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July 2008

Every issue of BeadStyle brings you:  
  • Design alternatives for every project to suit both your style and your budget
  • Beading tips, new products, an inspiring gallery of reader creations, and more to encourage creativity and fresh ideas with each issue
  • A collectible beader's resource notebook page plus: Two new online subscriber-only pages with every issue
  • Subscriber-only online access to exclusive projects, our subscriber gallery, bonus resource notebook pages, how-to online videos, and more


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Features
Exclusive color wheel!
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By Monica Lueder
Flash brightly colored CZs and crystals in a fun jewelry set
By Rupa Balachandar
String eco-friendly coral-colored and turquoise jewelry
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By Monica Han
Three pearl hues add up to a simple, stylish necklace
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Weave wire through pearls for elegant earrings
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Turn an unlikely assortment of beads into a stellar constellation
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By Carol McKinney
Complex shapes add drama to a simple design
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By Jean Yates
Rings make easy frames for beautiful silver pendants
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By Irina Miech
Preserve a day at the beach with a seaside set
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Get reacquainted with your earthy side
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By Karla Schafer
Use uncommon crystals in a distinctive bracelet-and-earrings set
By Rupa Balachandar
A pearl shortener goes the distance to accommodate your style
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By Camilla Jorgensen
Make super-long earrings with cascading pearls and crystals
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By Irina Miech
Whip up a necklace and earrings with turquoise and knotted cord
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By Jackie Boettcher
A lighthearted take on the classic pearl necklace, bracelet, and earrings
Departments
From the editor
New: color wheel and pricing info
Reader gallery
Beautiful jewelry from designer Melissa Lee
Gemstone focus: Jasper
Bulletin board
Reader feedback and some of our favorite things
What to wear
Check out the latest trends in clothes and jewelry
Birthstones
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Coin-pearl necklace and earrings
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By Cathy Jakicic
Ruby necklace and earrings
Under an hour
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Mixed-metal earrings
Wirework
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Connect disk beads using ingenious wire harnesses
Beads of change
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By Jane Konkel
Buttons from Ghana on a disk-and-loop bracelet
Beader's glossary
A visual guide to beads, gemstones, findings, and tools
Basics
A step-by-step reference to key jewelry-making techniques used in bead-stringing projects
Get inspired
Gemstone components become a "hot button" issue
What to buy
What to pay
Online project
By Maria Camera
Design a necklace and earrings with beads in a single shade
Online extra
By Jennifer Ortiz
Star beads set the stage for Fourth of July jewelry
Subscriber project
By Sarah Voltz
Embellish hoop earrings by using a simple wire-wrapping technique
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