This book showcases the best projects from the second year of BeadStyle magazine all in one handy volume! These fast, fun fashions require little more than stringing and crimping. Packed with more than 140 projects.

Compiled by the editors of Bead&Button and BeadStyle magazines, Chic&Easy Beading Vol. 2 showcases more than 70 fabulous jewelry projects, including projects from the third Chic & Easy special issue. An illustrated basic techniques section includes all the instructions beginners need to get started on these pieces that can be made in a flash with only a few techniques. With the abundance of beads and supplies readily available, Chic&Easy Beading, Vol. 2, makes achieving professional results fast and fun.

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.

Variety is the name of the game in Your Seed Bead Style! From the pages of Bead&Button magazine, the 27 projects in this book will show you how to incorporate interesting materials into your seed bead jewelry. Your Seed Bead Style is organized by material and features a variety of techniques and stitches including peyote, herringbone, square stitch, bead embroidery, tatting, right-angle weave, and more. Take your jewelry to the next level and let your creativity flow!

Projects included: Basic strung necklace -- Two-strand bracelet -- Playing with color -- Easy Y-necklace -- Art bead ensemble -- Beaded eyeglass holder -- Two-strand choker -- Floating pearls -- Beading with briolettes -- Beaded watch band -- Easy multistrand necklace -- Luxurious lariat -- Braided five-strand necklace -- Finishing touches -- Leather cord necklace -- Head pin earrings -- Dangles and drops -- Victorian tassels -- Delicate flower earrings -- Antique button bracelet -- Embellished bead chain -- Charm bracelet -- Crystal slide necklace -- Pearl drop necklace -- Coiled head pin earrings -- Coiled wire bracelet -- Elegant wire earrings -- Two spiral earring styles -- Button bracelets -- Square stitch basics -- Reversible bracelets -- Inlaid bead ring -- Triangular twist lariat -- Brick stitch basics -- Blackfeet needle-woven earrings -- Brick stitch hearts -- Hoop dreams -- Peyote stitch basics -- Easy peyote cuff -- Easy peyote rope -- Ndebele herringbone basics -- Fringed Ndebele herringbone bracelet -- Endless Ndebele herringbone cuff -- Tubular herringbone bracelet -- Right-angle-weave basics -- Right-angle-weave crystal bracelet -- Right-angle-weave collar -- Embellished right-angle-weave bracelet.

Beading doesn’t get more elegant than this, with such gleaming gems as amethyst, quartz, and lapis lazuli. Val�rie 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. Introductory chapters present all the gems, tools, and techniques used in the pieces. A Selection of the Crafter's Choice Book Club.

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.