A review of Diane Fitzgerald's Favorite Beading Projects- a great book for beginning bead weavers!

New graph paper for radially symmetrical designs like mandalas or snowflakes for brick stitch or peyote. A knotwork pattern made up of lover's knots and a trinity knot is used for the example.

Hair bobbles are the elastics that have a bead on each side. Here's a way to make a pair of very sparkly hair bobbles using a cross weaving technique.

A review of Kathy Fox's The Venetian Glass Bead:24 Colorful Jewelry Projects

3 Bead Picot Edges are a classic and easy technique, in this project, we will use the technique to make little heart pins that can be given as Valentine gifts.

A review of Jewelry for the New Romantic : Unexpected Techniques with Crystals and Beading Wire by Nealay Patel

An explanation of monochromatic color schemes that includes a heart pin pattern, a tumbling block pattern and blank heart graphs

A quick, fun project using small safety pins and square stitch.

A review of Irina Miech's book Irina's Inspirations for Jewelry : From the Exotic to the Everyday

3 printable single page year calendars with a bead theme for the year 2012