If you haven’t been to a bead, craft, or book store in the last week, you may not be aware that BeadStyle’s newest special issue, Beading 101 and Beyond, is on newsstands now! We’re super-proud of this issue because it brings together everything you need to know about bead stringing in a portable-size reference work. We’ve even included six new projects for you to make!

In addition to basic reference info, there are a lot of fun tidbits to take your jewelry making to the next level. Some of my favorite features of Beading 101 include a guide to movies and TV shows that highlight jewelry sure to inspire your own creations, pages and pages of organization tools you already have lying around your house, and a guide to jewelry that flatters your face shape and shirt neckline. I also got a chance to make my first chain maille project in Beading 101, and I show you how to do it too.

Want a sneak peek into Beading 101? Check out our click-through pages of the issue. You can turn the pages by clicking in the upper right-hand corners, but it’s even more fun to click and drag the pages as if you’re really flipping through the mag.

To order Beading 101 and Beyond online, click here, or else visit your local bead, craft, or book store.

Also hot off the presses, one of my New Year's resolutions - a holiday sweatshirt quilt! A little out of season, but completed nonetheless!