Little Bead Boxes: 12 Miniature Containers Built with Beads

The author of this book is extremely efficient in making it so much easier to grasp and understand the written instructions to her patterns. I had never tried working with seed beads let alone the Peyote Stitch, yet picked it up immediately after reading this book. Wonderful little book about little beaded boxes. Final note; bought it used and it looks brand new! Good investment.

I've always been a voracious bead addict jumping from one challenging project to another. I can assure you this collection of beaded boxes will not disappoint anyone who have an affinity for challenges. The book contains 12 amazing boxes in varying degrees of difficulty, smartly arranged from easiest to most challenging. It is composed of 4 major parts: Triangle boxes; Hexagon boxes; Pentagon boxes and finally Square boxes with 3 patterns in each part. I had (thank god) attempted the very first box, Kaleidoscope, which turns out to be the easiest as recounted by the author. Having had some experience to talk about the projects, again form my personal point of view, I think it is targeted towards those passionate beaders who have some experience with the peyote stitch, which is the only stitch used throughout the book for all the boxes. The instructions given at the beginning of the book also assumes knowledge about the peyote stitch, so if you're new to beading, I would recommend first getting your hands wet with peyote stitch before attempting any of these projects. Again, I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to further their experience in peyote. I should mention here that peyote stitch is one of my favourites so naturally I will be inclined to rate it favourably. However, as one come to know with experience, it is also a very time consuming and non-forgiving stitch especially when following a pattern as any mistake cannot be ignored, and you will have to open your work and do it again!There has been some concerns about the adequacy of the language used and instructions given, which as someone rightly mentions: Read instructions beforehand. As simple and logical as this may seem, anyone like myself who have a tendency to jump into action will find the first attempt irritating to say the least. However, to be fair to the author, she's made an outstanding job of explaining all the work in the first chapters of the book which are the basics to all boxes, which again logically you have to read BEFORE attempting any piece. The author also pinpoint a good point which is that these projects require high tension, which invariably leads to some beads breaking (i have broken bead and fortunately the author had mentioned what needs to be done to resolve the problem). Needless to mention, I have also lost three needles in the process :) Another positive aspect of this book, is that each project is explained in terms of word maps as well as a color pattern. Initially I didn't have any preferences, but it was an eye strain to keep track of the color pattern so I now I prefer the word map which got some time to get used to. Additionally, I was very confused at one point when the word map pattern seemed wrong to me, and my pattern got messed up. It took me a while to figure out that there was an actual error which I recognized by comparing the word map with the color pattern.When I later browsed the net, I discovered the existence of an errata sheet which I think everyone should get with the book- here is the website[...]or check Beadcave,, for julia's projectsFinally, the book contains blank graph sheets at the end to let your creativity loose:)Overall, for value-for-money, I awarded the book a 5 stars rating because it contains the author has earnestly attempted to transfer her knowledge and shares specific tips throughout the book in addition to a well laid out project plans. It adequately delineates the specific components of each project. The availability of an errata sheet on the web is also another factor that was taken into account.If you're a seasoned beader who loves peyote, this is an excellent book to take your beading experience to the next level. And if you're a novice, I would recommend learning the peyote if only to practice these little heavenly boxes.

12 unique bead boxesThe directions are easy to follow in both word and grid formThe graphics are well photographed which helps bearers to get great resultsThe book is well pricedI won’t recommend this book for first time beaders . You need a knowledge of basic peyote stitch and using size 11 delica beads

I am still working on my first project out of this book after several weeks of working and ripping it, which I chalk up to the learning curve. I love the book and the ideas of what you can do. I am a low intermediate beader in peyote stitch and have had some difficulty figuring things out. I think there could have been more thorough explanation and more illustrations of what you are trying to achieve. I have gotten help several times and know that I will eventually master the technique and plan to make all of the 12 different box variations in the book. One person who was helping me gave me a couple of PDF's that she got off the web where the author had modified a couple of the ways to do some of the important parts of making the box. I just wish there was more help available on line since it's not in the book. But with that said, I am totally inspired by the book and can't wait to keep working.

I got the Kindle version, and I don't have any problem with it. Any references to page numbers are links that you can tap to go to the page. I always highlight the row I'm working on (I use the written instructions rather than the charts), so I just pull up the list of notes to go back to my place.The patterns are lovely. I'm on my second box, and it's going very well. The only problem I've had with the directions was figuring out her unusual step up method for rows with a corner bead, which is not very well explained. Once I figured that out, it was smooth sailing.I think that working these patterns will teach me a lot about creating geometric patterns in peyote stitch and in creating 3-dimensional figures, which should strengthen my own design skills. This book has been well worth the price for me.

I haven't yet made any of these boxes. I've just spent my time drooling over the pictures. There is though one characteristic of this book that I think is great. The author has clearly written it to encourage you to design your own boxes, not just copy hers. She gives directions that can be adapted to your own box, and she provides graph paper so you can plan what you will do. So, while most books just tell you how to make what they picture and if you want to do something different, you have to have a certain amount of skill to translate the directions to fit your desires, here you can easily decide that you want a certain shape box with a certain type of lid and a unique design on it and figure out how to do it.

This book was in excellent condition and it was wrapped with care. I am very pleasantly surprised since the price was on the low end of all of the sellers for this title. I can definitely recommend this seller and trust their description of the condition of their items.

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Five stars for the paper version of this book but only four for the kindle version..I have both.An excellent guide and tutorial to make gorgeous boxes. Clearly written with plenty of pictures and diagrams but even so this craft is not for someone with no experience of working with the tiny Delica beads. I've had great pleasure making several of the projects which turn out exactly as described, not always the case with crafting books.The problem with the kindle version is that the diagrams are too small, even when the pages are enlarged to maximum size and the print is huge, the diagrams are still small. I much prefer the paper version for this reason.

Fantastico libro sia per principianti che per le persone che si sono già cementati nel hobby. 12 bellissimi progetti e le tavole vuote per creare propri disegni.Unica cosa per chi fa fatica con l’inglese sarà un po’ complicato.

Mijn vrouw is er ,eg van

Wer gerne mit Perlen arbeitet ist es ein tolles Buch. Gut beschrieben und leicht zum nachmachen.Mal keine Perlenketten sondern Perlenboxen.

J’ai acheté ce livre pour les schémas qui sont bien expliqués et la qualité des images