Jewelry Making and Beading For Dummies

Good book

As a complete rookie in beading and jewelry making, I'd started my first projects without a clue what I was doing. As my results demonstrated! I quickly realized that there were some basic techniques I needed to master. Heather delivers exactly what I needed - she teaches from the ground up, and with a witty and interesting style that is a pleasure to read. For every technique, she provides a sample project, and usually one or two variations for those ready to build on the basics. The book is filled with beautiful, inspiring photography, and gives plenty of practical information beyond the basics of bead stringing. I highly recommend for anyone interested in starting this enjoyable (and addictive) hobby, or more advanced users looking to find inspiration or advice on taking it to the next level.

Very satisfied with this book, it's thorough, easy to read and the photos and DVD are very helpful, perfect for the person who is just getting started in jewelry making. The author covers so much valuable information. Highly recommend it.

I like Dummies books generally, and I thought this would be a good way to get started. Didn't really find it all that helpful for a beginner. The first project is a necklace with beads spaced along an invisible string. Very nice. However, the instructions weren't particularly helpful. They say to space the beads along the string at a given interval, using crimp beads. Not easy to do with slide-y beads and a slippery string. I finally improvised my own spacer tool. Instructions said to start at one end and work toward the other. Whoops--a crimp bead broke. Would have made much more sense to start in the middle with excess string and work toward both ends, using a temporary stop on the inactive end. I learned a lot, but much of what I learned was figuring out what to do when the book's instructions fell short. There's a lot about setting up a studio, as if a Dummies book reader is planning to go into massive production immediately. This may be useful later, or it may not--I'm interested in several crafts types, and so my studio space is shared among projects of different types. Nor do I have any intention of making jewelry for sale anytime soon. The book may be useful in the long run, but I would have preferred a series of projects to teach techniques, proceeding in steps with skill building.

I got this book out of the library and decided I needed my own copy. The DVD with it makes it feel like I'm in a private class. The chapters are well written. There are little projects scattered through out to get help get started on making your own. I'm really a beginner and I found that her instructions are clear. She covers a lot of different media so you can decide which jewelry design is the way you want to go.

Easy to follow and a really good reference book. Always really good value to have on the shelf dummies books.

This is a very good book for beginner jewelry makers like myself, easy to read and understand. Yes I woul recommend this book to anyone interested in how to make and get started in jewelry making.

I liked this version of his book more than the others, there is a difference. I have been. Header for several decades now, but wanted some nice overall reference book it also comes with a CD, but I haven't used it yet. I checked this out from our local library first, then bought my own copy

I bought this for my wife who has recently taken up jewellery making. She says this book is a great book to use as a start and covers such things as the equipment that can be required for different aspects of jewellery making, introductions to different aspects of jewellery making and also included an instructional DVD. The fact that my wife has continued to use this book as a source of information is evidence of its usefulness.

Dieses Buch ist einfach genial! Es enthält eine Fülle von Anleitungen zu den verschiedensten Techniken, plus Video-Tutorials der freundlichen Autorin persönlich. Der Schmuck entspricht nicht meinem Geschmack, allerdings ist es problemlos möglich, die beschriebenen Schmuckstücke an den eigenen Geschmack anzupassen. Besonders toll finde ich, dass eine Menge Tipps zum Thema Design einer eigenen Schmuckkollektion, Handels-Plattformen und Materialbeschaffung gegeben werden. Hier hat jemand in einem verständlichen, freundschaftlichen Ton sein reiches Wissen über das Schmuckdesign in allen Aspekten geteilt, und deswegen gehört dieses Buch zu meinen absoluten Lieblingsbüchern.

It is a good book but some of the descriptions are a bit vague and the pictures would be better as photos and not drawings. A good start off point though, packed full of information.

Great book for me, easy to read, to understand (I'm French). a lot of little pictures for visual understanding, easy description of how to do things. I must say it is a good book for all the beginners like me!!. thank you!!

I've been making jewellery for a couple of years and sometimes I have a blank moment and can't remember simple things! This book is very useful for beginners and people who want to try a new technique. From attaching clasps to working with wire to stringing beads. The instructions are step by step and easy to follow. There are pictures showing instructions too. A good buy.