metal Clay® (PMC) made by Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corporation; she runs Art Clay® World, USA, Inc, distributing Art Clay®, a metal clay product made by Aida Chemical Industries, Ltd. At the very least, she might have discussed the pros and cons of the two companies' products. To ignore PMC® altogether seems too mercenary an approach to writing a project book. I said my peace when panning Jackie's book Metal Clay. The projects shown are somewhat inspirational but the "faux raku" project stands out as just plain economically silly. For "faux raku," Art Clay® Silver paste is applied over terra cotta then, after firing, liver of sulfur is applied for a raku-like patina. It occurred to me that it would be a whole lot less expensive to actually make raku pottery than to make "faux raku" with jewelry-grade silver. Yes, you can do it with Art Clay® but why would you?

The instructions were good and I found the advice great. I am just starting to apply my self to PMC. This book is just what I need. Thanks

Great book. Easy to use. Great ideas for projects. Taught me things that I did not learn in a class I took

This art clay (trade name) book covers what everyone should know that is going to use the Art Clay brand metal clay. The first sections/chapters get the basic stuff down so one can move on to the fun parts making the projects. The pictures are of a good size with large numbers to correspond to the descriptive blurbs. They are of the close up type with little background of the work surface visible. (I do hate it when they show more work surface than the item they are making.) The material lists are well thought out in their content. The glossary and the gemstone characteristic chart is a nice touch. the chart really important in selecting stones to bake with the clay. I own it

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I've never written a review before, but after spending over an hour trying to decipher the sizes (and even the types in 2 cases) of beads in one of the particularly pretty designs, I have finally thrown up my hands. And I am an experienced jewelry maker! It's so odd how some of the beads are named properly and given the appropriate sizes while others are not. How is anyone supposed to work with that? I'm also not all that impressed with most of the designs in this book -- unfortunately there was just this one and one other that I already knew how to do...

Wonderful book for those new to beading. Easy to follow directions have great illustrated drawings. Each project lists a few items(you can jot down before you shop for the items) and don't forget pliers and cutters to put it all together and some sort of clip so the beads don't slide off the string.

The projects in this book are very basic and unimaginative! My five-year-old child can make them!

The title says it. The projects are fairly simple and the authors have some pretty clever ideas. Tools, thread, wire, findings needed are a standard beginning for a how-to book like this. Usually relegated to an appendix are jewelry standards, such as beads per inch, but here they precede bead stringing, knotting and weaving. How to make and use jump rings rates a special mention. Most jewelry-making books neglect the handy jump ring. Pressed for time to make a quick jewelry gift? Yes, check out this book.

I have bought many beading books and have been disappointed in many, but this book in no way disappoints. It offers the same information for beginners on findings and needed supplies that the other books do but has an easier to follow format. All (yes, all ..no duds in this book)of the projects are actually jewelry pieces that I would like to make and own or that can be easly altered to better suit the jewelry maker.