Your One-Stop Source for Beading Know-HowJewelry and beading expert Susan Ray, along with dozens of expert jewelry artists, bring you this complete tutorial for making your own jewelry to fit your personal style. Whether you prefer professional and polished, classic and elegant, or casual and comfortable, you will find the designs and information needed to complete your jewelry pieces using this book.You will also benefit from valuable lessons in:• ...

The excitement surrounding jewelry making is based, in part, on the wide variety of materials available. Organic Beaded Jewelry bridges the gap between assorted materials used to create find jewelry, and demonstrates techniques to make truly unique items. Organic jewelry accounts for something with a natural form, shape or function, or items made from natural materials or those that mimic nature.Whether its precious metal or polymer clay, glass, and gemstones, this complet...

At last, a book that explores the origins and renaissance of lampwork glass beads and offers a one-on-one journey with fourteen exceptional glass bead artists as they create more than 20 projects.Step-by-step instruction and beautiful photography shows crafters how to create stunning necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and much more. This new reference gives an inside look at the artists' creative processes, including how they choose color and materials and how they add the finishing t...

• Great variety of techniques gathered by an impressive panel of beading experts• Provides detailed instructions to put to use, and then post on beading blogs for others to learn fromBeading basics never go out of style, because like many beaders, you are always looking for ways to efficiently and creatively design projects. This must-have guide covers essential skills including chain maille, cutting wire, making P loops, bending wire, making eye loops, jump rings, and usin...

Learn, Sell, TeachFrom the novice beader who is just learning to string a bracelet to the experienced jewelry-maker who is already out selling and teaching the art to others, everyone can find something to love on the pages within.Experienced jewelry designers Susan Ray and Sue Wilke walk you through the basics and then launch into a plethora of engaging jewelry designs for you to replicate. Along the way, they offer tips and tidbits to make your beading ex...

As co-host of an award-winning country radio show, Colleen Cooper is living her dream despite the steep price she paid to get there. She's no longer the young woman who narrowly escaped her would-be attacker in college. She's stronger. Wiser. Determined never to be that vulnerable again and ready to open her heart to the one thing she's always denied herself – love. Jake "JD" Donovan is best known as a country music playboy. After selling out to make it big in the industry, Jake is ready t...

She had no choice in the matter—none of the girls did. Her mission was to give birth to and raise many children in devoted service to a shared husband. Susan was fifteen years old when she became the sixth wife of Verlan LeBaron, one of the leaders of a rogue Mormon cult, who was engaged in a blood feud with his brother that from 1972 to 1988 claimed up to two dozen lives.In this gripping and eloquent book, Susan Ray Schmidt tells the story of growing up on the inside and of her ul...

“SOulfully You” is about creating a safe and comforting space within any environment you or your child may find yourselves in. The meditative practices presented in this book encourage adults to tap into their own “inner child” and participate in the process especially during those challenging times when the child may be experiencing mental, emotional, or physical distress and need to feel a sense of safety and re-grounding. Listeners are taken through a series of practices and directed to...

“SOulfully You” is about creating a safe and comforting space within any environment you or your child may find yourselves in. The meditative practices presented in this book encourage adults to tap into their own “inner child” and participate in the process especially during those challenging times when the child may be experiencing mental, emotional, or physical distress and need to feel a sense of safety and re-grounding. Listeners are taken through a series of practices and directed to...

For Salt Rising Bread, expert bakers Genevieve Bardwell and Susan Ray Brown set out to rediscover the secrets and the science behind this unique yeast-less bread’s “wild microbes,” unique fermentation and memorable taste. Salt Rising Bread is a richly illustrated, recipe-filled treasure of American culinary lore.

When this first broke onto the scene, it was developing stories around classic fairy tales such as Hansel and Gretel, Tortoise and the Hare, and Baron Munchausen. In this special collection, you will get the comic book versions of these tales. It also features a bunch of extras from Jason and the Argonauts, Sinbad, and more!

This Companion offers an extensive examination of how new technologies are changing the nature of literary studies, from scholarly editing and literary criticism, to interactive fiction and immersive environments.A complete overview exploring the application of computing in literary studiesIncludes the seminal writings from the fieldFocuses on methods and perspectives, new genres, formatting issues, and best practices for digital ...