This gorgeous book, with the gorgeous cover, above, is intended to teach people from beginners on up how to create lovely, eye catching, jewelry pieces. All of the designs originally came from different copies of BeadStyle Magazine. If you started reading the magazine recently you will be anxious to view some of the tutorials and projects you may have missed, as it is an excellent top notch designer magazine. By chance, I started my career learning from BeadStyle, and waiting anxiously for BeadStyle, to come in the mail, and although I like to tease them in emails, they all know I love them. Whenever I get a project into BeadStyle it makes me very happy!

Here is an excerpt from the book: it is my design however I only made the one on the left (denim blue) and then they duplicated it to make the pistachio one on the right. They also made one which is multi colored and really pretty. It looks like Fiestaware. Melanie of Earthenwood Studio made the beads used: double drilled porcelain. Go to her store and be dazzled by her imagination. To me, she pretty much started the craze for steampunk and knows everything about it.

The good thing about Big and Bold is that it displays large (in some way or form) and pretty jewelry which you can make for all sorts of tastes and price points. If you like it, you CAN make it. You will NOT get confused. You will get hooked, instead. You will enjoy yourself. I assure you there will be something in this book which you will want to make. I saw an amethyst briolette bracelet which I love. I want to make it at first glance!