Beading Bead-a-Day: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar [Calendar]

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Product Details

• Calendar: 320 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Pag edition (August 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740783726
• ISBN-13: 978-0740783722
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,158,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, January 7, 2010

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Beth (NH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beading Bead-a-Day: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar (Calendar)

I had one of these calendars a couple years ago and I really liked it. The current one, however, isn't that great. I looked ahead through the whole thing, so I can give a comprehensive review of this calendar. Some the projects are repeats from the previous one I had, which seems a little like cheating. In addition, there are a bunch of "bead society" pages which just describe different groups of people who get together to bead (e.g., the Upper Midwest Bead Society, etc). Why would I care about this? Why waste a whole day on this kind of thing? There also seem to be a lot more "inspiration" pages, which don't actually have patterns than I remember in the last one. And some of the "inspirations" are hideous. Then there are a bunch of "information" pages, which tell you about things like pliers and how to use crimp beads. If you're a true beginner they might be helpful, but for most of us they're not. All of these filler pages leave little room for actual projects, most of which I wouldn't want to do. In the last calendar I had, there were numerous projects each month that I wanted to do. I saved the majority of pages from that calendar. With this one, I'll probably throw most of it away. I'm very disappointed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not nearly as good as previous years' calendars, June 14, 2010

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terrie_j2 (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beading Bead-a-Day: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar (Calendar)

I've been buying these for myself and as gifts for fellow beaders ever since they first came out. I agree with several of the other reviewers' comments that the content/quality of these calendars have been declining. I'm really unhappy with the 2010 calendar - there have been way too many pages dedicated to basic techniques(how to crimp, how to make a wrapped loop, how to do different beadweaving stitches etc - info that is found in just about every beading magazine and beading book I've ever read) and a lot of pages about bead societies and the like.

There are also quite a few projects that span 4-5 days - not something you really want in a day-to-day calendar. The quality of the projects is also declining. Some of the pieces shown are very nice, but I'm finding that the few I'm interested in are photos only - no directions. I've always saved at least 20-30 projects out of each year's calendar and have always looked forward to turning over a new page every morning. So far (June) I've only found one project to save from the 2010 calendar, and find myself going several days - or even a week or two - without turning the pages this year. Overall, I'm just very disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars BIG disappointment, May 2, 2010

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A. D. Bell "Quadruple Aries Girl" (Northridge, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beading Bead-a-Day: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar (Calendar)

I am on a lot of beading groups and everyone was always raving about the previous years' calendars so I thought I'd get this one. I was so disappointed. I haven't hardly seen anything I would actually want to make and the bead society pages are nowhere near me so I don't see why I need to know about them. For a "Bead-a-day" calendar, there's not as many beading days as the name would suggest. I was even disappointed by how badly some of the projects were photographed. I don't think I'll be getting next year's calendar if this is the trend they are continuing on.