Simply Beautiful Beading is a tutorial and style guide for simple beaded projects by Heidi Boyd. Released 19th Aug 2004 by Penguin Random House on their North Lights imprint, it's 128 pages and is available in softcover and ebook formats.
This is a nice collection of beginner friendly tutorials with lots of simple beaded jewelry, soft furnishings, and decorative objects. Many of them are simple and unfussy, a few are distinctly odd, but even given that stylistically not everything is going to appeal to every reader, there are lots of good ideas for further experimentation. The instructions and materials are general enough that even if the exact materials are not widely available, some substitutes will be easy to source from any good crafts store or online.
Tutorials include tools and materials in a bullet list sidebar, tips and suggestions, and a step by step guide. Each tutorial is accompanied by multiple color photos which are clear and easy to understand.
Four stars. The designs are mostly really simple, but many (most) are appealing and it would be a good choice for readers who are interested in getting started with beading, or general crafting and don't really know where to start. It would also be a good choice for maker's groups, scouts, home studio, etc.
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