Not Your Mama's Beading: The Cool and Creative Way to String 'Em Along

by Kate Shoup

This beading book offers projects that are chic, unique, and absolutely wearable. With more than thirty super-cool designs, it covers essential tools and materials, must-know beading techniques, and ideas for personalizing every project. You’ll whip up designs with pizzazz to adorn your apartment, your friends, or yourself!  With a sassy attitude, hip projects, and color photos, this will bring out your inner diva.

258 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

The Aquent Creative Team is now the AGI Training Team from American Graphics Institute. They are the creators of the Digital Classroom book series published by Wiley, and deliver training classes through the American Graphics Institute. They are available for in-person presentations at events, seminars, or training classes."

Reviews

[Altivo Overo]

I never cease to be simultaneously amused and irritated by the ignorant sexism of craft books that cover sewing, knitting, quilting, jewelry making and even cooking. The women's movement has done an admirable job of pointing out the inherent sexism of media directed toward "traditional men's activities" such as auto mechanics, woodworking, and fishing, yet somehow failed to pull the log out of its own eye, so to speak.

An increasing number of men engage in these fine arts and crafts. Men's groups devoted to knitting, crochet, and sewing are popular. Just see Facebook or Ravelry for proof of that. So why do we have to put up with books (otherwise filled with acceptable information) that insult the reader with silly sexist attitudes and jokes?

That said, the actual information in this book on techniques, tools, and resources is very good. Illustrations are clear, instructions themselves are well-written. The commentary, though, is so difficult to tolerate that I was glad I got it from the library rather than spending good money for it. I think I'll order the "for Dummies" book on the topic instead.

[Cada]

I bought this for myself--wasn't a good buy. Book is sort of jumbled together, very few color photos of final projects. What pictures are found in the book are not very clear--few close ups. Cheap "newsprint" pages that are not sturdy and illustrations are crude. The projects in the book are not very pretty and many I found similar patterns online for free.

In short: Not Worth Your Mama's (or Your own) Money...

[Fusspot]

Checked this out from the library as an ebook... and it was unreadably bad. It might be okay in physical form, but if a book is offered as an ebook, it needs to function as one. :(