Do you make beaded jewelry and sometimes search high and low for the perfect bezel for a focal piece? If the shape or size is unusual, you may think the only option is to learn soldering and metalwork techniques. Well, think again.
Cyndi Lavin of Beading Arts just released a new eBook, Three Bezels Plus a Bonus.
In it, Cyndi shows you, step by step, how you can make a beaded bezel that will enhance and frame ANY focal piece. You probably already have everything you need on hand. And the results are stunning!
Cyndi covers the basics from best backing materials; to tips for making the work go smoothly; to the bezel designs themselves.
If you’re new to bead embroidery or want additional choices of materials, she also offers the first chapter of her eBook, Every Bead Has a Story for free. There you’ll find step by step directions for the embroidery stitches used in Three Bezels. What a bargain!
You can see the finished piece which these three bezels went into and the tutorial for assembling Blossoms of the Moonlit Waves at Beading Arts.
Not that you will want to recreate the entire necklace, the point of the eBook is to show you how to make a bezel to showcase ANY focal piece.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Review of Three Bezels Plus a Bonus
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1 comments:
Eileen, you are too kind. Thank you very much for your nice words about my new ebooklet! As you know, I'm kind of addicted to bead embroidery, and am always looking for new ways to add fun items like these Swarovski rivolis to my work :-)
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