101 Gorgeous Earrings

by Martingale

Book Overview

If variety is the spice of life, this earring collection adds plenty of zest Here in one volume is an exciting assortment of earring styles by leading designers. If you're looking for inspiration,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564778894
• ISBN13: 9781564778895
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Martingale and Company
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Exactly as described

The book is a little treasure trove of great ideas! Itcame very quickly and was exactly as the seller described!

101 Gorgeous Earrings

Has a lot of different earrings to make, just what I wanted. Easy to understand instructions and great pictures.

Just what I was looking for!

This book is absolutely filled to the brim with wonderful ideas and inspiration for home jewelry artists! I have used it many times over to create gifts for friends and myself.

Any library strong in jewelry-making projects will find this a winner

Crafters who have bead stashes and seek inspiration for new and different earring styles will find much to enjoy in 101 GORGEOUS EARRINGS. It offers photos of blends of beads and gems, step-by-step directions for easy projects, and discussions of all the basics of putting earrings together. Any library strong in jewelry-making projects will find this a winner.

Earring patterns by the dozens

If you make every one of these earrings, you will only have to wear the same pair three, maybe four, times a year!!! As a new beader, I am always looking for ideas. This book sure provides plenty of inspiration and gives me lots of ways to combine my beads into wonderful earrings. AND, just because I never leave an idea "in tact", I can see how to create matching bracelets and necklaces to compliment the earrings. I have a cross that a horse friend made me from horse shoe nails. With the earring pattern made from horse shoe nails, I now will have set! There are also several earrings made by bending wire, which is yet another thing I want to try. There is a pair made out of "chain mail" which is all the rage right now. I have several chandelier findings that I haven't decided how to use. The patterns in 101 GORGEOUS EARRINGS provide several ideas with that finding. Another pair uses big links taken from chain and hammered for effect. The book is laid out in three sections. The first gives a photo and a list of the materials needed to create the piece. There is a reference to the location in the second section as to which page to find the instructions on. The third section covers basics such as how to create a loop or what a particular pair of pliers looks like. No matter what type of beads you have, seed beads, round, oval, glass, crystal or any other, this book will show you how to use them to make GORGEOUS earrings. Get a copy and start beading.