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January/February 2009 Don’t you just love summer? With bared ankles, arms and necks, there are that many more places to adorn with new beadwork. So I’m especially excited about the July/August issue of Step by Step Beads, which reveals some of the most alluring projects with summer colors and textures ever!

Take for instance the “Blue Opal Reef” necklace by Julia Watt (pg 30). Julia strung lamp worked beads with an AB finish that evoke a calm ocean surface, and used beaded fringes that look like sea plants draped between glistening pebbles. The “Aloha” (below left) bracelet by Cher Lash (pg 12) shows how to stitch seed beads and daggers into lovely reflections of island leis, and Lynn Davy’s herringbone “Starfish” (below right) earrings on page 14 are an elegant re-creation of a favorite sea creature.

AlohaStarfish

Plus, this issue has a special polymer project, excerpted from Ronna Sarvas Weltman’s new book, Ancient Modern, teaching you how to create textures and forms that surely look like they could swim away.

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OOPS! The correct URL for the Vintaj filigree components in the May/June 2009 issue's "Layers" necklace on page 41 should read: www.vintaj.com. We apologize for any confusion. --Ed

UPCOMING EVENTS

Bead Fest PhiladelphiaBead Fest Philadelphia
Classes/Workshops: August 19-23
Shopping at the Bead Bazaar: August 21-23

Five days of beading, jewelry-making and wire workshops... Three days of shopping with great bead suppliers from all over the country. Meet the Instructors Reception, Moonlight Bead-In and much, much more.

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Crystal Corona EarringsCrystal Corona Earrings
by Pilar Burg

Combine 4mm crystal bicones and size 11 or 15 seed beads to create these sassy earrings.

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Copper Caper Earrings
by Carole Rodgers
Combine copper and silver for a modern pair of earrings. Instructions for the matching multistrand necklace may be found in the March/April 2009 issue of Step by Step Beads.

Copper Caper Earrings

Inferno BraceletInferno Bracelet
Create your own beads with polymer clay and then string them together for a simple bracelet. Instructions for a matching necklace may be found in the March/April 2009 issue of Step by Step Beads.
Online at Beading Daily

Inferno Bracelet

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Figure 8 Earrings
This fast and easy pair of earrings is inspired by the netting technique and color palette used in the Egyptian Collar by Adrienne Gaskell, in the November-December 08 issue of Step by Step Beads.
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Copper Caper Earrings

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