Customer Reviews

Brilliant Bead Rings (Crafts)

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I tried not to buy this book for a long time. It seemed like I could figure it out myself, and I have a lot of craft books already. There is something so wonderful, however, about having crystal clear instructions and all the right supplies right in front of you. With this book, there's nothing to "figure out" (unless you want to vary the patterns). You can just relax and make some adorable jewelry. These are quick to make and look quite nice. This is another Klutz book that I'll take to the craft class I run with teens. My complaints about the book: the bead wheel doesn't work well--beads get stuck and shoved into other compartments or fall out the sides. The bead colors are mixed together in color families, which is a real pain when you're trying to get all one color. There is variety in colors, but not in beads. A flower bead or two (like the one in one of the book's pictures) would have been nice. Still, the patterns are pretty, quick, and do-able. The variety of representative designs (butterfly, flower) and pretty patterns (chain)is good. It's a fine little book.

this great book provides materials for doing all the rings.the instructions are clear and easy to follow and there are great designs of rings too , like a beautiful butterfly on the ring , a vine... this book is affordable and those who are interested in this, you can start on this book! It's gonna be fun!

...BR>This is an awesome book made by real people ... and by an awesome company! My cousin has this book and I have done three of the rings already. They are easy to do and the directions are well explained and not too complex.
The rings include: simple ring (you should learn to do this first), twisted ring, chain, vine, butterfly, starburst, and daisy chain. This book has plenty of beads so you can do your favorite rings over and over!
The only complaint I have is there's this stupid bead wheel (you've seen it on the front picture) and the colors get mixed up if you take it on a car trip, or when you're flipping through different colors.
Otherwise, this is a great book and I highly reccomend it for someone who is interested in making bead rings!

I must say, this is another awesome klutz book. The instructions are clear and well illustrated and easy to follow. The rings are nice, and range from very simple to quite complex. And of course, you can always make bracelets and neclaces as well, just use more wire.

The whole idea behind these books is just so well executed. The seem a little expensive, but they come with everything you need to get started, so really, they aren't. And it saves you that part where you buy the book and then run around spending all sorts of money to make sure that you have everything you need. Or worse, never making anything from the book because you can't be bothered to go out and get what you need. This book, or any of the other klutz books, make excellent gifts for the young or young-at-heart, just for this reason.

One word of warning with this one. I dropped it, and the bead container top popped off. It could have been nasty, this book comes with a lot of beads, and they're tiny! Luckily, only a few were spilled, and I transferred the beads to something a little more secure.

Buy this one and enjoy it. I also recommend hair wraps and hemp bracelets from the same series.

My dds gave these as gifts to their friends recently, and EVERYONE loved them! They have all spent hours making rings, and I must admit, they were really cute! The directions were easy to follow, and my 10 yr old had no problem making them on her own.

Hi! Ok well I just ordered this book again for a niece of mine. I have the book at home and I just love it the instructions are so easy to follow! I would recomend this to anyone who loves beautiful fashionable jewlery!

When I was younger, I was given this as a gift and loved it. Now that I am older, I love getting and giving it as gifts too. It was shipping and delivered very promptly.

Great project for a child with patience. Need to be able to focus on small items. The directions are great and they wind up with very pretty rings.

I'm an arts and crafts director for a girlscout camp, so I read a lot of craft books. Klutz really does have the best ones around. These rings are easy, the book gives you everything you need (but scissors) and there are several cute patterns. I'm sure campers will love these projects. The only complaints I have are with the included supplies-- the bead wheel is cumbersome to use, and the colors mix easily. Also, there isn't much variety in beads-- but you can easily supplement with whatever you have on hand.

My 9 year old son kept begging me for beading supplies to make me jewelry - not wanting to invest in a whole bunch of stuff that would end up on pipe cleaners and sewing thread bracelets, all over my house (and in the trash), and maybe eventually in the wasteland of a passing interest, I got him the Klutz book so he could learn to make real wearable jewelry, and have all the materials he needed in one place, without alot of potential waste. I figured if he developed a lasting interest, we could go on from there.

He spent hours pouring over the book and very quickly was able to make every ring with no supervision from me! There are several projects, each with an increasing level of difficulty, but with simple enough directions and good photographs so that he could work independently and end up with a very satisfying and pretty product. There were some moments of frustration and trial and error, but that was the point - this was a good exercise in patience and perseverance, great practice for fine motor skills, and a vehicle for developing design and color sense. There are more than enough beads and wire for several variations of each ring and no need for any extra tools.

Thanks to Klutz, all the important women in my son's life have lovely little woven beaded rings. It would have been nice if there'd been some boys pictured in the book making the jewelry too, but he wasn't put off, and he even made himself a ring that because of his color choice looks like an exploding firework rather than a dainty flower. And as I suspected, this was a passing fancy, but one that he could develop further if he ever wanted to pursue it - and now he knows what supplies he will need and has the book for direction and a reference.