Jewelry Making & Beading For Dummies by Catherine Siroka, Heather Dismore (2004)

this is a great book for someone just beginning to bead - all of the basics are covered. It doesn't get into anything too complicated, just gives you a good start.

I bought this book because it was written for me The Dummy with fun and humor added.Every day I improve my skills and knowledge. It shows you how easy and fun beading can be. Easy to follow instructions with lots of pictures, ABook you will return to over and over again.
And if you sell one piece of jewelry you can pay for the book or if you make your own what you save on your jewelry could pay for the book.

I love all kinds of jewelry book..................................................
it can give me more idea

INstructions are clear and easy to follow. Helpful to any level of jewelry making skills. I'm happy with it and am sure it will be of good use soon.

I LOVE thwe "Dummies" books anyway, so I took a chance on this one.

Even though I have a jewelry shop online- I wonderded about this book when I saw it on Ebay.

What a great book- Perfect for beginners as well as the "seasoned" jewelry artisan.
It has so much information on so many areas of making jewery!
From the basics about bead sizes and what tools you might need and wire work basics like wrapping a loop or making connectors on beads and pendants to the more advanced areas of seting up a business and selling your jewelry in different ways.
It even tells you how to set up and do a children's beading party!

Even though I have been making and selling jewelry for years this book puts all kinds of information together in one guide for you to refer to.

I HIGHLY reccomend this book to everyone starting out beading- and to those who want a quick guide to refer to when you are stuck for ideas!

Joanne Stow Boyington
Jewelry Artisan
Jewelry By Joanne on Rubylane.com

I purchased this book when I first decided to start making handbeaded jewelry to sell on ebay. I thought the book would be easy to understnad and to be able to follow the instructions, but with the way the book is laid out, it is hard to understand some of what the instructions are trying to tell you. It doesn't have alot of detailed pictures which most new beaders need to follow instructions by. I feel that you have to already know a little about beading to get the full benefits from this book. I DO NOT recommend this book to someone who is just starting to learn how to bead and make jewelry.

I have to say that I have paged through this book several times. It is true that it is considered a beginner guide, but what no body is saying is that most of the basic beading techniques is the bread and butter. You can honestly make so much money with simple beaded necklace with a "center" stone, especially if you use genuine gem beads.

With this book it really depends on what you want. If you are a creative person and just starting out this isn't a bad book, if you are the type of person who needs to see a patern infront of them, there are much better books out there for you.

I figured that this book would be pretty good just because it is part of the "For Dummies" collection, i was right. The book takes you through all the steps needed to make things like knots, how to use crimp beads, what tools are for what, what beads are good for what, etc. It covered a lot of ground and i was impressed. It even gives you instructions on how to start making money off of your creations. From hosting parties, gettin your EIN number, charging for your time, and selling in a store.

Its a really great book and I glad that I bought it, it gives a detailed perspective on everything needed to throw yourself into jewelry making and beading.