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Top 10 Beaded Jewelry Project Books

By Sherri Osborn, About.com

Here are some books that will help you learn how to make unique beaded jewelry. Beginners and more advanced crafters should find something to their liking!

1. Beading for the First Time

Arranged in a Q & A format, this handbook covers all the basics: different types of beads, tools, materials, techniques for 18 easy projects (each building on the one before), and 14 more challenging ones.
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2. Treasury of Beaded Jewelry

This book claims to have something for everyone, projects beginners to advanced craftsers will enjoy. Provides patterns for necklaces, chokers, bracelets, earrings, belts, pouches and headbands.
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3. Bead Girl

A pattern book that includes a bead kit. The translucent cover reveals 12 multicolored clear plastic pouches of beads and beading materials. Includes 25 projects including a 10-minute necklace, a crystal flower napkin ring, a twisted tiara, a power ponytail tie, split-second earrings, a starlight starbright ornament, and much more.
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4. Jazzy Jewelry

Projects include fringed bobby pins, a seed-bead lattice ring, a lattice choker with dangles, hair sparklers, a butterfly hair dangler, crystal and pearl headbands, and more. There is also a section about power beads, including lists of colors and moods affected.
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5. Bead Rings

Another fun jewelry making book that includes the beads! Make a variety of rings using the projects nstructions and supplies included.
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6. Creative Clay Jewelry

Learn how to create jewelry using polymer clay. The book includes 48 projects contributed by 26 designers. Make colorful earrings, necklaces, and more.
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7. The Best Little Beading Book

This book is rich with thousands of illustrations, including step-by-step instructions for hundreds of projects, plus picture glossaries showing the differences between bead shapes & sizes, pliers, needles, stringing media, & more.
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8. Beautiful Beading

Try your hand at the full creative range of beading, from making your own to using different varieties on great projects. Work with exciting materials like polymer clay, papier maché, and metal to create fantastic beads in beautiful colors, textures, and patterns.
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9. The Children's Beading Book

This wonderful new book has many projects that children will love- from the simplest for young children to more advanced projects for older children & teens. A great rainy day book for hours of fun. There are many step-by-step illustrations, & full color photographs.

10. Jewelry Making & Beading For Dummies

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.

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