Beaded Jewelry: Create Your Own Style
About this ebook
With clear explanations of beading techniques, inspirational color charts, and tips on what equipment (and what not) to buy, Beaded Jewelry gives crafters the know-how to design and make their own unbelievably beautiful jewelry.
A craft book with both style and substance, Beaded Jewelry contains 18 stunning projects, including necklaces, earrings, and bracelets, as well as specially commissioned photographs that clearly show each inspiring step-by-step sequence.
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About the author
As a thirteen year industry veteran, Maya Brenner brings experience and undeniable talent to her eponymous jewelry collection. A native of California, Maya Brenner Designs is both simple and classic, bold and modern. The collection is sold at finer boutiques and online at www.mayabrenner.com. Maya's celebrity following includes Jessica Biel, Penelope Cruz, Rachel Bilson, Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Demi Moore, Salma Hayek, Nicole Richie, Rebecca Romijn, Debra Messing, Molly Sims, Lindsay Lohan, Katy Perry, and Teri Hatcher. Her jewelry has been featured on "Friends," "The Today Show," "Desperate Housewives," "American Idol," "The Bachelor," and"Sex & The City." Maya's coveted jewelry has also been featured in InStyle, Lucky, People, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times "Style" section, Glamour, Women's Wear Daily, Ladies' Home Journal, Life & Style, Daily Candy, and US Weekly. Articles written about her career have been posted on CNN.com and About.com, and Maya herself has appeared on "Good Day Live's" Style File and the DIY network. In 2002, Maya won Fashion Group International's "Rising Star" award, joining the ranks of the design industry's most noteworthy newcomers. She also designs for Stella & Dot - a global home party brand that sells the trend setting jewelry that Maya is known for. Recently Maya was chosen to star in her own Nissan car commercial featuring the busy life of a mompreneur that is airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network.Lately her major source of inspiration is drawn from her most rewarding creations yet-her two beautiful children, Jack and Sadie.