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FEATURED PROJECTS
Spring rain
Push your wireworking skills and capture sea glass nuggets in wire cages and turn into pretty charms for a lovely bracelet
Inspired by Monet
Teal, turquoise and copper have been combined to create a gorgeous linking project
Royal sparkle
Beautiful mustard coloured beads have been layered with dots to create some sparkling lampwork beads
Iznik necklace
Embellish filigree components with rich coloured beads for a striking necklace
Nature encapsulated
Capture skeleton leaves in resin and turn into a chunky bracelet and pendant set
Celtic rounds
Using a vibrant pink ring as your base, and attach silver metal rings to create a colourful chain maille pendant
St Petersburg lariat
Create a lovely lariat using St Petersburg stitch in earthy, organic tones
Spring blossoms
Using wirework techniques create dainty flower petals and incorporate beads in a colour of your choice
Springtime lariat
Attach a variety of springtime charms and beads in zesty colours for a pretty necklace for the summer months
Vintage blue
Buttons, beads and more come together to create a pretty necklace with an ever popular vintage feel
Rainbows end
Embellish a cuff frame in multihued glass beads for a fabulous rainbow effect using basic wirework techniques
REGULARS
Retail therapy
This month’s round up of the hottest new products and the latest trends
Inbox
We answer your emails and take a look at our favourite uploads to the readers gallery this month
Shopping for…
Useful tools!
Meet and greet
This month we interviewed Amber Boorman, a lampworker with a great eye for colour!
Spotlight
We have some fascinating books, a lovely kit and our blog and website of the month under the spotlight
Subscription offer
Check out this month’s fantastic subscription offer!
Sneak preview
Take a look at what’s coming next month
Personal space
We take a peek around the workshop of regular Beads & Beyond contributor Joanne Tinley
FEATURES
Recipes for... a disc cutter
Use unusual techniques to create some organic looking polymer clay beads
Top 10
This month we feature the Top 10 African inspired necklaces
Jewellery Maker of the Year – shortlisted entries
Browse through the amazing shortlisted entries in this year’s Jewellery Maker of the Year competition
Designer challenge
We send the same pack of beads to four different designers to see what lovely inspiring jewellery they can make
Beaded findings: Part 4
This month learn how to create a beaded bail to hang pretty pendants from
