| Jewelry Making & Beading for Dummies
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| | So Parts 1 and 2 take up about half of
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| was first published in 2005 and is
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| | the book and really cover everything you
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| probably the most popular book available
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| | need to know as a beginner. I should also
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| for teaching beginners about the basics
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| | mention that there are simple projects
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| of jewelry making and beading.
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| | spread throughout both sections so that
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| When the book was published a few years
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| | you can practice what you are learning as
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| back I had already been making jewelry
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| | you go along.
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| for quite some time so I wasn't really
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| | Looking at this from the perspective of a
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| interested in getting it.
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| | complete beginner, I think Parts 1 and 2
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| Now that I focus more on teaching jewelry
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| | of the book are all you really need.
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| making I am always looking for jewelry
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| | Part 3 of the book consists primarily of
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| making information that can help
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| | beading projects, and while they are all
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| beginners, so I decided to get the book
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| | very nice pieces of jewelry, there are
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| and review it.
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| | very few graphics showing step by step
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| Here is an overview of the contents of
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| | how to make the pieces. In my experience
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| the book and my opinion about each
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| | working with beginners I think many would
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| section. If you are new to beading and/or
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| | find it difficult to make these pieces
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| jewelry making I hope you will find this
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| | without detailed instructions or hands-on
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| useful.
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| | help like a class or video.
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| The book is divided into five parts: Part
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| | So if I were a beginner, I would learn
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| 1: Creating Irresistible Jewelry, Part 2:
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| | everything in Parts 1 and 2, and put the
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| Discovering Simple Jewelry-Making
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| | book on the shelf for a while, and then
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| Techniques, Part 3: Implementing Design
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| | maybe revisit Part 3 later after I had
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| Ideas, Trends, and More, Part 4: Building
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| | gained more experience.
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| on Your Jewelry Making Hobby, and Part 5:
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| | Part 4, in my opinion, goes off on a
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| The Part of Tens.
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| | tangent that I don't think has much to do
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| The first part, Creating Irresistible
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| | with learning beading and jewelry making.
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| Jewelry, covers from A to Z everything a
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| | Things are covered like how to decorate
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| beginner needs to know about the
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| | other objects with beads, making jewelry
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| different strings, chords, and wire
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| | with kids, hosting a jewelry party, and
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| options available. There is also a
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| | tips for what to do if you want to turn
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| complete explanation of the basic jewelry
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| | your jewelry making hobby into a
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| making tools and the different kinds of
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| | business.
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| connectors (head pins, eye pins, jump
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| | I will say that the part about turning
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| rings, etc.) and clasps.
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| | your jewelry making hobby into a business
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| There is also a very comprehensive
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| | has some very good tips, especially on
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| explanation about bead types, crystal
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| | how to correctly price your jewelry. It
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| beads, pearls, and stones. A small
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| | shows you how to make sure that you
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| section is also dedicated to explaining
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| | include a cost for how long it takes you
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| where you can find jewelry making
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| | to make a jewelry piece. Most jewelry
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| materials both online and offline.
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| | makers forget to do this and it leads
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| The section finishes with a chapter
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| | them to significantly underprice their
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| dedicated to explaining how to best set
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| | jewelry.
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| up your workspace.
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| | The final section, Part 5: The Part of
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| So Part 1 of the book is basically a
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| | Tens is so named because it gives you
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| description of "what" whereas Part 2,
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| | three chapters of Top Tens. The first top
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| Discovering Simple Jewelry-Making
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| | 10 is jewelry suppliers. It is good but a
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| Techniques, gets into the "how."
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| | little dated. New suppliers have emerged
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| Not surprisingly, it starts with
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| | since the book was published that are
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| stringing and knotting and how to use
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| | better than some listed in the book.
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| crimps. The next chapter is dedicated to
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| | The second top 10 is common jewelry
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| Bead Weaving and focuses primarily on
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| | making mistakes to avoid and has very
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| weaving with seed beads.
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| | good tips for avoiding mistakes that
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| I thought it was a little unusual to
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| | beginners commonly make.
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| focus so much on seed beads as there are
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| | The third top 10 is ideas for making
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| many beautiful pieces you can make
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| | money selling your jewelry. There are
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| weaving with beads other than seed beads.
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| | some very good ideas in this section.
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| So I think this chapter could be greatly
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| | Overall, I would recommend this book to
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| improved by showing more details in that
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| | beginners as a good resource to get
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| area, but still it does cover basic
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| | started. But keep in mind that if you're
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| weaving patterns.
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| | learning style is more suited to learning
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| Part 2 ends with a chapter on wire
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| | by seeing things in action then you may
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| wrapping which includes how to choose
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| | have trouble actually learning beading by
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| wire, basic wire wrapping techniques, and
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| | looking at this book simply because there
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| a nice section on how to use a wire jig.
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| | are not a lot of "how to" graphics.
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