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A Quartet of Earrings eProject
Pick a fiber to match your outfit and then knot together any—or all—of these four great designs: Blue Furnace Glass, Trees in a Forest, Stone Donut Earrings, and Yellow Earrings with Beaded Fringe. From the Lark Crafts book Bead & Fiber Jewelry (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-231-7), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-907-1).
1 issue / $3.49 NZ
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All-in-One Beading Buddy
Make all your beading projects sparkle with the aid of this easy-to-use ultimate beading reference tool.
1 issue / $13.99 NZ
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Beaded Bangle eProject
Join a beaded length of right angle weave over a rubber cord, and you can make this handsome bangle. This project includes the tips, techniques, and illustrations that will set you on your way. From the Lark Crafts book Marcia DeCoster's Beaded Opulence (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-292-8 ), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-739-8).
1 issue / $3.49 NZ
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Beading with Cabochons
With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry. It's the only current, comprehensive guide to working with cabochons--a flat piece of rock or mineral--and it covers all the basics, along with a range of new creative techniques and hot trends. Find out which tools and materials to use, which beads work best, and how to wrap them round the stones. Craft turned, pointed, twisted, brick stitch, ruffled, or scalloped edges, or add decorative fringe. For something dramatic, combine more than one cabochon in a single piece. Or, instead of natural stone, use dichroic glass or other found objects. Make a glittering brooch, funky bracelets, a wearable art necklace, and other showstoppers.
1 issue / $18.65 NZ
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Beading with Crystals
Bicones, buttons, drops, rhinestones. Glittering and colorful, these and other multi-faceted glass crystal beads have become the jewelry maker’s material of choice. They’re the star of the show in this sparkling entry in the Beading with series, which features a fabulous combination of both simple and more complex projects. Crafters start their creative journey by learning basic techniques, including stringing and simple wirework (looping, wrapping, coiling). Then they’re ready to start making pieces that range from a necklace of matte metal beads and shimmering crystals to a captivating pair of chandelier earrings. Sophisticated jewelry findings accent the finished pieces, and detailed illustrations make the process easy and successful for beginners. A Selection of the Crafter's Choice Book Club.
1 issue / $29.10 NZ
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Beading with Gemstones
Beading doesn’t get more elegant than this, with such gleaming gems as amethyst, quartz, and lapis lazuli. Valérie MacCarthy—whose work graces the pages of high fashion magazines around the world—has created a magnificent collection of sophisticated, unique jewelry. The 30 projects include bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings, and they tend to the playful and colorful. In addition, an entire section is dedicated to the different stones and their properties, including their spiritual and healing aspects. But what will really entice intermediate jewelers, beaders, and other general crafters are the pieces themselves: a balloon ring, festooned with seed pearls; chandelier earrings with sparkling, dangling stones; and a fireworks necklace of citrine, peridot, and apatite.
1 issue / $18.65 NZ
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Beading with World Beads
The newest entry in Lark’s popular Beading with… series goes international and multicultural, with more than 30 dazzling jewelry projects that showcase popular "tribal” and “ethnic" beads. This lavishly illustrated volume offers an introduction to scores of different beads, illustrates all the basic techniques, and presents both beginner and intermediate projects.
1 issue / $18.65 NZ
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Bird Combs eProject
Inspired by old millinery decorations, these hair combs are beautifully delicate. Make them with wire, beads, and tiny glass birds and flowers, and you’ll immediately have heirloom pieces to treasure. From the Lark Crafts book French-Inspired Jewelry (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-096-2), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-805-0).
1 issue / $3.49 NZ
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Bugle Bead Bonanza
Popular beader Jamie Cloud Eakin uses bugle beads to make her fun, fantastic pieces, and she’s showing other crafters how they can do it too! Each of the 30 beautiful projects is wonderfully simple, and explained in an easy-to-follow basics section. The gorgeous creations include an elegant Victorian Choker, colorful Parallel Weave Bracelet, and black-and-white Pouch with Pizzazz.
1 issue / $15.16 NZ
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Chainmail Woven Cuff eProject
Your materials and tools: dark green and white rubber O-rings, gold jump rings, and pliers. Your result: an intricately woven bracelet that will look spectacular on your wrist. From the Lark Crafts book Link It! (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-156-3), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-806-7).
1 issue / $3.49 NZ
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Creative Silver Chains
Silver chains are the backbone of any jewelry collection and these distinctive designs have those special handmade touches that machine-made jewelry just can't match--magnificent hammered silver, intriguingly complex links, and common motifs twisted into charming patterns. And anyone can craft them, with this extensively illustrated introduction that explains all the basics, from link formation to soldering and polishing. There's additional information on pivots and joinery, and even how to consider the effect of gravity on the finished piece as it rests on the body. Try the Geometric Chain, comprised of varied wire forms that rest in the crooks of their neighboring links, or the Spine design, which utilizes flattened wire and unique pivoting joinery. A gallery of contemporary chains provides inspiration.
1 issue / $23.27 NZ
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Diane Fitzgerald's Shaped Beadwork
Master beader Diane Fitzgerald teaches her award-winning techniques for creating gorgeous, geometric jewelry. Twenty truly stunning projects, all using the peyote stitch, come in a variety of flat and dimensional shapes. Contemporary and breathtaking, these beadwoven pieces are perfect for the intermediate crafter—but with such clear and detailed instructions, even beginners will give them a try!
1 issue / $18.65 NZ
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Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Cover-Button Jewelry
Create a charmingly embellished fabric button necklace, bracelet, pin, earrings, purse, or other accessories in just a few hours.
1 issue / $11.66 NZ
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Felt Bead Necklace & Earrings eProject
Colorful felt beads let you create this soft and funky necklace in no time. You can add sparkle by sewing a few iridescent seed beads to each. From the Lark Crafts book Bead Love (printed book ISBN:978-1-57990-962-8), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-908-8).
1 issue / $3.49 NZ
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Felted Jewelry
Felting is not just for fashion—it’s great for jewelry too! Plus, the craft’s quick, easy, and inexpensive: all you need is wool, soap, water, your hands, and a sense of fun. Aimed at both general crafters and jewelry artists, this rich collection--now in paperback--offers an accessible introduction to the important techniques, including forming a flat sheet of felt; shaping the felt ball; adding embellishments; and stringing and wirework. Plus, it’s packed with trendy beading and needlework ideas. The jewelry box of 20 boutique-worthy projects features boldly colored stickpins, bracelets, and sassy cherry and berry dangling earrings.
1 issue / $11.66 NZ
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French-Inspired Jewelry
Celebrated designer Kaari Meng—owner of the Hollywood-based store, French General—invites beaders along to learn all about her distinctive French flea market style. Meng’s projects charm with their vintage flair and feminine beauty, yet all require very little experience to make. Follow Kaari as she digs through her vast personal archives of classic beads and creates unique pieces; along the way she teaches all the basic techniques, from simple wirework to bezel setting, and explains how to build a bead collection, develop a palette, and get exquisite results from easy-to-find reproduction beads. All the chapters are organized by places of inspiration throughout the French countryside, each with its own color scheme and special necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and hair ornaments to craft.
1 issue / $23.27 NZ
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Glass Ring Necklace and Earrings eProject
Link up glass rings and beads with gold chain and findings to create a unique and elegant necklace. Each matching earring features a dangling bird swooping through a ring of glass. From the Lark Crafts book Marcia DeCoster's Beaded Opulence (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-292-8 ), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-739-8).
1 issue / $3.49 NZ
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Leather Jewelry
Jewelers who haven’t yet added leather to their arsenal can look right here to see what they’re missing! Not only is it colorful, versatile, pliant, and elegant, but leather works beautifully as both a component part (combined with metal findings or beads) and as the single featured material. These 30 stunning projects, made from leather and fur, have a refined and pretty style that’s neither camp crafts nor biker tough. They cover the entire range of ornamentation: earrings, necklaces, bracelets, cuffs, rings, hair accessories and a brooch.
1 issue / $15.16 NZ
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Marcia DeCoster's Beaded Opulence
The newest addition to the Beadweaving Master Class series presents 24 jewelry designs from renowned teacher Marcia DeCoster. They all feature the popular right angle weave stitch, and eager beaders will learn how to use it to create fabulous effects. These pieces, from the Etruscan Treasure necklace to the Fanfare bracelet, are fine art. Also Available: Diane Fitzgerald’s Shaped Beadwork.
1 issue / $29.10 NZ
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Masters: Beadweaving
The Masters series offers an engaging and up-to-date survey of the finest contemporary work by approximately 40 leading artists in specific media. Beadweaving takes the spotlight here, and each highlighted master takes center stage in an informative eight-page feature that includes nearly a dozen gorgeous photos and a short essay by the curator placing the impressive work and its creator in context.
1 issue / $18.65 NZ
