The Bead Jewellery Bible: The Complete Creative Guide to Making Your Own Bead Jewellery

Great for inspiration

I have never made any beadwork or jewellery before but was given a kit by a friend for my birthday and was eager to get some simple instructions to get me started. This is ok but from reading the other reviews I was a little disappointed with some of the instructions - as I felt they catered more for more experienced jewellery makers whereby I am a complete novice. I was hoping to sit down and immediately make something simple, but this book did not make me feel I could achieve this quickly and easily, so will be kept until I have a lot of free time to do lots of practice first.

Beautifully illustrated and easy to follow. My only gripe is that so much of it is common sense and more than once after reading a sentence I found myself thinking - What on earth made them put this in? I think if they took all the rubbish out it would be a much thinner book.

I bought this for my 11 year old daughter because she wanted to increase her hobby from loom band jewellery. The instructions in this book was clear and simple and she loves it she is now not only making her own jewellery she is also making her own findings.Perfect for any starter jewellery maker :)

Comprehensive instructions on technique but the project instructions are not easy to follow. The "ingredients" lists are not comprehensive which is annoying for those of us just starting out and without a bank of equipment. Some of the instructions are clearly wrong eg. Measurements in briar & bramble necklace. Plus, some of the specified beads etc do not seem to be available even from the suppliers listed at the back. So, good for techniques but could and should be a lot better than it is on actual use.

This book is the best I've found so far, very informative and explains things very clearly. I've been making beaded jewellery for a few years now and would recommend this to anyone either starting out or the more experienced.

Love this book. I bought this on the reviews from others and am not disappointed.I have not been making jewellrey for too long and this has given me some great ideas for how to expand my range.

Incredibly easy to follow steps and covered every aspect of jewellery making that I am interested in, so a great buy for me. Will be using this a lot especially around Christmas time.