Saturday, September 25, 2010

Speaking of books


You might have read my recent post about shopping carts and how long we leave items in them.

Well here are a few I've had in my shopping cart at the Book Depository for a few months and as I type the first three are hopefully making their way from the UK to me here in Australia! 

The last one I ended up ordering from the US as a friend was placing an order and with the dollar being so awesomely awesome right now I ordered that too!

I am so excited as I have had my eye on these books for some time now.

So here is what I bought.


This book is a complication of designs from previous issues of Bead & Button magazine. 

I took advantage of the ''Look Inside'' feature and there are some stunning designs, including the peyote links on the front cover, which I can't wait to tackle.

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I am soooo excited to be ordering this book. A few of my friends own this book and said it ''blew their mind'' when they received it! 

The beads on the front cover alone are enticing enough so I can't wait to flick through the pages of this one.

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I don't own Laura McCabe's previous book, Creating Crystal Jewelry, as I have never really worked with Swarovski crystals... until recently! 

But as I love beadweaving I thought this one would be right up my alley! 

No doubt I will come away with a lot of new skills from this one!

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Marcie of La Bella Joya recently invited me to take part in her Margie and Me challenge where she picks a colour palette from Margie Deeb's book and then creates a piece using those colours.

I absolutely cannot wait to take part... what a fantastic concept not to mention a great way to get me to use colour combinations I would not normally dare to use.

Thanks Marcie! My book has hit Australian shores so I should be receiving it on Tuesday!

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How is your beading book stash? Bought any good books lately?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

oh you are going to have soooo much fun with these books!!! the Margie Deeb's book is one of my favourites and one I still use for inspiration!
I can't wait to see how these will inspire your work!

Unknown said...

Oh you will have lots of fun with these books! I have Margie's book on my christmas list and I can't wait!
I am so going to love watching you play with Marcie! I love her Margie and Me post and so hope to play someday!

Hugs

Helmitarha said...

OMG! That looks like Christmas to me! :))
I also did some book shopping last weekend, we had great sale in local book store. I got only one beading book, though, but plenty of other nice books. You can see them in my blog. ;)
xo,
Jana

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