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Simple Recipes For Stylish Jewellery
Over 80 projects

by Various Authors

     

Here are projects from no less than seven of the popular Twenty To Make series, all featuring jewelry projects.  Fill your jewelry box and coordinate your wardrobe with a selection of necklaces, bracelets, bag and phone charms, pins, tiaras and more.

If small is not your idea of beautiful then maybe this large format book might fit the bill instead.  I certainly applaud the way it obligingly flops open and stays flat, a boon when following instructions.  It also has large photographs of the projects on each page and larger print, and is ideal for a larger gift, especially for somebody who wants a book covering a wide range of projects.  It epitomizes modern jewelry, showing newer additions to people’s collections such as the charms, fun quirky "wild women" fashion pins (great for jacket lapels) and headgear for weddings and balls in the shape of tiaras and hairgrips.

There are some innovative new ways of making jewelry in here too, not just the usual stringing.  Make your own beads with felt and thread, or revive the ancient craft of macramé with a modern twist.  Raid the house for bits and pieces for those appliqué pins, and have fun with rubber stamps and paint as well as beads and wire.  Short instructions keep it simple, ideal for intermediate jewelry makers who possess a stash and know the basics already.  It takes up more space than those Twenty To Make books and cannot easily be slipped into a craft bag (or a stocking) but has its own unique charm, pardon the pun.

The Book

Search Press
February 2010
Paperback
1844485331 / 9781844485338
How to / Jewelry Making
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2010
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