Little Aryn just loves her beads and braids. She has beads of all shapes and colors. Wearing these hairstyles are a rite of passage for a lot of little African-American girls. Beads & Braids is a colorful, magical, heart-warming story about the courage little Aryn has while journeying through cancer and discovering true beauty and magic in the absence of her hair. An empowering ode to children everywhere to embrace your beauty within. This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters, children experiencing illness, baby showers, and birthdays.This book is EXACTLY what any child's at-home, school, and neighborhood library is missing. Young Aryn wants each and every kid to know that with or without hair, you too can find and love the beauty that shines from inside your heart.

'Campbell Harding adds beads in a variety of beading patterns to her tassels, creating delightful lacy baubles that can be used to embellish curtains, lampshades, or clothing... (A( good addition...' - Library Journal. Use them to adorn pillows, evening bags, or even a dress - beaded tassels add sparkle to anything. Make them yourself, in bright, marvellous colour, with beads of different shapes and twisted, braided threads. You probably already own most of the basic equipment at home, and here are the ins and outs of choosing, mixing, bleaching, and painting beads, with hundreds of diagrams and photos of different options for making cords and tassels, skirts, fringes and heads.

Kumihimo Basics & Beyond presents techniques for creating all-cord braids and beaded braids, then teaches beaders how to transform them into finished jewelry. Short demonstrations of the key techniques needed for each project are presented in easy-to-grasp portions, allowing beaders to learn and practice as they go. Rebecca Combs demystifies tricky “kumihimo math” by providing detailed supply lists for each project in the book, plus teaches beaders how to calculate the amount of fiber and how many beads they’ll need for their future kumihimo projects.

A series of lively books, full of exciting and fun things to make and do. Aimed at 8-12-year-olds, each book has 25 ideas for creative play.

Learn to make the decorative braids used in the sling-making traditions of Peru and Bolivia; this detailed guide, including 400 step-by-step photos, teaches the technique and over 100 designs for weavers, craftspeople, jewelrydesigners, basket weavers, and others interested in using braids for embellishment.